INITIATIVES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

M-Power Millennium Awards
This scheme was launched in December 1997 by The Prince's Trust - Action and is funded by the Millennium Commission. It will be run in the UK for 3 years. It will make awards up to £10,000 to groups of disadvantaged 14-25 year olds to develop community projects helping local people. Each project must be a challenge so that the completion represents an outstanding achievement for the young people involved. The Prince's Trust - Action wants to form partnerships with a wide range of youth organisations who will encourage young people to develop project ideas and submit applications.

The Prince's Trust Action, 18 Park Square East, London, NW1 4LH.
Telephone: 0171 543 1234.
Fax: 0171 543 7423.
E-mail: mpower@princes-trust.org.uk.

European Union Youth Initiatives
This initiative is part of the Youth for Europe Programme. It makes grants to projects managed and operated by young people between the ages of 15 and 25. The projects can be local and rooted in that community. They should:

• promote co-operation and equal opportunities among young people;
• be innovative, in terms of content and methodology;
• respond to the needs of young people, at local, regional, national or European level.

The relevance and relationship of the project to other young people in the European Union will be considered. Projects should encourage young people to consider their local community as an integral part of the wider European Union.

The Commission indicated the following priorities (this is not an all-inclusive list):

• combating social exclusion
• peer education
• preserving local heritage
• environmental protection
• providing information at a local level
• cultural and artistic projects
• entrepreneurial activities

Youth Initiatives should last at least 3 months and not more than 1 year. The grant support will not usually be more than 50% of the total project cost, and will not usually exceed 10,000 ecu (about £6,000).
There are usually two application rounds per year.
Application packs and forms are available from:

Youth Exchange Centre, The British Council, 10 Spring Gardens, London, SW1A 2BN.
Telephone: 0207 389 4738.
Fax: 0207 389 4033.

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