Funding to support the delivery of new and renewed youth facilities within a short timescale.
With funding from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), Social Investment Business is administering the next phase of the Youth Investment Fund (YIF). It seeks to provide 300 youth facilities that:
- Represent positive value for money.
- Are environmentally sustainable.
- Enable positive activities for young people.
The expected range in grants is between £300,000 and £8.7 million. However, awards outside of this may be considered.
The lead organisation, responsible for managing the grant, must be one of the following:
- Local authority.
- Registered or exempt charity.
- Community Interest Company.
- Community Benefit Society.
- Uniformed Group.
- Sports club.
Organisations must be based in a left-behind area of England, as ranked based on a combination of youth need and low provision. An eligibility checker can be found on the Social Investment Business website.
Applicants must be working with children and young people, where the majority are aged 11 to 19 years. Where young people have a special educational need, are leaving care, or are considered 'at risk' or vulnerable, funding may be granted up to the age of 25 years.
The funding is intended to support capital costs. Revenue costs can also be covered, but only alongside capital funding.
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, with Grant Committees expected to be held until March 2024.
How To Apply
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, with Grant Committees expected to be held until March 2024.
After submitting an Expression of Interest, successful groups will be appointed a Relationship Manager who will help them work up a full proposal. This could take one to six months.
The Expression of Interest form allows groups to indicate how close to starting the build project they are. Until December 2022, there is particular interest in projects that can start within three months.
Projects that are not at this stage are unlikely to be worked up to full proposals until January 2023 at the earliest.
Full guidelines, FAQs and the Expression of Interest form can be found on the Social Investment Business website.