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Big Challenge 10 is CLOSED!
We are no longer accepting applications for Big Challenge 10. Thank-you to all of you who have submitted your brilliant ideas of how you want to make a difference in your communities. You will hear from us in the first week of August about whether you have been short-listed. The public vote launches here on the 4th of August for one week so come back and have YOUR say about who should win the competition this year!
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PARTNERS AND FUNDERS
Partners
UnLtd is a charity which supports social entrepreneurs - people with vision, drive, commitment
and passion who want to change the world for the better. We do this by providing a complete package of funding and support, to help these
individuals make their ideas a reality. www.unltd.org.uk
http://www.unltd.org.uk
Changemakers was founded in 1994 by a coalition of educationalists and NGOs and was an early champion of young people leading their own social action and change. They have influenced many of the key developments in education and youth policy over the past decade including the introduction of citizenship and enterprise education, the creation of youth volunteering body 'v' and 'Aiming High', the government's ten year youth strategy. Since 1994 more than 100,000 young people have participated in Changemakers programmes and hundreds of organisations have adopted their youth led philosophy and approach.
Changemakers Vision is of a society of passionate and engaged citizens, motivated and empowered to lead positive change in their communities. Their Mission is to work with young people aged 4-25 to stimulate enterprising minds, create active citizens, and inspire future leaders.
http://www.changemakers.org.uk
Big Challenge is funded by v and Vodafone
v is an independent charity championing youth volunteering in England. v exists to inspire a new generation of young volunteers (aged 16-25) in England and enable a lasting change in the quality, quantity and diversity of youth volunteering. v aims to create a culture where it is natural for young people to volunteer, and natural for organisations to support them in doing so, because the benefits of volunteering are widely understood and celebrated.
http://www.wearev.com and http://www.vinspired.com/
Vodafone Group Plc is the world's leading mobile telecommunications company. The Vodafone Group Foundation is a registered
charity and is driven by one of the four Passions of Vodafone Group - Passion for the World Around Us. The VGF is at the centre
of a network of global and local social investment programmes. Locally, the social investment is delivered by a unique footprint
of 24 Vodafone Foundations and social investment programmes.
The Foundations make social investments that help the people of the world to lead fuller lives by:
- Sharing the benefits of developments in mobile communications technology as widely as possible
- Supporting the local communities in which Vodafone operates
- Helping to alleviate suffering in disaster areas
- Supporting sport and music projects to benefit young people and their communities
- Promoting the health and well-being of young people
- Protecting the natural environment.
http://www.vodafone.com/start/foundation.html