Children's minister Beverley Hughes has announced the 41 youth projects set to share £180m of Myplace funding, which aims to transform youth facilities across the country.
It means that there are now 62 new youth centre developments in the pipeline, given that in November last year, 21 projects received £62m from the fast-track funding stage. A further £30m will be handed out later this year.
Because of the quality of the bids, the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) added an extra £70m to the original £110m set aside for this round of funding.
"This unprecedented investment will fund a new generation of places for young people to go with exciting activities on offer, like film making and music recording," explains Hughes.
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