The Chancellor has pledged £500m over five years for a new youth investment fund.
The announcement from Sajid Javid at today's Conservative Party conference in Manchester, adds detail to his Spending Round pledge earlier in September.
The money is geared towards building new youth centres, refurbishing exciting youth facilitates and to provide mobile facilities for harder to reach areas.
The fund also aims support the provision and coordination of high-quality services for young people and an investment in the youth workforce.
The funds will go some way to reverse growing council cuts to youth services since 2010, which are estimated to stand at more than half a billion pounds.
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