Deadline: 7-May-25
Applications are now open for the Local Youth Transformation Grant Program to support 10 to 12 local authorities to start to rebuild a high-quality offer for young people and the transition back to local youth services leadership.
The fund will test ways to best rebuild local authority capability to ensure a local youth offer which addresses the needs of young people and supports government priorities.
Objectives
- The objectives of the LYT Pilot are to:
- improve capability in 10 to 12 Local Authorities to improve their local youth offer. They would expect to see measurable improvement (against a baseline) in at least one area of identified need
- build DCMS’ understanding of the challenges and opportunities LAs face and how LAs can best be supported to build capability and effectively meet their statutory duty as set out in Section 507B of the Education Act 1996
- ensure longer term sustainability in participating local authorities to deliver their youth services statutory duty by building confidence in meeting their responsibilities and an understanding how youth services can support positive long term outcomes for young people.
Purpose
- The funding aims to secure a delivery partner that will provide support to local authorities to meet their individual needs by:
- supporting local authorities and, if applicable, their partners to carry out an assessment of existing provision and needs
- supporting local authorities to identify areas to improve and working with local authorities and, if applicable, their partners to develop individual local authority action plans (to deliver within the pilot timeframe)
- providing a tailored package of advice and support for local authorities and, if applicable, their partners to implement their plans, including producing practical tools and guidance
- providing ongoing support and consultation to local authorities throughout the lifetime of the project to support the implementation of their plans; and
- carrying out a review of the implementation of action plans to review progress made and opportunities for further improvement following completion of the pilot. Using the findings from this, offer guidance and expertise to support local authorities to develop longer term action plans.
Funding Information
- Grant amount: £750,000
- Duration: The maximum grant length for the delivery support partner is 1 year (1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026).
Eligible Activities
- The funding may be spent on the following activities:
- staff costs, where they directly relate to the programme activity i.e. salaries, employer’s national insurance contributions, and employer’s contributions to any occupational pension scheme or stakeholder pension scheme
- travel and subsistence
- communication and marketing (subject to cabinet office controls)
- costs associated with production of resources, for example production costs of guidance, toolkits and/or running workshops, seminars, training.
Ineligible Activities
- The funds may not be used for:
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants may apply as a single organisation with or without delivery partners, or may alternatively submit a joint application (for example, as a consortium, joint venture, unincorporated association, partnership or otherwise).
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