Implement new STEAM in Youth Work ideas with a small equipment grant

NYCI is delighted to be able to offer small grants to youth workers and other educators who:

• want to deliver STEAM sessions, projects and programmes with young people by end of February 2021
• would benefit from additional STEAM equipment in order to do this.

Anyone who has participated in our STEAM in Youth Work Practice Seminar on 10th November 2020 is invited to make an application for this support by 12th November 2020.

20 equipment grants worth €300 are available. They can be used towards the equipment and materials (such as wet weather gear for young people doing outdoor STEAM projects, red lights, photographic paper and chemicals, copper wire, card, electronic components etc) needed to deliver your STEAM session, project or programme with young people by end of February 2021. Grants must be claimed by 4th December 2020.

Information for applicants

Equipment grants will be allocated depending on:

• Originality and scale of project plans/ideas
• Diversity in ‘STEAM theme’ being focused on (ask young people, be creative and think outside the box!) Your plan/idea does not need to directly relate to the training you have received from us
• The young people who will benefit (we are particularly keen that young people who have limited access to hands-on, inspiring out-of-school STEAM learning opportunities are engaged)
• Diversity in terms of previous experience of delivering STEAM in Youth Work (some of those selected will have no experience while some will have lots)
• Geographical spread
• Input from young people

We will let you know by 16th November if your proposal has been successful to give you time to claim your grant by 4th December.

Terms & Conditions 

• Equipment grants must be claimed by 4th December 2020.
• To claim your equipment grant, purchase the equipment that you need and send original receipts with an invoice from your organisation to [email protected] reimbursement. Include your organisation’s bank account details on the invoice. Equipment grants will be transferred to the bank account of a registered charitable organisation or public organisation. We will only be able to reimburse you for equipment that is related to the activities proposed in your expression of interest (below). Under no circumstances will we be able to provide an extension on the deadline by which grants should be claimed. Receipts and invoices received by NYCI after this date cannot be reimbursed. 
• The STEAM sessions, projects or programmes that you have requested an equipment grant for, must be completed by end of February 2021.
• The STEAM sessions, projects or programmes delivered must have significant science, technology, engineering or maths components and cannot solely be focused on art.