The SNG #iwill Fund 2.0 – Wellbeing & Social Action Festivals

Our Wellbeing and Social Action Festivals aim to bring young people together to inspire action, break down mental health stigmas, and create positive change in their communities.  

They are designed to create a space for networking, community connection, mental health and wellbeing awareness and employability and career support in SNG communities. These festivals provide pathways to youth social action and volunteering while fostering connection and collaboration. 

Each festival is led and shaped by Wellbeing Champions from our funded projects and other young people in the area alongside young SNG customers and feature guest speakers, wellbeing activities, stalls, arts and role models to spread awareness of wellbeing and social action and the benefits. 

All festivals are completely free to attend for local young people aged 10-20 and their families, whether they are from SNG homes or not, and feature free food, activities, support and merchandise. We’re aiming for young people to leave inspired by the skills, knowledge and opportunities to continue their wellbeing and social action journey beyond the event.  

Having committed to holding a total of twelve festival by the end of 2026, we’ve already planned and delivered our first two festivals, which acted as pilots to form a baseline to prepare us to partner with four localised organisations to deliver four more this year in 2025. We then plan to hold a further six across new communities next year in 2026.  

For any general queries relating to our Wellbeing & Social Action Festivals, please email us:  iwillfund@sng.org.uk

Find out more about our first two festivals delivered last year in 2024, and our plans for our next four this year in 2025, as well as a further six next year in 2026, below.

Find out more about each festival

Find out more about the SNG #iwill Fund

Logo lock up of partners: the #iwill fund, Department for Culture, Media & Sport and National Lottery Community Fund