Set against a backdrop of deep cuts to local authority youth work budgets – and the bulk of what remains being spent on targeted provision for the most at-risk young people – the £40m allocated to open access youth work projects through the Youth Investment Fund (YIF) has provided a much-needed shot in the arm for the sector.
The three-year programme is a joint investment between the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, and the National Lottery Community Fund.
Since being established in 2017, it has supported around 90 youth organisations to expand their provision in six regions in England – Liverpool, Tees Valley and Sunderland, east London, Bristol and Somerset, West Midlands and East Midlands.
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