Ben Kinsella Fund
The Prince's Trust is launching the new Ben Kinsella Fund
in England and Wales for young people to run positive anti-knife crime
activities in their local area. The Home Office is providing funding to
support anti-knife crime and anti-serious youth violence projects run by young
people through the Community Cash Awards Programme. There is funding for 10
Community Cash projects to be delivered by March 2011 up to the amount of
£3000.00. The fund is named after Ben Kinsella, a sixteen year old boy who died
after being stabbed in 2008.
Community
Cash projects must aim to do at least one of the following;
·
Promote the anti-serious youth crime message
in schools, colleges or youth clubs
·
Tackle the attitudes or beliefs which may
lead to young people carrying knives or guns
·
Encourage positive engagement between young
people and the police
·
The scheme is open to applicants aged 14-25.
Priority
will be given to projects that are targeting community benefit towards
·
Girls
·
Young people below the 13-18 age range (i.e.
12 years and younger)
Real Examples of
Community Cash projects that would fit the funding criteria
Anti Arson Music and
Dance DVD Project, Wales
Young
applicants worked with authority figures such as the police and the fire
service throughout this project. The aim of the project was to develop a short
educational DVD to highlight the
dangers of arson and anti-social behaviour through music and dance. The DVD had a launch event and was distributed to local
schools and youth clubs.