BBC Children in Need’s Youth Fund Referrals

London’s Giving Referral Form

We are recruiting a diverse panel of young people to sit on a panel in collaboration with BBC Children in Need and need your help!

We are looking for 10 young people aged 16-25, referred from London’s Giving schemes, to make funding decisions on behalf of BBC Children in Need. It would be good to have representation from communities that are under-represented within decision-making such as young people with intersectional experiences, for example from ethnic minority communities and those not in employment, education or training.

This is not a Camden Giving fund, however we will be responsible for training, facilitation, paying and safeguarding of the panel, the grants themselves will be awarded as part of BBC Children in Need’s pan-London fund.

London’s Giving Referral Process

The opportunity to refer young Londoners is exclusive to London’s Giving schemes and you must complete and submit the information in the form at the bottom of this page.

We will not accept referral submissions that have come from outside of this network. You can reach out to your own young people and networks (grantees, community groups, schools) to suggest young people they'd recommend for this role. But please do not send this form directly to any other organisation or young person directly, instead you can send the questions to them to answer in a word document, email, WhatsApp, but you must submit this form yourselves. There is maximum of 2 referrals you can submit per scheme. Make sure you have consent from the young person(s) before submitting their details to us.

You can find out more in the Referrals Pack below.

The Youth Panel Role

  • It’s paid at £16.05/hr

  • Young people must be available to attend all 4 training sessions (see dates below)

  • Panel meetings are likely to be 3 hours and to run in evenings 17:30 - 20:30

  • The meetings will take place at the BBC offices, in Portland Place, London W1A 1AA

  • Deadline to refer two young people: 23:59pm on 16 December 2024

Timeline

  • We expect the panel training sessions to take place on the following dates:

    • 23/01/25

    • 30/01/25

    • 06/02/25

    • 13/02/25

  • The panel meetings will run monthly from Thursday 24/02/25 until 26/02/26 (with breaks for Easter, Ramadan and Christmas)

    Please note these dates are subject to change and will be communicated with the young people in advance.

Referral Form

To be completed by London’s Giving schemes on behalf of two young people you’re referring.