Youth Microgrants for Convenings Centering Joy & Wellbeing in Climate Action in the Global South

This microgrant opportunity is part of a broader initiative to support innovative, healing-centered, and community-rooted approaches to climate action, with a strong emphasis on joy and wellbeing. The call for proposals invites youth-led or youth-serving initiatives to propose convenings that highlight creativity, emotional wellbeing, and cultural expression as essential components of climate resilience and activism. The funders seek to shift climate narratives from urgency alone to ones that also celebrate joy, connection, and community healing. Eligible convenings include gatherings, events, or creative spaces that prioritize joy and cultural expression as tools of resistance and resilience; support emotional wellbeing, peer connection, and intergenerational healing; integrate artistic and ritualistic practices like music, storytelling, and movement into climate action; promote community knowledge sharing and connection; and imagine regenerative futures grounded in care. Events may be in-person, online, or hybrid formats and can take place as one-time sessions or as ongoing series. Grants ranging from USD 1,000 to USD 7,000 are available and may be used to support facilitation, materials, honoraria, food, physical or virtual space needs, and care infrastructure including retreats, childcare, and translation. However, the funders are clear about spending limitations, specifically excluding proposals focused on attendance at international conferences, merchandise-heavy initiatives, generic awareness campaigns, and activities such as tree planting or beach cleanups that are already prioritized in other funding streams. This opportunity is open globally but specifically prioritizes applicants from underserved communities and the Global Majority. Applicants must be youth-led groups, collectives, individuals, or informal organizations with leaders aged approximately 18 to 35 who are actively engaged in climate justice or intersectional social justice work. Organizations do not need to be formally registered. However, individuals or groups based in India are ineligible to apply under this funding cycle. The application process requires submitting a short proposal through a Google form, which may be completed in written, audio, or video format. Applicants are expected to describe what they plan to do, how it centers joy and climate justice, who will be involved, and what support they need. The deadline for submission is 2025-10-26 at 21:00 CET. Selected activities must be implemented by 2026-07-01. No pre-application steps, contact person, or additional application support materials were listed in the source document. This grant reflects a broader movement toward integrating wellness, care, and cultural authenticity into climate responses. It highlights the necessity of reimagining activism through lenses of joy and collective resilience, especially among youth. The initiative urges applicants to use their creativity to reshape climate engagement into something that nourishes both people and the planet.

Let joy lead the way. Gather in ways that nourish us and our movements. Build from the inside out