The Blagrave Trust

Want to know more about what we do at Hope for the Young? 🤝 Mentoring 💰Financial Support 📢 Advocacy If you would like to get involved, become a mentor or would just like to find out a bit information about our youth-centred approach to supporting young people, head to our website 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eqWta-Ta

There are just two weeks left of Uncharitable Festival and the magic just keeps on coming! We have a brilliant set of speakers for next Wednesday's event: Is participatory grant-making enough? Together we will explore: ⭐ why participatory grant-making is so important and how to do it properly! ⭐ some of the mistakes our speakers have made when engaging in participatory practice and what they learned from them. ⭐ how we take an approach that addresses multiple intersecting oppressions and barriers - racism, patriarchy, ableism, classism etc. ⭐ whether participatory grant-making is enough and what more funders should be doing to push for justice You will be hearing from: My wonderful co-host Jermain Jackman, Memberships lead at The Baobab Foundation, Eli Manderson Evans, CEO of The Blagrave Trust, Yoanna Okwesa Associate Director at Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) and Mohammed Afridi, Director of Organising at Civic Power Fund. Not one to miss, find out more details about the speakers below 👇🏽

The Blagrave Trust is looking for a genealogist to complete a family tree for our founder, Herbert Blagrave. The intention for this work is create a robust timeline and evidence to understand how the wealth we now hold was developed. Blagrave has carried out initial desk research, which suggests most work will need to be carried out at the Berkshire Records office (UK). Closing date: 5pm on the 1st of November. Please do share with anyone you think might be interested! cc: AGRA- Association of Genealogists and Researchers in Archives

Last weekend members of our team held a residential event as part of the induction programme for our new regional advisory group. The regional advisers are new members of the Blagrave team, people with a range of experiences of both accessing and working in youth services in the region who will be advising us on grant making in our regional programme in the coming year. The discussions were enriched by the support of our brilliant independent facilitator, Katherine Perrin whose guidance helped us navigate complex conversations with openness and respect. To find out more about this collaboration and how it will lead to more thoughtful and impactful outcomes, follow this link to read the full blog: https://lnkd.in/e-ikKqhp #regionaladivers #community #conversations #respect #grantmaking #blagravetrust

🚨 Exciting News! Our Regional Funding Applications are OPEN! ‼️ At the Blagrave Trust, we’re committed to supporting organisations that are making a meaningful difference for young people across the UK. This is your chance to secure funding for projects that drive change, amplify youth voices, and create lasting impact in your community. Whether you’re working in education, mental health, social justice, or youth advocacy, we want to support initiatives that are led by and for young people. Together we can create a fairer and brighter future. 🌟 Apply here: https://lnkd.in/e9GkiXg2 Don’t miss out on this incredible opportunity to secure funding! #fundingopportunity #youngpeople #regionalimpact #blagravetrust

📢 Opportunity Alert! The Blagrave Trust is seeking a genealogist to help trace the family tree of our founder, Herbert Blagrave, with a particular focus on linking back to John Blagrave (d. 1611). This project involves mapping the family lineage and developing a clear timeline of the wealth and inheritance that has shaped Blagrave's legacy. 🗓️ Closing date: 5pm, 1st November. Interested? Learn more and apply today: https://lnkd.in/efz2AXS3 #Genealogy #History #ResearchOpportunity #BlagraveTrust

Don't miss the latest episodes of Collective Discovery's brilliant Shift Podcast, which explores how shifts in relationships and power can make the world better 🙌 The episodes focus on how organisations are involving young people in their work - and the impact the young people are having, not just on the work but on the organisations themselves. Episode 8 looks at how sharing power has changed organisations, and features Catherine Hillis, Esmée's Director of A Fairer Future, on the impact our Involving Young People Collective has had on us as an organisation; alongside Anne-Marie Douglas and Nicola Kidston, Co-CEOs of Peer Power Youth; and Michael Lister, Chair of the Mix’s Youth Advisory Board. 🎧 https://lnkd.in/e8YzxFcW In Episode 7, they focus on young people as grantmakers and you can hear directly from one of our former young consultants, Daniel Seifu, and Keji Okeowo, Director at HUDL: Youth Development Agency, who facilitated our work with the Involving Young People Collective. They also talk to The Blagrave Trust about the Listening Fund. 🎧 https://lnkd.in/eeZvBDg7 You can find a full list of episodes here: https://lnkd.in/gdXfBG-u

How can funders do their bit to address the climate emergency? It was a real pleasure working with the brilliant team at the Co-op Foundation on this. If you are interested in joining our pooled climate justice fund for young changemakers please contact me and my colleague Danny Newton 🌱🌱

Fabulous and inspiring time with The Blagrave Trust and Stir to Action, exploring Community Wealth Building in Bristol. With thanks to 1625 Independent People - Kingsley Hall, Windmill Hill City Farm, Stokes Croft Land Trust, Bristol Energy Co-op and Empire Fighting Chance.

When I first started working at The Parenting Network I had a pipe dream. Today I get to say that my dream has come true. Before working at TPN, I had spent the previous year navigating support in Portsmouth to understand the impact of my traumatic childhood and trying to heal my broken mind, body and spirit. That journey saved my life but I also found myself in lots of unsafe, uninformed spaces that left me feeling vulnerable and frightened. No longer suicidal, I didn’t qualify for crisis support but my childhood trauma was too complex to qualify me for the mainstream mental health support. I felt stuck in limbo, finding myself in unsafe spaces in an attempt to share experience and grow. I met many people just like me along the way; people just trying to help themselves in a society that doesn’t want to acknowledge that chronic childhood trauma fundamentally changes us and we need help to overcome it. I dreamed that I could be part of making a safe space for people to do just that. A space without judgment, timelines or expectations; supported by professionals with safeguarding at its core. Roll on 2.5 years, lots of hard work, research and unrelenting belief in the cause…..and it begins. We start with 16-25 year olds on Tuesday 5th November and continue every Tuesday from then. This will closely be followed by a universal access group. I’m so thankful for the opportunity, support and collaborations. A special thanks to The Blagrave Trust and The Parenting Network for making it all possible. I’m not sure I’ll ever be able to articulate what this means to me but I can’t wait to dedicate my life to this cause and meet incredible people along the way. It’s time to build our village!