Named by young people, Kick the Dust is a £10million grants programme from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for ambitious youth-focused projects that transform how heritage organisations engage with young people, and where applicants can apply for a grant from £500,000 to £1m as part of a consortium, which should include heritage and youth organisations.
Application guidance will be published on 23 September 2016, and HLF will hold information workshops across the UK in late September and October.
Kick the Dust is informed by research commissioned in 2015 looking at the new landscape for youth work and the needs of the heritage sector to develop more opportunities for young people. In the consultation for the grants programme heritage organisations said that they needed more time and resource to test, develop and embed high quality, ongoing practice. They wanted longer, larger grants, of up to 5 years, to change how they engage young people. Many felt they needed to build their expertise and confidence in working with young people. They recognised the benefits of working with youth organisations, and wanted to establish stronger relationships with the youth sector to draw in expertise.
The research also found significant need for greater support with evaluation, and a new, more rigorous approach to how evidence is collected and used to inform HLF practice and wider knowledge.
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