Funding for local and national youth organisations, designed to help mitigate the impact of lost income during the winter period due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Local grassroots youth clubs (defined as a place where young people, from within the locality, can meet and participate in a variety of youth work activities), uniformed youth groups, and national youth and umbrella organisations can apply.

The young people who benefit should be aged between 5 and 18 years old, or in the case of individuals with special educational needs 25 years old.

Grants are intended to cover essential business expenditure, such as staff salaries and operational costs, incurred between 1 November 2020 and 31 March 2021 that enable the organisation to remain viable, open, reopen or partially reopen.

Local organisations can apply for 25% of their annual income/or deficit from Nov’ 2020 to March 2021 or £250,000 which ever is lower and National organisations can apply for 25% of annual income; or deficit from Nov’ 2020 to March 2021 or £2 million, again which ever is lower.

All grants must be spent by 31 March 2021. The deadline for applications is 12 February 2021 (5pm).  Details and application forms (on-line and downloadable) and frequently asked questions are available at: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/apply-for-the-youth-covid-19-support-fund

UK Youth are providing tailored support to all applicants through webinars on how to complete the DCMS Youth Covid-19 Fund application form including: 9/2/21; 11/2/21 and 16/2/21 all at 10:30am-12pm Go to: https://datatech.pwc.com/DCMS_YCSF/Information.aspx and follow the links to sign up.

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