Age: Interventions must serve children and young people aged 10–18, or up to 19 in SEND (special educational needs and disabilities) settings.
Funding: Fully Funded
The Youth Endowment Fund (YEF), working with the Department for Education and the Home Office, is funding organisations in England to deliver targeted interventions for children and young people aged 10 to 18 who are starting to show inappropriate or problematic attitudes and behaviours around gender norms and relationships. This is Objective 2 of YEF's wider Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Prevention Programme, and every funded project is paired with an independent evaluation.
The Youth Endowment Fund (YEF), working with the Department for Education and the Home Office, is funding organisations in England to deliver targeted interventions for children and young people aged 10 to 18 who are starting to show inappropriate or problematic attitudes and behaviours around gender norms and relationships. This is Objective 2 of YEF's wider Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Prevention Programme, and every funded project is paired with an independent evaluation.
Who can apply
Interventions must serve children and young people aged 10–18 (up to 19 in SEND settings)
Intervention must be delivered in England
Applicant must be a registered charity, company, statutory body, or Community Interest Company
Must have an existing, evidence-informed intervention ready for refinement or evaluation, not a brand-new programme
Must be willing to fully participate in an independent evaluation throughout co-design, delivery, and evaluation
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Good to know
+Run by the Youth Endowment Fund, which holds a £200 million endowment and a ten-year Home Office mandate, and this round is co-designed with the Department for Education and the Home Office as part of the national VAWG strategy.
+Every funded project gets a paired independent evaluation, building evidence toward what actually works to prevent VAWG.
+A free applicant webinar (23 July 2026) plus a recording afterward helps applicants prepare a strong submission.
Worth checking yourself
!This call is not for brand-new ideas — YEF wants organisations with an already evidence-informed intervention ready for refinement or testing.
!YEF will not fund delivery without evaluation attached, so applicants must be ready to commit to a full co-design and evaluation process alongside delivery.
!Applications go by email with a specific subject line rather than through an online portal, so applicants should follow the format exactly.
What we could not confirm
?Total funding pot or the size of individual grants — neither the article nor the official page states a figure
?How many organisations will be funded in this round
?Exact programme delivery dates — these are set individually with each funded project after co design
