In Leicester, for example, the SRB partnership is based around the deprived Beaumont Leys Estate and has been spending 2.4m a year, of which 20 per cent goes on youth schemes including a detached youth worker, refurbishment of play areas and mediation projects in local schools. Paul Quinn, manager of the Leicester North West SRB Partnership, says: "Statutory and voluntary sector-run youth activities have been finding it increasingly hard to get funding, so regeneration money like the SRB has been a lifeline in terms of developing new initiatives."
But now the future of these programmes is in doubt, at least in their current form, and many expect fewer young people-related projects to be funded in the coming years.
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