The current funding streams include:

MINI MEDIABOX
Grants from £1,000 - £5,000
Mini-Mediabox is for grassroots and community organisations with a relatively small turnover. This is an entry-level grant with a quick and easy application process, designed to enable smaller organisations to access funding for their youth-led projects.

Who can apply? Open to grassroots and community youth organisations.

MY MEDIABOX
Grants of £500
We run high profile partnerships with media companies throughout the year offering individual young people funding for a one-off media project, along with specialist production training. Mediabox partnerships, which to date have included the Daily Mirror, Bebo, ITV Local, Community Channel and Channel 4, enable the work of young people to reach the widest possible audience.

Who can apply? Open to individual young people via competitions and partnerships

Competitions are announced throughout the year, stay tuned to www.media-box.co.uk for more details.

MID MEDIABOX
Grants from £5,000 - £20,000
A mid-level grant open to established youth organisations that may or may not have delivered media projects in the past. This grant can be used to develop a new creative idea and/or to promote a completed youth-led media project to a wider audience.

Who can apply? Open to established youth and/ or media focused organisations

BIG MEDIABOX
Grants from £20,000 - £40,000
Big Mediabox is the largest grant, designed for organisations with a strong track record of developing media projects with young people. This grant can assist organisations to deliver new programmes that allow a larger group of young people to work collaboratively. Match funding of 40% of the total project cost is required, 20% of which must be cash.

Who can apply? Open to established youth and/ or media focused organisations. Partnership funding is required.

MIX MEDIABOX
Grants from £5,000 - £20,000
Designed to reach organisations that bring together young people from diverse economic backgrounds, faiths or geographic areas to work on a media project. This grant enables young people to work with older members of their community, to create media projects that encourage communities to gain a better understanding of each other and promote community cohesion.

Who can apply? Open to established youth and/or media focused organisations


For further information, guidelines and regional priorities visit www.media-box.co.uk or contact Uzma Choudhry on 0116 253 3445 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it