Funding of children and youth services

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Latest Funding News

DCSF seeks free transport reform

The Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) is in talks with tax officials to better identify children who are eligible for free school transport.

Cultural learning grant for theatre

A theatre in west London is to open a new education centre after receiving a £3m government grant.

Voluntary and community organisations see short-term funds as problem

More than half of voluntary and community organisations in the East of England are concerned that short-term funding is undermining the process of joint commissioning, a new report has found.

MORE FUNDING NEWS

Children & Young People Now Funding Explained

News Insight: Youth Work - Youth sector waits on dormant cash

A clause in the Dormant Bank Accounts Act could mean much less than the mooted £400m for youth projects. Joe Lepper reports.

The Children's Plan: Special Report - Spending pledges

The government has pledged billions of pounds of investment to improve the life chances of children and young people since the publication of The Children's Plan a year ago. Beth...

Percentage of councils per region where 6 out of 10 young people involved with youth services had a recorded outcome

Analysis: Funding - Youth services: the national picture

The National Youth Agency's annual audit has provided a snapshot of local authority youth spending as service integration gathers momentum. Joe Lepper examines the key...