However, in a recent webinar with youth work leaders, minister for civil society Baroness Barran indicated that the Youth Investment Fund (YIF) – originally earmarked to build and refurbish hundreds of youth centres – would be focused on supporting “innovation”.
Speaking at the webinar organised by the National Youth Agency to promote the launch of a consultation into the Treasury-commissioned rapid review of youth work policy and funding, Barran said the YIF “remains a manifesto commitment” and had been delayed because of the pressures of the Covid-19 pandemic.
“The reason for the delay is that the aim of the fund is to support and drive innovation in the youth sector and we felt it was impossible to expect people to innovate at the moment,” Barran said at the webinar.
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