Become a member
Members are constituted not-for-profit organisations with a turnover of under £1m that deliver direct provision to children and young people in Harrow.
Benefits of becoming a member
- Access to all funding opportunities and additional MEMBER-only grants
- One-to-one funding support, including bid writing and organisational planning
- Access to free, targeted training opportunities
- Receive regular emails and updates on funding opportunities and events
- Access to YHF network events, workshops, webinars, and forums
- Be listed on the YHF website with your own, dedicated, free organisational portal
- Have a voice via our annual Member Survey which dictates and directs the YHF support offer and through your member vote at our Annual General Meeting (AGM)
- Assurance that YHF only delivers on work that benefits our members
Requirements
As a MEMBER-centric organisation our main focus of support is to our MEMBERS and to be one you have to meet ALL of the following criteria:
- Be a registered not-for-profit organisation.
- Have an annual turnover of less than £1 million.
- Have been providing services in Harrow for at least one year prior to joining.
- Deliver regular, direct services to children and young people aged 0-25 years and up to 30 for disabled young people in a Harrow-based venue.
Maintaining your status as a full member
Members must have an active, up-to-date portal on the YHF website offering services to children and young people in Harrow.
Members must be involved in at least one funding-related opportunity, event or training across the year as we promote ‘active’ membership.
Abide by any Grant Offer conditions (if funded through YHF) and deliver in line with that agreement.
Agree to take part in a yearly Member review and update meeting. Your member status may change if you are not able to engage/adhere to Member commitments.
Other membership types
If you do not meet MEMBER criteria, we welcome connections and partnerships with a wide range of organisations that either work with or are keen to support children and young people and their families, directly, or indirectly, through training, support services, or financial donations. We offer a tiered membership and can invite you to join us by becoming one of the following:
Other memberships
(schools, private provider, donor/corporate, trust/foundation)
On this website you can find
YHF has supported us in running our first Crowdfunding Initiative, securing £5,702 towards our Youth Project, by providing funding enabling us to pilot our Girls Group project, and probably most importantly, helped us forge stronger links with other voluntary sector organisations within Harrow.”
