The NCS Trust, which oversees running of the programme, says the new approach - billed as NCS 2.0 - will cut out regional bodies that co-ordinate commissioning, reducing management costs and allowing it to spend more money on activities.
Currently, the trust appoints nine regional partners under three-year contracts to commission local voluntary and community groups to deliver the NCS programme in the summer holidays and during the autumn school term.
Under the new plans - to be initially rolled out in London, the North East and South West of England - the trust will work directly with schools, colleges, youth groups, sports clubs and local authorities in each region to deliver the programme.
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