Allchurches Trust haslaunched a new grants programme Growing Lives aimed at helping churches andChristian organisations throughout the UK and Ireland to connect with childrenand young people and forge lasting links with families in their local area.
Grants of up to 25,000 are available, and the amount you receive will dependupon the cost of your project and level of need in your community, ranging from10% of project cost through to 80%. You can apply for funding under the GrowingLives programme even if you have received a grant from Allchurches Trust withinthe last two years.
Many churches of all denominations and Christian organisations are alreadyrunning innovative, impactful projects that are helping young people to exploreand grow in faith, get active, access training and work opportunities, developlife and leadership skills and feel less isolated. Others are running majorsocial action initiatives in some of our most disadvantaged neighbourhoods.
However, recent research by Allchurches Trust* has shown that while 82% ofchurches provide activities for children aged 0 to 10 years; that figure dropsto 58% of churches working with young people aged 11 to 18, and 41% rate thesupport they provide to this older age group as inadequate.
Our poll also revealed that 96% of churches would like to offer more activitiesfor children and teenagers if they had all of the right skills and resources inplace to do so.
For more ideas about how this new programme could help your church or Christianorganisation and to apply online, visit www.allchurches.co.uk/growinglives
*Allchurches Trust online research carried outin April 2019 with 2016, 2017 and 2018 church beneficiaries from a range ofdenominations throughout the UK and Ireland. 810 responses were received.
