Grants of between £5,000 and £100,000 (per site) are available for youth organisations across England for small-scale capital projects to improve youth facilities and help youth groups to better support the young people they work with.
The Better Youth Spaces Fund, provided by the UK Government and administered by Social Investment Business (SIB), will support capital improvements to youth facilities, including capital equipment, small refurbishments, and other capital projects, that meet at least one of the following objectives:
- Improving the reach of activities provided
- Improving the safety of existing youth facilities
- Improve the youth sector's capacity and quality to deliver a range of enrichment activities
- Funding priority areas based on youth needs
- Improving the financial sustainability of youth facilities
A total of £30.5 million is available for groups operating youth facilities in one of 42 priority areas across England that have been selected by the government based on the Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index (IDACI).
Applications that include refurbishment will have a short, fixed window to apply. The deadline is 31 August 2025.
The deadline for all other applications is 21 September 2025.
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