Over £90 million of new funding has been announced to 43 youth services to enable thousands of young people in England to access high-quality out of school activities to support their well-being, health, and develop the skills they need for life and work.
These are the first grants from the 2nd Phase of the Government's Youth Investment Fund of over £300 million to renew the country’s youth sector.
To mark the occasion Ruth Hannant, Permanent Secretary for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, will meet young people at Brighton Youth Centre today, one of the first 43 youth services in England to be awarded a Young Investment Fund grant. The grant, along with local authority funding, will help Brighton Youth Service transform its space into a fully accessible, environmentally sustainable, and state-of-the-art facility, open seven days a week. It will give young people more opportunities to improve wellbeing, develop interpersonal skills, grow in confidence, explore their identity, and find a voice. Once work is complete, Brighton Youth Centre will be able to double the number of young people they support, boosting their reach to 3000 young people per week.
