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Nuffield Foundation Essential Employment Skills Fund
Created: 17/09/2026News/Events Category: Funding and Finance
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The Nuffield Foundation has launched a new fund to support young people aged 16-24 who face significant barriers to work to develop essential employment skills and ultimately access good jobs.
They are offering grants of up to £500k to evaluate UK programmes, share learning, and inform the wider scaling-up of effective practice.
There is also potential to provide additional funding towards the costs of programme delivery where this is not covered from other sources, including through partnership funding models.
The Foundation are looking for a clear focus on young people facing significant barriers to work. They encourage applicants to specify their target group clearly and make a compelling case for why they have chosen it. This may include focusing on young people with one or more of the following risk factors for being NEET:
- low or no academic qualifications
- persistent school absence or exclusion
- SEND, especially having an Education, Health and Care Plan
- mental health difficulties
- experience of the care system
- young parenthood
- being a young carer
- belonging to a Gypsy, Roma or Traveller community
- living in geographic areas with higher rates of youth unemployment.
How to apply
Apply on the Nuffield Foundation's website.
Closing date: Outline applications must be submitted by Thursday 10 December 2026.
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