Happy #InternationalYouthDay2023 !! 🎉 Youth empowerment matters so much to me because we are the future of this world and we should have a say in decisions that are going to directly affect us. #IYD2023 #IYD23

📣Today is International Youth Day and we are forever thankful for the energy, resilience and passion of working-class young people. Check out what young people from our programmes have to say about youth engagement and what they want adults to know 👇👇 #InternationalYouthDay

Great to be at the @iwill_movement #iWillFund International Youth Day celebrations today with some of our fantastic The Gateway Learning Community students! Ormiston Trust #WeWill The National Lottery Community Fund #IYD23 #YouthLead

Today our Youth Ambassadors are at #InternationalYouthDay2023 🙌 This year’s theme is Green Skills for Youth – highlighting the power of young people coming together to influence decision making and action to create an environmentally sustainable and climate friendly world 🌍

Young people are amazing! We're proud to be part of so many young people's journey and be inspired by them using their voices, leading projects, building their skills & engaging in their community with the KEY+ Challenge. Read their KEY+ stories: thekeyuk.org/blog/categorie… #IYD23

The #iwillFund team at #IYD23! The National Lottery Community Fund

What a fantastic day at the #IYD23 @iwill_movement & #iwill Fund event! 🎉 Designed & led by young people, the event empowered attendees to become #YouthLeads and encouraged them to: 🗣️- Network, share & learn from each other ✍️- Plan for the future 🎉- Celebrate youth voice

This #IYD23, learn more about our mission to support young people to thrive in our new strategy 👉 ow.ly/XCL650Pp1we The #iwill Fund is made possible thanks to £66m joint investment from The National Lottery Community Fund & Department for Culture, Media and Sport 🤝

Have you signed up for our free ‘Strengthening Communities’ workshop? Join us on Monday 11 September, to hear from our grant holders about a range of different approaches they’ve used to empower communities and help people access funding opportunities. ow.ly/j0OM50PANFV

Are you signed up for our 'Trusted Voices: Enabling Young People to Thrive’' event? For the 1st event of our new 'Communities Leading Change' series, we’ll be joined by experts Sharon MacIver of Action for Children & Conor Largey of Holy Trinity YC Register. ow.ly/rj7z50PLEaO

The #PeerActionCollective is a network of young people in England & Wales, working hard to make their communities safer. We're kickstarting the next phase of PAC working with young people to find out what is needed to make their area a better place to live bit.ly/3PKvUk4

We're recruiting! We have exciting roles in funding, portfolio management, and administration. Find out more and apply ⬇️ tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/about/jobs #Jobseekers #careers #hiring #TNLCFJobs

Apply now 👉 ow.ly/KXH050PQ3Pk

🚨 Million Hours Fund! 🚨 Now open!

Just one week to go until #iwillweek23! 🥳 This year marks 10 years of the @iwill_movement, launched in November 2013 by His Majesty the King to help more young people to make a positive difference. 👑

We’ll be celebrating the work of young people, Ambassadors, Champions and partners across the UK, made possible by a £66 million joint investment between The National Lottery Community Fund and Department for Culture, Media and Sport. 💪 How do you plan to celebrate #iwillweek23 and the #PowerOfYouth? Tag us in your activities! 📷

Small grants are the vital building blocks of communities. #NationalLottery Awards for All is changing, with community projects now able to apply for up to £20,000 in funding. ow.ly/memA50Q7xyx

🌟 NEW FUND 🌟 Our £4.5m Young Gamechangers Fund puts young people at the heart of change 💙 We're funding individual young people in partnership with Co-op @iwill_movement Co-op Live 🙌 👉 bit.ly/462Zk20 Restless Development Global Fund for Children #FutureCommunities

What world will younger generations inherit? That’s the question on people’s lips according to this year’s #CommunityResearchIndex. Climate change is seen as one of the biggest issues facing young people today.

Ending the year with some festive funding cheer! 🎊 Thanks to #NationalLottery players, we've awarded almost £580m to over 11,500 community groups across England in 2023. Find out how National Lottery funding is being used to strengthen society and improve lives. 👇