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My journey as a Young Grant-Maker

What is it like to be a Young-Grant Maker? Maria Lawal explains her experience as one. I first joined the young grant makers not knowing what grant making was or how charities run. The process was broken down to help us understand how it works and what changes we want to make in our community: […]

A life-changing experience as a Young Grant-Maker

What is it like to be a Young-Grant Maker? Sadia Shahid explains her experience as one. Hearing about the position of being a Young Grant Maker, I felt this was a flawless opportunity to bring about a change to a young person’s lifestyle in the area that I live in: Islington. What I found particularly […]

Drumming, sport, art and more – young people have decided!

These are the organisations that the group of young people in Islington have decided to fund. Across eight months, a group of 16 to 26 year olds living in Islington met weekly as the Young Grant Makers. They had the responsibility of deciding which organisations would make a real difference to young people in the borough. After […]