CYP Now - Deprived areas missing out on levelling up funding due to youth work spending differences, report finds

Disadvantaged areas are missing out on funding to support young people through the government’s levelling up agenda because of local differences in the way they calculate their spending.

Bradford is one area to miss out on levelling up funding, the report finds. Photo: AdobeStock

The findings have emerged in a report into the state of youth work in the Yorkshire and Humber region.

This found that six of the most deprived council areas in England are in the region.

But not all have qualified for funding through the £368m Youth Investment Fund due to local variations of how spending on youth work is calculated.

Instead, the government is targeting “pockets of deprivation” involving council wards in “areas of greater wealth”, according to the report by the area’s Youth Work Unit (YWU) and academics at the University of Hull.

Areas to miss out on funding in the region include Leeds, Bradford, Kirklees, Calderdale, York and most of North Yorkshire.

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