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Culture secretary “unlocks” £150m fund for charities
Charities supporting young people facing financial hardship and unemployment during the coronavirus crisis will be among those to benefit from a new £150m fund, Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden has announced.
The fund will be provided using cash from “dormant” bank and building society accounts, he said.
A total of £10m will be handed to the Youth Futures Foundation to help organisations who support unemployed, disadvantaged young people across the country into jobs. The foundation will use the grant to launch an emergency levelling-up youth fund to support young people from hardest hit communities.
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