Get Involved

Don't sit on the sidelines. Join the movement.

UKYIF is only as strong as the community that powers it, and that community is growing across the UK. From our home in Manchester, there is a place for you here. You belong.

Three Ways In

Choose your pathway

Whether you want to learn and build, lend your time, or pass on hard-won wisdom, there is a way to plug in. Every pathway is open to young people across the UK, so you can join us from Manchester or elsewhere in the United Kingdom.

Participant

Your journey starts here. Ready to learn, build, and connect with other young changemakers? Our labs, bootcamps, hackathons and digital-skills programs run in-person at our Manchester HQ. Sign up to be first to know when applications open.

Apply for Programs

Volunteer

Be the catalyst. We're a young organisation with massive ambition, and we move faster with people like you behind us. Help with event management, social media, community outreach, or support across the UK. Lend a few hours in Manchester or elsewhere in the UK.

Become a Volunteer

Mentor

Share your superpower. Remember the person who first believed in you? Be that person for someone else. Guide a young innovator through their first pitch, project, or business plan. Mentor face-to-face in Manchester or elsewhere in the UK. Your experience can change a young person's life.

Apply to Mentor
Rooted in Manchester

From Manchester, across the UK

Headquartered in Manchester, UK, UKYIF is built for the next generation of young innovators. Our labs, bootcamps and hackathons run at our UK HQ, bringing young people together to build something real.

  • Rooted in Manchester: our labs, bootcamps and hackathons run at our UK HQ in the heart of northern innovation.
  • Flexible by design. Volunteer or mentor in the hours that suit you, alongside our team.
  • Reaching across the UK. We bring hands-on programmes to young people throughout the United Kingdom.
  • Real and accountable. We're a registered Community Interest Company (CIC No. 16642939), and resources go straight back into the community we serve.
A diverse group of people joining hands together over a table A growing community of changemakers, proudly rooted in Manchester.