Guidance

Youth Investment Fund Phase 2: intermediary grant maker competition

VCSE organisations are invited to apply to deliver Phase 2 of the Youth Investment Fund, up to £368 million over three years to eligible places across England.

Applies to England

Documents

Youth Investment Fund Phase 2: intermediary grant maker competition application form

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Government grant funding agreement template

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Details

The Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) is seeking to appoint a voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) or youth sector organisation, or joint delivery body led by such an organisation, to act as intermediary grant maker (IGM) to deliver Phase 2 of the Youth Investment Fund, distributing up to £368 million over three years (2022/23 to 2024/25) to eligible places across England. This represents £288 million of capital funding and up to £80 million of resource funding including for fund delivery. We are inviting relevant organisations to submit applications to deliver the fund.

Attached above are:

  • specification of requirements
  • application form
  • government grant funding agreement template

The grant agreement with the selected intermediary grant maker will be based on the government grant funding agreement template, which may be tailored to include charges on assets and other provisions.

We are asking organisations who are interested in this role and have the required capacity and skill set to submit a completed application by email to yif@dcms.gov.uk by 12pm (noon), 29 March 2022.

Clarification questions may be submitted to yif@dcms.gov.uk by Friday 4 March 2022. Anonymised questions and responses will be published on GOV.UK shortly after this date.

DCMS will hold a virtual engagement session in the week commencing 7 March 2022 to explain this opportunity in further detail and answer any queries. Please contact the Youth Investment Fund team on yif@dcms.gov.uk to request further information or to sign up for this event.

Updates to this page

Published 23 February 2022
Last updated 14 March 2022 + show all updates
  1. YIF Phase 2 intermediary grant maker competition: clarification questions and answers

  2. First published.

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