Guidance

Youth Engagement Fund: prospectus

The Youth Engagement Fund is now closed for initial applications: 39 Social Investment Partnerships have been selected to tender.

• From: Cabinet Office
• Published: 23 May 2014
• Last updated: 3 October 2014 — See all updates

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Youth Engagement Fund: prospectus

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The Youth Engagement Fund is a £16 million payment by results fund. It aims to help disadvantaged young people aged 14 to 17 to participate and succeed in education or training. This will improve their employability, reduce their long term dependency on benefits, and reduce their likelihood of offending.

The funding will be provided through social impact bonds (SIBs) with investors funding innovative initiatives to prevent young people from becoming NEET (not in education, employment or training). Government will only pay if the initiatives are successful and lead to positive outcomes. The Youth Engagement Fund is jointly funded by the Cabinet Office, Department of Work and Pensions and the Ministry of Justice. Read about how social impact bonds have helped young people in East London.

The Youth Engagement Fund will be awarded through a competitive bidding process over 2 stages: the initial application form and then the invitation to tender for shortlisted bidders. The initial application stage, explained in the prospectus, is now closed. Shortlisted bidders have been asked to tender by 10am on 28 November 2014.

Shortlisted bidders

• ACFA Youth Outreach
• Adviza Partnership
• Aspire-i
• Barnardo’s
• BEST Network
• Business and Education London South
• C & K Careers Ltd
• Careers South West
• Catch22
• Community Links
• COUI 01
• COUI 02
• Creative Youth Network
• CSWP Ltd
• CVQO
• Derbyshire VCI Consortium
• Educational Excellence
• Essex Boys and Girls Clubs
• GMCP
• Groundwork UK
• Impetus-The Private Equity Foundation
• Inspira
• Lancashire County Council
• Leeds City Council
• London Borough of Newham
• Medway Youth Trust
• Nottingham City Council
• People in Partnership (Wolverhampton) CIC
• Prevista
• Reed in Partnership
• Restorative Thinking Limited
• Rinova Ltd
• Sheffield Futures
• SkillForce
• Tees Valley Unlimited
• The Prince’s Trust
• Third Sector Consortia Management LLP (3SC)
• TwentyTwenty
• Wheatsheaf Trust

Published 23 May 2014
Last updated 3 October 2014 + show all updates

1. 3 October 2014

   Updated to show the shortlisted bidders and the bidding process for them.

2. 3 July 2014

   Information on bidding for the Youth Engagement Fund added.

3. 23 May 2014

   First published.