Methodist Youth Activities

Methodist Youth Activities [MYA] is a grant-making trust that was set up with the aim of nurturing and educating young people and, by grant aid, helping them take advantage of opportunities that will help the formation of their lives. We cover the age range 11 to 25. And we are registered with the Charity Commission to operate within the United Kin... gdom. The Objects of Methodist Youth Activities are: To help young people to develop their physical, mental and spiritual capacities so that they may grow to full maturity as individuals, and their condition of life may be improved. And to awaken, or strengthen, in them their desire for a full and active Christian life. What does MYA do? MYA started making grants to individual young people in 1995. In any recent year, about ten young people have received a grant as low as £100 and occasionally as high as £1,000 - as funds allow. We are also interested in the work of young people's organizations that are working with similar aims to MYA. The budgets of most projects of this type would be well beyond the means of MYA. So we would expect to contribute a proportion of the applicant's budget. We are willing to consider applications for funding for up to 3 years. Depending on the availability of funds, our largest grants to projects would be in the region of £2,500 per year. In any year we are helping with grants about 10 projects, most of which are for more than one year.Read More