Under the scheme, six Myplace youth centres will be matched with businesses that can provide tailored support to meets the needs of each individual centre.
Each of the centres, which are yet to be named by the Cabinet Office, have already requested specific support from local businesses.
The aim of the programme is to develop an evidence base demonstrating how businesses can support centres with their sponsorship, volunteering and skills-sharing needs.
The findings will be disseminated through the Myplace network of 63 centres, which was launched by Labour in April 2008 in an attempt to provide a host of "world-class" buildings for young people.
The Cabinet Office has made a grant of £12,000 available to deliver the trial and is seeking a single organisation from the voluntary, community or social enterprise sectors to oversee the work.
The successful bidder will be required to deliver the trial by the end of March 2015, and to publish a report detailing the interim findings in January 2015.
The deadline for applications is 7 November.
Between January 2012 and March 2013, the United Futures consortium, made up of Business in the Community, the National Children’s Bureau and UK Youth, piloted a brokerage service to link up youth services with businesses in order to garner new investment.
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