The Charity Den offers 15-18 year olds the chance to win funding of £1000 for a charitable project of their design.

“Young people possess limitless potential.

I designed The Charity Den to nurture and celebrate their ideas. This is your chance for your idea to be heard.”

-Kanwardeep Ahluwalia, KICK Founder

Empower

Whether it's supporting a disadvantaged community, driving change in education, or fighting social injustice, the choice is yours.

Why should I enter The Charity Den?

Learn

At The Charity Den, you'll master project planning, management, and execution. Learning to take an idea from concept to completion.

Experience

The skills you’ll gain are invaluable and not taught in traditional school environments, they could shape your future career!

 FAQs

  • If you have any questions about taking part, how it works, or just want to talk, please send us a message here.

  • The Charity Den is open to all applications that aim to support a legitimate cause at your school, community or the wider world. A legitimate cause has to address a proper need. We would not, for example, support the sponsoring of resources for well off communities or schools.

  • The limit for a standard application is funding of up to £1000. However, we don’t want to curtail your ambition. Project proposals seeking more money will need to reflect their higher asking price with a higher standard of research and planning. We would also be eager to have a consistent communication stream with project teams asking for larger sums of money.

  • We envision teams being between 2 and 5 participants, though solo applicants are also warmly welcome!

  • No! The Charity Den is designed to be inclusive for all levels of experience and knowledge. Our learning materials, found in the Resource Pack, take you through everything you need to know about designing your project proposal and then successfully pitching it to us.

  • Your pitch is a chance for you to show your work and present it to us in a more human way. Our resource pack includes the KICK Pitch Canvas, which outlines what a great pitch includes, you can find it here.

  • If you’re aged between 15 and 18 we’d love for you to participate in The Charity Den.

  • If you are a teacher supervising students whilst working on their project proposals and have any questions about the process or learning materials, reach out to us here, or refer to our Document for Teachers Supervising The Charity Den.

Get in touch.

If you have any questions about taking part, how it works, or just want to talk, please send us a message here.