The Better Youth Spaces grant funding is now open, £30.5m of capital grants funded by the UK Government and administered by Social Investment Business.
Value: Minimum of £5,000 and a maximum of £100,000 per site (not per organisation). Can include both equipment and refurbishment costs.
Open to: Charities, Not-for-profits (including CIC’s), Local Authorities and Community Benefit Societies.
Location: 42 priority areas including Liverpool.
Better Youth Spaces is £30.5m of capital grants funded by the UK Government and administered by Social Investment Business. The grant funding is to be used for small scale-capital projects of £5k – £100k, including capital equipment, small refurbishments and other capital projects to help youth organisations to better support the young people they work with.
Applications that include refurbishment will have a short fixed window to apply which will close at midnight on Sunday 31st August. The application window for all other applications will close at midnight on Monday 22nd September (please note the fund could close earlier if it is heavily oversubscribed) All grants must be spent, and evidenced by 30th January 2026 or earlier.
The project must meet at least one of the fund 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 on the basis of youth need.
- Improving the financial sustainability of youth facilities.