The Youth Covid-19 Support Fund, which will be open to
grassroots youth clubs, uniformed youth groups, and
national youth and umbrella organisations, will help to
mitigate the impact of lost income during the winter period
due to the coronavirus pandemic, and ensure services
providing vital support can remain open.
The funding will be allocated from the Government’s
unprecedented £750 million package
of support which is benefiting tens of thousands of
frontline charities, so they can continue their vital work.
More than £60 million of this package has already been
provided to organisations working with vulnerable children
and young people.
This is on top of a number of other schemes benefitting
young people announced in recent months, including:
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£85 million in match funding via the DCMS Community
Match Challengewhich benefited organisations
including the youth organisations Onside Youth
Zones,The Scouts Association, Girlguiding, and UK
Youth.
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£90 million released from dormant
accounts to support charities including those
tackling youth unemployment
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£200 million Government investment in early
intervention and prevention support initiatives to
support children and young people at risk of
exploitation and involvement in serious violence,
through the Youth Endowment
Fund.
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Over £2 billion of funding to help young people into
employment via the Kickstart
scheme.
The youth sector has also had access to hundreds of
millions of pounds of support this year through the
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and other cross economy
support schemes.
Wider funding for young people will be confirmed in the
Government’s Spending Review.
Further details on the Youth Covid-19 Support Fund,
including eligibility and how to apply, will be announced
in due course.
