Talent Bonds

Our Talent Bond fund awards young people with direct investment of up to £300 for a project or purchase that grows a talent, builds on a strength or develops a skill.

Talent Bonds might be used for starting up a project, paying for classes or a course, an initial cash injection for an enterprise, or equipment needed to further their abilities. We ask you to be creative, brave, thoughtful and organised to start up the project, run with it and make it happen!

Since the fund was launched in January 2019, we’ve funded 72 young people’s ideas. These include:

• Swimming lessons for a young person who wants to work as a flight attendant.
• Supplies for an artist who wanted to put on an exhibition of local work in her Foyer.
• Equipment to create a thriving garden to encourage bonding and quality social time for young mothers and their babies.
• SIA security course and essential clothing to support a young person’s dream of entering employment.
• Funds for a group of young people to run cooking classes to ​​build their culinary skills and confidence and provide opportunities for young people to meet new people. 
• Boxing classes and equipment to help a young person improve fitness, technique and experience.

All applications are reviewed by a panel of fellow young people who have experience of living in a Foyer. This panel works together to decide how the money should be allocated – a process that puts real financial decision making power into young people’s hands. 

Applications are now closed. Check again soon for more information about when the next round of grants will be available! If you’re interested in finding out more about the impact of our Talent Bonds, check out this blog post from February 2024.