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Be the Change! Programme
Small Scale grants for Youth-led Projects

Peace Child International has created the “Be the
Change!” Programme (BTC!) to support young people to
get involved in local community action and development
projects. Peace Child encourages young people to BE
THE CHANGE they want to see in their communities and
to make it possible we created a small scale grant
programme for youth-led projects.

If you are below 25 years old and have a project that
concentrates on the development of your community at a
local level, take a deep look in the requirements for
the grant programme and submit your proposal to Peace
Child International.

The Be the Change! desk officers will guide and advise
you to identify your own local issues, priorities and
problems and also help you to provide your own
solutions.

So, what kind of projects are we looking for?

- Projects that are genuinely youth-led: it cannot be
a bunch of adults getting some young people to front
their project so they can get money for it.
- It must benefit the community rather than an
individual need: we do not accept applications for
school fees or personal trips!
- Projects costing $500 - $1,000 with a detailed
budget.
- Have two experienced and committed adults to mentor
the project: following the principles of the
co-management.
- Have measures of achievement (indicators) by which
projects may be evaluated.
- It can be either income-generating (funds to start
up a small business and creating jobs) or it can be
non-income generating (for health, education,
environmental clean-up or community improvement)
social programmes which are of genuine and lasting
community value.

If you fulfil these requisites make sure to download
the application form on our website and send your
proposals to the appropriate desk officer at Peace
Child International before the deadline.

The deadline for applications to the Be the Change!
Grants is on Tuesday 31st October
You will receive a confirmation when your proposal has
been received.
We look forward to hearing from you!

Please submit photographs, preferably in digital
format to
Or send it by mail to: BTC COORDINATOR
AFRICA: Africa@peacechild.org
ASIA: asia@peacechild.org
EUROPE: Europe@peacechild.org
LATINOAMERICA:latina@peacechild.org

Nadia Ramos Serrano
Coordinadora del Programa de Donaciones BE THE CHANGE
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Peace Child International
The White House, 46 High Street,
Buntingford, SG9 9AH Herts,
United Kingdom
Tel: 00 44 (0) 1763 274459
Fax:00 44 (0) 1763 274460
www.peacechild.org
www.bethechange.info
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NADIA RAMOS SERRANO
Miembro de la
Red de Jóvenes Líderes
BIDJUVENTUD

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PROJECT PROPOSAL

Be the Change! Programme

Small Scale grants for Youth-led Projects

Peace Child International has created the “Be the Change!” Programme (BTC!) to support young people to get involved in local community action and development projects. Peace Child encourages young people to BE THE CHANGE they want to see in their communities and to make it possible we created a small scale grant programme for youth-led projects.

If you are below 25 years old and have a project that concentrates on the development of your community at a local level, take a deep look in the requirements for the grant programme and submit your proposal to Peace Child International.

The Be the Change! desk officers will guide and advise you to identify your own local issues, priorities and problems and also help you to provide your own solutions.

So, what kind of projects are we looking for?

Projects that are genuinely youth-led: it cannot be a bunch of adults getting some young people to front their project so they can get money for it.
It must benefit the community rather than an individual need: we do not accept applications for school fees or personal trips!
Projects costing $500 - $1,000 with a detailed budget.
Have two experienced and committed adults to mentor the project: following the principles of the co-management.
Have measures of achievement (indicators) by which projects may be evaluated.
It can be either income-generating (funds to start up a small business and creating jobs) or it can be non-income generating (for health, education, environmental clean-up or community improvement) social programmes which are of genuine and lasting community value.

If you fulfil these requisites make sure to download the application form on our website and send your proposals to the appropriate desk officer at Peace Child International before the deadline.

The deadline for applications to the Be the Change! Grants is on Tuesday 31st October

You will receive a confirmation when your proposal has been received.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Please submit photographs, preferably in digital format to

Or send it by mail to: BTC COORDINATOR

AFRICA: Africa@peacechild.org

ASIA: asia@peacechild.org

EUROPE: Europe@peacechild.org

LATIN AMERICA: Latina@peacechild.org

NORTH AMERICA: n_america@peacechild.org

SMALL ISLAND STATES: sis@peacechild.org

UNITED KINGDOM: uk@peacechild.org

Or send the via - mail

Peace Child International, BTC! Programme

The White House – Buntingford, Herts.

United Kingdom, SG9 9AH

Fax: Int + (44) 176 327 4460

Tel: Int + (44) 176 327 4459

Date of proposal :

1. Name of Young proposer (your name)
Your Contact details e-mail:
Phone:
Address:

How many people will be involved in the project? Give names & ages:

2 - Organisation: If you are a member of an organisation, give its name
If yes, please give us a brief history of your organisation and what it does?

