The money, from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, will be managed and distributed by the Youth United Foundation, to support expansion of police cadets, Scouts, Guides and faith-based organisations. The aim is to create an additional 5,500 places.
Youth United previously established 20,000 such places with £10m of funding between 2014 and 2016.
The government also wants groups to use the money to create more opportunities for adults to volunteer with uniformed youth work, and reduce waiting lists for over-subscribed clubs.
Minister for sport and civil society Tracey Crouch said uniformed youth groups help "create lasting friendships and teach important life skills such as teamwork and resilience".
"This fund strengthens our support for young people by ensuring that even more children have access to these groups and are helped to reach their full potential," she said.
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