The Youth Evangelism Fund

Good News, Young People in Gloucester Diocese are entitled to access up to £14,782 from National Church of England Funds to run activities that enable their peers to explore faith!!  

The Fund will affirm projects and proposals that meet any of the following:

· demonstrate the love and justice of God in    practical ways

· encourage the nurture and faith-development of young Christians, 

· are creative, and are culturally appropriate for young people

· have a “local” focus -  towards young people in a local community, area, or district.

· start something new (or build on what already exists in a new way).

· are based on partnership and co-operation between different churches and organisations, and that form part of a wider strategy for the Church’s mission in an area or community.

· have been well-researched, and which draw on examples of good practice

Projects and proposals should enable young   people to :

· encounter the Good News of Jesus and to discover this at their own pace and in their own way

· participation fully in the life of the Church.

· have a significant part in planning, creating and fulfilling the plans 

This fund is therefore very important as this is the first time substantial funds have been made for young people to develop projects and activities to reach their friends and is something we all need to engage with!!

To download these criteria click here

The age group concerned is from 11-20 years

The normal grant given per group is between £200-£3000

Young people must apply for this themselves

Note this money cannot be used for employing a youth worker or funding an overseas trip and must have a close tie in with an Anglican base church.

To download some guidance as to which projects may be good (green), ok - but will need explainations (amber) or bad (red) please click here

Closing date for the 1st round of applications is May 15th 2010.  If there is any money left, another round will be available for applications submitted after May 15th but before July 7th 2010.

To Apply

To Apply a young person will need to apply themselves on behalf of the group via this web site www.youthevangelismfund.org (NB It will not be live until the end of January 2010).  This will generate an email to a local adult sponsor, who will need to fill in a support form and email this off also.

It's as simple as that!!