Community Change Projects
Supporting local projects designed by young wheelchair users for young wheelchair users
Our Community Change Fund supports projects designed and delivered by young wheelchair users. With the backing of the Kentown Wizard Foundation, we can grant up to £2,500 per project. Young wheelchair users can work with their local community, gain new skills, including project and budget management, and enjoy making change happen.
Projects can be run by community groups – schools, sports clubs, Guides, Scouts, or youth clubs – and make it possible for young wheelchair users to be more mobile, enabled and included in their local area.
Apply for funding
Do you have an idea that could make a difference to young wheelchair users in your community?
Whizz Kidz is looking for more projects that we can fund with up to £2,500. To help bring your idea to life, you can work with your school, sports club, or any other community youth group.
How to apply: step-by-step guide
1. Come up with a project idea
Chat with your school or community organisation about running a project, come up with some ideas and decide which one would work best to make a change in your community. Check out our FAQs page and our previous projects for ideas and guidance.
2. Submit your application
Once you have your idea and your school or community group is on board, complete our application form and press submit. We will review your application as soon as possible and let you know if you’ve been successful. You can fill out the application on JotForm or complete the Word version below and email it to us at policy@whizz-kidz.org.uk.
3. Bring your project to life
Put your plans into action and bring your project to life using the £2,500 fund! Tick off your to-do list and get the wider community involved. And don’t forget to keep us updated on your progress too!
If possible, we would love to have a Youth Board member or a Whizz Kidz colleague visit your project to see the impact first-hand.
4. Tell us all about it
Now that your project is in full swing, we want to hear all about it! You can send us photos and videos, feedback from young people and the community, and any resources you create, like drawings, posters, or poems. We also have a feedback form for you to reflect on the project as a whole. (We’ll also need copies of boring things like receipts and invoices!)
When we report back to our funders, we will tell them about the impact the Community Change Fund is having. We may even use your project as a case study.
Please note we are unable to fund applications for wheelchairs, wheelchair parts or maintenance through the community change fund.
Change your community for the better
We would love to make your project for young wheelchair users happen.
Check out our FAQs page and fill out our online form to put your project forward for funding.
Project Showcase
Have a look at some of the amazing community change projects Whizz Kidz has helped to support
