Please note applications to this 2024 programme has now closed. See our July 2024 update, which shares information about our assessment approach.
The Youth-Led Creativity programme builds on young people's power to make change, use creativity to enhance their lives, develop their careers, and influence the world around them.
We are focusing our support on work led by and for young people who have less access to creative programmes or who are underrepresented in arts and culture.
This includes young people who:
- are D/deaf, disabled or neurodivergent
- are from communities experiencing racial inequity
- are economically or educationally disadvantaged
- identify as LGBT+
- have migration or care experience
The programme has been co-designed with Esmée’s Involving Young People Collective. A panel of young consultants will play a key role in the assessment process for the Fund. This is to ensure the views and voices of young people are at the heart of the programme.
We will also use the Involving Young People Values to support our decision-making. The values were developed by Esmée’s Involving Young People Collective and offer guidance and learning for organisations on co-production with young people.
