#iwill Fund 2016 to 2023

The #iwill Fund will enable more young people to take part in social action through high quality opportunities which create lifelong habits.

It is an England wide joint investment. The original funding involved bringing together £40 million in funding from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and The National Lottery Community Fund to create a central investment pot. The #iwill Fund was extended in 2020/21 and 2021/22 to create a total investment of £54 million. In July 2022, DCMS and TNLCF announced additional funding of £12 million to create thousands of new youth social action opportunities for young people.

The #iwill Fund distributes its investment through working in partnership with other funders. A collaborative group of 30 Match Funders have joined the #iwill Fund to date by match funding the investment on at least a £1:£1 ratio, developing funding programmes that enable more young people, particularly from less affluent communities, to take part in high quality social action that builds a habit for life. The five investment drivers that underpin our investment are:

• create high quality youth social action opportunities
• focus on creating a habit for life
• reach young people who have not previously undertaken sustained youth social action
• focus on sustainability of delivery and sustainability of the youth social action for the young person
• have youth voice within the funder / delivery organisations and the project itself

If you would like further information on the #iwill Fund please get in touch with either Samantha Tague, Head of Funding (#iwill Fund) Sam.Tague@tnlcommunityfund.org.uk or Jolanta Molloy, #iwill Fund Manager Jolanta.Molloy@tnlcommunityfund.org.uk

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The #iwill Fund was launched in November 2016, to support the #iwill campaign’s goals in England, which is aiming to make social action the norm for young people aged 10 to 20. From the end of 2020 the #iwill Campaign became known as the #iwill Movement. The #iwill Movement is supported by Volunteering Matters and UK Youth who have formed a consortium to host an independent #iwill Coordination Hub that will support the #iwill Movement until 2026. The #iwill Movement is UK wide whereas the #iwill Fund only funds projects that are delivered in England.