The Ben Kinsella Fund
Start up your own project to help promote
anti- gun, knife and gang violence messages in your local
community.
Projects should:
- help promote anti-violence messages surrounding gun, knife and
gang violence
- tackle the issues around carrying knives and guns
- make a change in your community
What is a Prince’s Trust Community Cash Award?
- A grant of up to £3,000 to design and set-up a youth-led
community project
- Support to plan, set-up and start your project
- Help to develop new skills for your future
Projects funded through The Ben Kinsella Fund should:
- promote anti-knife crime messages in schools, colleges or youth
clubs
- promote positive stories about young people
- encourage positive engagement between young people and the
police
- encourage young people to get involved in their local
community
We also want to encourage projects that target these groups in
the community:
- girls
- children of 12 years and younger
- parents
Who can apply?
Young people aged 14 to 25 in England and Wales, and you must
show that the project is involving or being set-up by young people
who are:
- aged 14-16, and achieving or at risk of achieving less than
five GCSEs grades A* - C, or
- aged 16-25 and not in education, training or work (or working
less than 16 hours a week)
For more information about The Ben Kinsella Fund at The
Prince’s Trust or to apply, please call 0800 842
842 or text “Call Me” to 07983
385418 and you should be responded to within one
working day.