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Status
Received: 112 days late
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Income
£1.8M
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Spending
£2.7M
Public benefits
Three key objects: 1. THE first object of the trust shall be the advancement of the Christian faith among children and young people worldwide The benefits include young people learning Biblical values of honesty, integrity, truthfulness, love for neighbour, careful stewardship of the environment, respect, care and tolerance of and for one’s fellow
man, learning to serve, living lives with purpose These benefits will be demonstrated through young people becoming responsible members of their society, serving others through our volunteer programmes, serving their communities. Measurement will be via twice-yearly reports in December and June, and by occasional more objective reports commissioned by the Foundation. We believe that little or no harm will flow from this purpose, except that too-fervent evangelising may lead to others being turned off the Christian faith. However, we believe that by careful training, most or all of this harm can be avoided. The charity’s intended beneficiaries are young people up to the age of 25 in the 140 or so countries in which we currently work, regardless of race, religion, gender or disability. The only private benefit flowing from this purpose is an ill-defined feeling of well-being that the world is a better place because of the modest contribution we have made. 2. THE second object of the trust shall be the advancement of education among children and young people worldwide The benefits which flow from this purpose include helping young people to escape the poverty trap, helping them to become successful, competent, confident adults who can contribute to the future of their nations – to its health, wealth and stability. These benefits are demonstrated through young people who come through our programmes and go on to become involved in the political, economic, social and spiritual life of their nations. Measurement will be via twice-yearly reports in December and June, and by occasional more objective reports commissioned by the Foundation. The unintended harm that may flow from improving the educational prospects of young people is that, if the circumstances – political or economic – of their nation do not allow or encourage them to become involved and to contribute, they may become dissatisfied and disaffected The charity’s intended beneficiaries are young people up to the age of 25 in the 140 or so countries in which we currently work, regardless of race, religion, gender or disability. The only private benefit flowing from this purpose is an ill-defined feeling of well-being that the world is a better place because of the modest contribution we have made. 3. THE third object of the trust shall be the relief of poverty among children and young people worldwide We will seek to make grants to projects which aim to lift young people out of poverty, for example, through micro-financing, business-to-youth-business mentoring programmes, business-as-mission programmes, etc The benefits can be demonstrated through young people becoming net contributors to their own families and their own societies rather than net consumers. Measurement will be via twice-yearly reports in December and June, and by occasional commissioned reports. Our experience is that some harm can be caused by choosing some young people and not others in a given group to benefit from micro-finance, for example – this can lead to resentment, jealousy and anger. However, we are satisfied that the possibility of such harm is much outweighed by the potential benefit The charity’s intended beneficiaries are young people up to the age of 25 in the 140 or so countries in which we currently work, regardless of race, religion, gender or disability. The only private benefit from this purpose may be a feeling of well-being that the world is a better place because of the modest contribution we have made.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
We broker grants of money for Youth For Christ charitable projects around the world. We do this by finding people around the world with large sums of money to give, and finding suitable Youth For Christ projects around the world for them to give to. We do the due diligence on the projects that the donors identify as being the ones they are most
likely to support, and the donors themselves finally decide who will get what and from whom.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The prevention or relief of poverty
- The advancement of education
- The advancement of religion
Who the charity helps
- Children (5-13 year olds)
- Overseas/developing countries
- Specific areas of deprivation
- Voluntary and community sector
- Youth (14-25 year olds)
How the charity works
- Grant making
