Youth NEET & Resilience Support Grant 2026/27
We are excited to launch our new Youth NEET & Resilience Support Grant Scheme 2026/27 and are inviting partners and organisations to apply. The funding is provided by the UK Government as part of the Crisis and Resilience Funding. This is a grant fund programme which builds on our core delivery and will enable Chorley to further enhance and sustain their delivery, react to the current challenges our communities are experiencing and help in providing services that support our residents.
Funding Pot Available: Up to £60,000
Application Window: Open Now
Target Beneficiaries: Chorley residents aged 16–24 who are NEET, or aged 16–17 classified as "destination not known".
The Four Focus Pillars
To ensure borough-wide equity, projects must align with one or more of our core resilience areas:
- Pillar 1: Emotional & Physical Wellbeing – Inclusive, neurodiverse-friendly 1:1 mentoring addressing mental health, anxiety, and stress to reduce long-term disengagement.
- Pillar 2: Financial & Housing Stability – Practical wrap-around support to mitigate day-to-day barriers such as housing instability and cost-of-living challenges.
- Pillar 3: Employability, CV, and Digital Pathways – High-quality careers guidance, CV creation, digital upskilling, and integration with local employment networks.
- Pillar 4: Targeted Locality Outreach & Rural Equity – Place-based, face-to-face interventions utilising local assets within high-need areas and rural wards.
Scheme Eligibility
To qualify for a funding award, applicant organisations must:
- be based in the borough of Chorley
- be a registered charity, voluntary, community, faith, or social enterprise sector group/organisation, Community Interest Company or Limited Company
- organisations must have a bank account registered to their group or organisation
- be able to complete your project by 31 March 2027
- ensure that your project addresses one or more of the key priorities of the fund
- ensure the project is based on local need
- demonstrate the positive impacts which will be delivered by the project
- funding will not be awarded to cover any retrospective spending
- the council must be satisfied that the applicant has the necessary expertise and resources to see the project through to successful completion
- grants are not generally available to fund permanent staff positions, but consideration will be given to maintain some hours-of-service delivery, or exceptionally towards posts on fixed–term contracts. Consideration will be given where salaries are included as part of the organisation’s start-up costs
- grants are not available to fund an organisation’s basic running costs.
How to Apply
Review the comprehensive scheme requirements and access the application via the links below:
Completed application forms must be submitted electronically to: communities@chorley.gov.uk. The application window will close on: 19 June 2026 at 5pm.
For queries regarding partnership bids or alignment with the focus pillars, please contact the Communities Team.