Former Chancellor Sajid Javid promised to plough £500m into youth work services over five years through the Youth Investment Fund in September last year as part of “post-Brexit funding package for the next generation”.
The funding was due to be released to services in April, however, this was pushed back due to the coronavirus pandemic, by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.
However, speaking on the first day of the CYP Now’s Youth Work in the 2020s conference, hosted in partnership with the NYA, Leigh Middleton, NYA chief executive, said: “Young people need that funding now”.
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