Buttle UK
Young people (16–20 years old) who receive no support from parents or guardians. We refer to them as being ‘estranged’. Note: applications must be completed by an organisation that is supporting the family or young person. This funding will help to address the needs of this group by providing help to overcome financial barriers preventing them from engaging in education, employment or training and also to help settle them in secure accommodation by helping them set up a comfortable home environment. This funding offers an ‘enhanced’ level of giving with a maximum spend of £2,000 per case.
Applications must be completed by an organisation which is supporting the family or young person. They should also be able to administer a grant on behalf of Buttle UK. We can accept applications from a wide variety of organisations including statutory or charitable organisations providing a health care, social care or advice service, probation and youth offending, tenancy support, education services including primary and secondary schools, NHS and primary care trusts, Sure Start and children’s centres.
We operate a rolling programme with no cut-off date.
We will always acknowledge correspondence.
Firstly, the young person and their support worker will discuss what the young person’s education, employment or training goals are and create a plan of how they will get there and what they will need to do it. We will provide practical support to help remove financial barriers that stand in the way of reaching these goals. Such barriers could include, but are not limited to, access to a computer to study with, travel costs to get to college, equipment needed to take up a training opportunity or interview clothes.