3. Project Title: Find a catchy title that sums up what you want to do:

4. Background: Rural / Urban(circle one); Town: Country:
Project Context: Please give us a sense of where you live - your community, your situation:

NEED: Describe the major community need your project is addressing:

5. Project Summary - (Give us a general explanation of the activities you will undertake in this project.)

6. Action Plan - Schedule of the activities

How Long will it take? (approx.):
Activity schedule

7. Beneficiaries: - Who will benefit? How many of each age, gender, background and how were they involved in planning the project?

8. Project Mentor(s): an adult with experience in the field your project address has a very valuable role in supporting and advising projects- Please state who you will have as your mentor

Name(s):
Contact details for the lead mentor: e-mail :
Phone:
Address:
Occupation(s)/Experience:

9. Evaluator – All sponsors require an independent, objective evaluation of your project. Find some one to do this for you(not a family member! Ask a teacher, religious leader or best, a journalist.
Name:
Contact details: e-mail :
Phone:
Address:
Occupation/Experience:

10. Budget – What is your local currency? exchange rate: = £/$
Items/Expenditures required Quantity Price per Unit Total Cost in your local currency Total Cost
£ or $

TOTALS:

11. Handling Money – very important: most sponsors will not give money to individual young people. So each young project manager has to find a registered NGO, school, youth group or religious body to receive the funds into their bank account. Often, they order the materials for your project, and prepare the financial report so young people never have the risk of handling cash. Please explain your relationship with the organisation that you will be using to handle money.
Name of the Organisation:

Name of your Main Contact Person:

His/her Title or Role within the organisation:

Organisation’s address:

Organisation’s Phone: Fax No.

Organisation’s e-mail: Website

Date when the organisation was founded:

What is your relationship with the organisation?

Have they agreed to sign a letter of agreement to allow funds for it to be passed through the Organisation for your project? YES / NO

12. Sustainability: How will the project continue when you have spent the funds we send you?

Be the Change!

Notes on filling in the Project Proposal form

1) Your Name & Contact Details – in particular an e-mail address. If you don’t have one, get one!

2) Your Organisation: if you have one! If not – skip this part, but note in Part 11 you will need one to handle your money for your project;

3) Project Title - The words you use in your title should paint a picture in the reader's mind. Be precise, concise and not ambiguous." Sum up the aim and focus of the proposal. "

4) Background - Project Context: We need to get a sense of your community - what goes on there, what type of place it is.

Need -
What are the pressing community problems that your project address? (When thinking about the needs it is a good idea to conduct a survey/ interview or hold a meeting first,to find out what other people think, get their ideas and prove that these needs are real and are shared by others. You should draw up a needs summary.)

5) Project Summary: Here you give us a brief descriptive story of what you plan to do.

If you have prepared a needs summary - show us how your project will address each need.

6) Action Plan: We need a simple step-by-step time-table for your action plan.

In the ‘Time-table’ Column, write “Day ONE, Day TWO…” - “Week ONE, Week TWO” or “Month ONE, Month TWO…”etc. – depending on how long your project is going to take. Time the project from start to finish so that the funder knows what will be done by when.

7) Beneficiaries: Explain exactly who this project is aimed at.

Show us how and when you have consulted the beneficiaries and if they have been involved in the planning and design of this project.
Sometimes proposers dream up ideas without consulting the people they are aiming to help. We need to know that the beneficiaries have been involved and want this project to happen.

8) Mentors: Experience proves that youth-led development works 100% better when you have a good mentors. Chose your mentor carefully and tell us briefly what experience they have in the field.

9) Evaluators: Again chose your evaluator carefully. Make sure it is someone whom we can contact. It would be useful if they spoke English, French or Spanish so that they can send their report directly to PCI Headquarters.

10) Budget: We want to know what your local currency is and what the current exchange rate is;

Please state the amount in the local currency, as well as in £ sterling or US$ (Rates of exchange vary from day to day)
Please be realistic as you prepare your budget: find lowest cost for materials, see what "in kind" donations you can get (thee include donated materials, work space, donated labour donated etc.) Check all prices at 2-3 locations. Don’t just guess!

11) Handling Money: Most funding organisations do not send money to individual young people. If you need money for your project, each young project manager, must find a registered organisation to receive the money. It could be a registered NGO that you have set up yourself, or it could be a friendly neighbourhood NGO, or your school or youth club. In this box, all you need to demonstrate is that you have thought about this issue, found an organisation that is prepared to receive the money, and to give us their name and address. Before we release the money to you, you will have to sign a short Letter of Understanding with the organisation, a copy of which we shall forward to you if your project gets accepted.

12) Sustainability: The best projects generally continue after the funding is over but funders are often ready to fund one-off projects and events. Let us know what you plan to do once the funding is finished? Are you planning to collaborate with other local organisations to keep it going?

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