Millennium Volunteers national projects, such as those run by the Duke of Edinburgh's Award scheme, will continue to be administered by a restructured Millennium Volunteers Unit at the Department for Education and Skills in Sheffield.
The plans are designed to "achieve better coverage", said a spokeswoman at the department. But the changes mean jobs at the Millennium Volunteers Unit are on the line.
Since 1999, 15m a year has been made available to Millennium Volunteers, with 12.5m going to regional projects and the rest towards central costs.
The same amount is scheduled for 2004/05 and 2005/06.
Millennium Volunteers has been part of the Connexions policy team portfolio since last summer. Around 111,000 young people are part of the scheme.
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