The Birmingham-based charity supports organisations that provide youth-led volunteering opportunities across England, but relies on the Office for Civil Society (OCS) for about 90 per cent of its funding, which is due to end in March. Five staff will lose their job as a result of the closure.
The OCS announced last year that it plans to reduce the number of strategic partners from 42 to 15 from April. YAN believes that it is unlikely to receive additional money from the OCS when its existing grant runs out as it is one of the smaller strategic partners.
Davina Goodchild, chief executive of YAN, said it was also unlikely that it would be able to secure additional funding before September. She said: "There are very few sources of funding for voluntary infrastructure organisations. The OCS was about the only funder and there’s no chance of raising money from our members or local authorities as they’re having their funding for frontline services cut."
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