This means the Citizenship Foundation’s work as part of the Youth of Today consortium will end.
The Youth of Today, which began in February 2009 and is due to be completed in March 2011, aims to improve the quality and quantity of youth leadership opportunities for 13- to 19-year-olds.
Other organisations involved in the consortium are the National Youth Agency, Changemakers, the Young Foundation, UK Youth Parliament, British Youth Council and the Prince's Trust.
Nicola Harwood, education officer at the Youth of Today, said: "This is a real disappointment for the Citizenship Foundation and follows 17 months of hard work. We achieved 220 schools engaging with the programme – they shared best practice around youth leadership and used our interactive leadership and active citizenship educational resources.
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