In partnership with
Grants Awarded – 18
Number of Staff / Trustees / Volunteers this funding will assist – 119
Total Funding Awarded £4,500
Training & Development Micro Fund
Thanks to a generous donation of £4,500 from All Aboard Charity Shops, Young Barnet Foundation can continue to offer a Micro Grant for Training & Development in 2025.
Following our recent member renewal process, and noting other wider sector evidence, Young Barnet Foundation have noted:
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Increased demand for the local youth sector as the most important way for Children and Young People to experience fun, expand their horizons, boost confidence & develop friendships in an affordable, safe & creative structure.
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Simultaneously, the local youth sector is under threat thanks to a perfect storm of cost of living increases, high rates of worker burnout & poor prospects for career development.
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The Civil Society’s recent survey among charity leaders revealed that 66% of respondents cited that their concerns about worker burnout & employee retention had worsened in the last 12 months.
Young Barnet Foundation are aware that self development of the personnel within the organisation can often be hard to either a) get funding for or b) justify when budgets are tight. This fund is to help members invest in their people, be it staff, volunteers or Trustees to help the ongoing development of their organisation.
Our Micro Training Fund project addresses these issues in a constructive & proven way. With your engagement, we hope to disperse grants of up to £300 to smaller trusted community organisations, enabling them to undertake vital training & career development for their staff, trustees & volunteers. In turn, this will enhance workers’ confidence, skillsets & rates of retention, & improve the scope & quality of services for Barnet’s vulnerable young people.
This round does not have an independent funding panel. The grants officer will review applications on a periodic basis to ensure minimum requirements are met before getting awards signed off by a trustee.
Key information:
Application open date: Tuesday 12th August 2025
Closing Date: Once funds all allocated
Total Amount Available: £4,500
Maximum any one award: £300
Application Review Timings: Reviewed every 2-3 weeks.
Awards Announced: Within maximum 28 days of each application.
Funds awarded through this round of funding must be spent within six months of award and the Monitoring & Evaluation for your project provided within one month of completion of the Training and Development having been undertaken.
Grants Awarded:
Organisation: Bulldogs Basketball CIC
Amount: £300
Description: Level 2 Basketball England Coaching Course for one coach.
Organisation: Exposure Organistion Ltd
Amount: £300
Description: Specialist Fundraising Training & Grant Writing development
Organisation: LiFT CIC
Amount: £300
Description: Introduction to Engaging With Young People Training via the National Youth Agency
Organisation: Canons Cricket Club
Amount: £250
Description: Middlesex Coach Development Core Development programme to ensure continued coach development for the club
Organisation: Maestro & Hunter Football Club
Amount: £210
Description: FA accredited Safeguarding & First Aid training and DBS checks for 3 young volunteer coaches
Organisation: Chime Music CIC
Amount: £198
Description: Music Therapy specific Safeguarding Training
Organisation: Wild About Our Woods
Amount: £300
Description: Willow Weaving Workshop for staff, trustees and other people delivering nature based learning
Organisation: African Refugee Community
Amount: £300
Description: Training for 10 staff members to attend Equality, Diversity & Inclusion training.
Organisation: Ebony Ambassadors
Amount: £200
Description: Bid Writing Master class training
Organisation: Bread n Butter CIC
Amount: £300
Description: Training for seven staff in the following areas; Adobe Photoshop, AQA Online Course System, Pasta Making
Organisation: Volunteers on Wheels
Amount: £250
Description: Training for 23 Volunteers to undertake Level 2 Food Hygiene & Safety course
Organisation: SHYNNE
Amount: £210
Description: Level 3 Coaching & Mentoring Course specifically aimed at supporting neurodivergent Children & Young People
Organisation: Center of Excellence
Amount: £250
Description: Internal Coaching & Mentoring for Staff, Volunteers and Trustees with an aim of improving Safeguarding, Governance and Compliance
Organisation: Phoenix Canoe Club
Amount: £300
Description: Training for 4 instructors in White Water Leader award in response to current need and to enable succession planning within the organisation.
Organisation: Number Champions
Amount: £250
Description: Microsoft Integration Training for the organisation as they move from a hybrid set up across various IT platforms
Organisation: Live Unlimited
Amount: £280
Description: Funding to enable one staff member and seven young volunteers to complete the NSPCC “Keeping 16-25 year olds safe from abuse” course, strengthening safeguarding within the organisations safeguarding in their peer mentoring programme.
Organisation: The London Horseplay Centre
Amount: £156
Description: Emergency First Aid at Work training
Organisation: Give. Help. Share.
Amount: £146
Description: Contribution towards costs of CEO and a full time volunteer to undertake a Diploma in Nutrition
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