A Cabinet Office trial is set to revisit business brokerage as a method of generating greater funding and support for the youth sector.
The brief pilot, to run from now until the end of March 2015, will see six Myplace youth centres be matched with businesses that can provide tailored support to meet the needs of each individual centre.
The aim of the programme is to develop an evidence base demonstrating how businesses can support centres with their sponsorship, volunteering and skill-sharing needs, which will be disseminated through the Myplace network of 63 centres.
It is the first time the government has used the method since the United Futures trial, which ended in March 2013. That scheme, led by a consortium made up of UK Youth, Business in the Community and National Children's Bureau, found a series of barriers preventing organisations and local businesses from working together, including a mismatch between the future expectations of the two.
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