Ark, which stands for Anti-racism Kirklees, is now looking for a youth work co-ordinator and at least two youth workers to be based in the north of Kirklees in West Yorkshire.
Khalid Hussain, chief executive of the Kirklees Racial Equality Council, which is leading the multi-agency project, claimed the British National Party (BNP) and other more extreme groups were actively recruiting young men in the area.
The BNP is fielding a candidate in a local by-election in Heckmondwike on 16 August.
Hussain said: "We have a tremendous problem in north Kirklees. We are having to fight tooth and nail with the BNP. It is working hard to recruit.
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