The Children & Young People’s Partnership manage the Welsh Assembly Government’s Cymorth Funding. The Funding has been available since 2005 to enable the Partnership to develop improved services and outcomes for children & young people.
The funds have clear objectives and criteria to ensure a range of services are developed to support children & young people (between 0 - 25 years of age) and their families.
To ensure that services and support is targeted at those in greatest need the Cymorth gives priority to the Communities First areas, but Partnerships have discretion to offer certain services more widely and, if the decision can be justified, provide Cymorth funded projects in other disadvantaged areas.
Currently there are 25 projects funded by Cymorth, detailed within the Cymorth Catologue 2007-2008. These projects are now in the final third year of funding and a new “Commissioning Policy & Procedures” has been developed to allocate the funding for 2009-2011. £1.2m is available to directly support a range of projects that will meet the priorities of the Children & Young People’s Single Plan, the Youth Support Services Action Plan and the Cymorth Themes.
With the launch of the Single Plan the application process for Cymorth funding has become more robust. Applicants will need to show how the proposed project links to the strategic aims of the Single Plan and the Youth Support Services Action Plan.
There is a greater emphasis on providing evidence to support your application.
The Background Summary, together with guidance notes within the application form itself, will assist applicants in thinking about how to address the requirements of the Cymorth application process.
The Partnership has a Small Grant Fund available to organisations for small projects and activities that support the Children & Young People’s Plan. Please click on The Small Grants fund link on the left.
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