The Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) has launched phase 1 of the Youth Investment Fund. The aim of the Youth Investment Fund (YIF) is to create, expand and improve local youth facilities and their services, in order to drive positive outcomes for young people, including improved health and wellbeing, and skills for work, employability and life. BBC Children in Need has been selected to distribute phase 1 of this funding on behalf of DCMS, which comprises £10 million for youth provision in left-behind areas of England, and is funding for small-scale capital projects. Applications can be submitted from 31 January 2022, and grants must be spent by 31 March 2022. Further information is available on the Children in Need website.
