Spaces 4 Change (S4C) funded, supported and connected over 80 young social entrepreneurs with ideas to unlock the potential of unused and under-utilised spaces for the benefit of their community.
All of our award winners were between 16 and 24 years old all with ambition to transform varied spaces in their communities including reimagining outdoor spaces or abandoned shop units.
Over £300,000 of awards were given across the five years of the programme and all award winners were supported by a dedicated Social Entrepreneur Support Manager, given access to peer networking opportunities and were offered bespoke workshops to help them grow and share their knowledge and learning.
Spaces4Change was funded by the National Lottery Community Fund as part of the 'Our Bright Future programme'.
Partner Panel
We work in partnership to help deliver Spaces4Change. Partners broaden a programme’s scope, ensure sustainability and help provide support to young social entrepreneurs.
A partner’s knowledge provides valuable strategic influence, identifies barrier to change and promotes exemplary case studies to demonstrate innovative practice more widely.
Important information
Our Spaces 4 Change programme has come to an end. We currently have funding and support opportunities for:
All applications are made through our application portal, and you can learn more about our support offer here.
New funding opportunities will be opening up in Autumn 2020 for England-based social entrepreneurs, so watch this space. We are committed to 50% of our awards going to Black, Asian and minority ethnic social entrepreneurs, and/or disabled social entrepreneurs across all of our funding programmes.
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