Hundreds of youth groups across the country to benefit from £380 million Youth Investment Fund

Today the Government has announced that hundreds of youth groups will benefit from £380 million Youth Investment Fund, to support young people’s health, wellbeing and skills for work, no matter where they live.

This includes £44,200 to 8th Norwich Sea Scout Group fund installation of external doors, double-glazed windows, and insulated internal roller doors for a Sea Scouting HQ. It will allow more indoor activities to be provided for variously disadvantaged children and young people locally.

The Fund has been designed to create, improve and expand local youth facilities and services across the country, to support young people’s health, wellbeing and skills for work and life, no matter where they live.

£12 million funding has been fast-tracked to local youth services where supply is currently far short of meeting demand. This will help to level up access to services, trusted youth workers and dedicated facilities for young people.

The funding will help to expand the reach and range of services on offer, meet demand and reduce running costs. It will be used to cover small-scale capital improvements such as providing new laptops to youth groups, small redevelopments of buildings and facilities, and improving transport, such as providing a new minibus for a youth club so they can keep young people safe and extend activities beyond their local area.

By 2025 every young person will have access to regular out of school activities, adventures away from home, and opportunities to volunteer as the Government levels up opportunities for all young people.

As MP for Norwich North, ensuring that our young people get the best possible start in life is one of my priorities. To find out more about what action I am taking both in Norwich and Westminster for this work, please visit: https://www.chloesmith.org.uk/myplan/children.

For further information on this announcement, please visit: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/hundreds-of-youth-groups-across-the-country-to-benefit-from-380-million-youth-investment-fund