Global Changemakers Grants

Global Changemakers is a pioneer in supporting youth-led development projects and we are proud to be one of the few organizations globally who offer the opportunity to apply for grant funding to young people. ​

Our approach is to develop the skills and build the capacity of young people to create their own solutions to the social and/or environmental challenges they experience in their communities. We then provide support in the form of mentoring, building strong networks and providing grants; trusting the young change-makers to execute their solutions. This approach has proven highly effective and the projects we have supported have had a combined impact on over 6,2 million people!

​​Our grants program was launched in 2009 and allows young people who have been through our training to apply for funding to implement or scale their own initiatives. To date we have funded Community Action Projects working to solve most every social or environmental issue.

​General Regulations for Grants​

Who is eligible to receive a grant?

​We are only able to provide grants to youth aged 18-30 who have been selected and trained in-person as a participant at a Global Changemakers event, or who have been trained online by completing our online course “Project Management for Changemakers”. If you are applying as a student of Changemakers School, please note that you need to apply for a grant within one year of completing the course and only one grant is available per graduate.

​We support Community Action Projects (CAPs) that:

  • ​Align with our mission and lead to measurable, positive change in your community
  • Develop mutual trust and understanding within and between different groups in society
  • Help to foster positive attitudes and behaviors in society
  • Create greater awareness of important issues and problems

Grant Financial Support​

Grants of up to 1000 Swiss Francs (CHF) will be available to anyone under the age of 30 from the GCM network (people who have been selected for and trained at one of our in-person summits), or those who have successfully completed the online Project Management course.

For all details: https://www.global-changemakers.net/grants

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