The Persimmon Charitable Foundation is inviting charities to apply for funding for projects that support employability among young people.

Registered charities are invited to apply for one of two £50,000 donations available through the Foundation’s open application programme, which opens today.

For this second round of funding, the Foundation welcomes applications for UK-based projects that focus on:

• children and young people aged 14 to 25
• employability
• areas of economic and social deprivation.

Before applying, organisations should consider these guidelines and decide whether their project meets the Foundation’s focus for this round of funding. Applications should include the proposed impact of the funding, including measurable outcomes.

The open application programme launched in March this year to give more charitable organisations the opportunity to access Foundation funding.

The Foundation received over 800 applications, with £50,000 awarded to Thanet Community Development Trust in Kent for its project helping people to obtain the qualifications needed to work in construction. A second donation of £50,000 was made to Bothwell Futures in South Lanarkshire to fund an employability programme for young people who have become disengaged with education, or are leaving school with no positive career destination, into work.

Anthony Vigor, Chair of the Foundation, said: “For the second funding round, we are focusing on projects that support employability among 14 to 25-year-olds to attract applications from charities whose objectives align with our own. The successful applicants will be working with young people to support them in their education, or into training or work.”

The deadline for applications is 11.59pm on Sunday, June 22nd. Successful applicants will be informed in August. To find out more, or to apply, click here.

Please note, funding will be awarded to registered charities only. Registered charities that were unsuccessful in the first funding round may apply again. Community groups and other charitable organisations are encouraged to apply for funding through Persimmon plc’s Community Champions scheme, which is separate from the Foundation’s charitable giving. To find out more, visit the website.