Aims/Priorities: The Local Youth Transformation (LYT) Pilot is provided in England by the UK Government's Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).
The fund aims 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.
The 10 to 12 local authorities selected will represent a range of geographical contexts, including urban/rural, and diverse models for delivering youth services, for example, local authority-delivered youth service, commission model, partnership model.
Who can apply? To be eligible to apply for the role of delivery partner for the LYT Pilot, applicants must:
- Be a registered company, private company, or Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE). As a grant, applicants must be able to demonstrate that the project is not for profit.
- Have a robust safeguarding policy.
- Have organisational capability in programme or project management.
- Have experience of the youth sector landscape.
- Have experience of working with, and providing support/guidance to, local authorities to drive service improvements.
- Have expertise in incorporating youth voice within project design and/or delivery.
- Have the capacity to deliver support to local authorities across England.
- Have the technical expertise, capacity and knowledge to meet the objectives of the Local Youth Transformation Pilot.
- Have appropriate financial management systems and processes to account for Local Youth Transformation Pilot grant expenditure accurately and transparently.
Organisations will also need to pass the following due diligence checks:
- The grant award does not exceed 50% of the organisation's annual income, as an example: if an organisation applied for a £500,000 grant, the collective annual turnover needs to be £1 million or more in order that the grant is not more than 50% of the annual turnover/income.
- The organisation must not already be receiving funding for the project (meaning their project is funded twice).
- Trustees are not related, and there is no indication of fraud.
- Where multiple organisations are located at the same postcode, there is no indication of fraud.
- The organisation is able to provide an annual report and audited or certified accounts, covering the last two years or similar documentation.
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).
Grant Amount: The fund has a total value of £750,000.
Application Process: Applications for this grant fund must be submitted to youthrevenue@dcms.gov.uk
Guidance notes and application documents can be found on the GOV.UK website.
Deadline: Monday 7 May 2025 (23:59)
Contact Information: youthrevenue@dcms.gov.uk
Website: Applying to the Local Youth Transformation Fund - GOV.UK