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The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has announced a new National Youth Strategy that aims to break down barriers to opportunities for the country’s young people.
The new strategy is expected to prioritise delivering better coordinated youth services and policy at a local, regional and national level and hand power back to young people and their communities.
More than £85 million will support more youth facilities, including £26 million for youth clubs to buy new equipment and undertake renovations via the Better Youth Spaces programme.
£100 million from the next tranche of the Dormant Assets scheme will be used to deliver youth outcomes between 2024 and 2028 to support the provision of services, facilities and opportunities for young people across the country. Further details on what the £100 million can support ‘will be set out in due course through the publication of the Dormant Assets Strategy’.
The government said it will be:
- Launching a Local Youth Transformation pilot to provide tools, guidance, peer challenge and funding to help local authorities rejuvenate local youth services.
- Expanding the Creative Careers Programme for new opportunities to access careers in the arts and invest further in multi-sport facilities that provides young people access to quality sports facilities.
