The YHA saw off competition from rivals including PGL, Kingswood and Action for Employment to clinch the 11.5m two-year contract, which is funded by the Big Lottery Fund's Young People's Fund.
Get Real will offer residential places to 21,000 young people in England, up from the 3,600 places available during the programme's pilot schemes over the past two summers. It will cost each young person 100 to attend, although low-income families will only be charged 25.
The week-long residentials will include outdoor activities, music, arts and drama. The programme will be run at 14 of the YHA's 227 youth hostels in England and Wales, including locations in the Lake District, London and north Wales.
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