Member

We recognise the urgent need for young people to have welcoming places that they have a stake in. That is why, in the next financial year, my department will allocate over £85 million of capital funding to places where it is most needed. That includes launching the new, better youth spaces fund, with at least £26 million for youth clubs to buy new equipment and do renovations. We will also complete the youth investment fund projects that are under way. True to our commitment to putting young people back in charge of their own destinies, we will ensure that they guide our decisions when we choose the spaces to support.