Youth Justice Sport Fund

The Ministry of Justice has identified new funding to invest in sports programmes across England and Wales that effectively deliver against criminal justice outcomes in the financial year to the end of March 2023. The £5m programme will use sport to enhance positive outcomes for vulnerable young people in the context of youth crime.

The two key goals for the funding are to:

• Support vulnerable young people, aged 10-17, at-risk of involvement in crime, anti-social behaviour and serious violence – understood as those in the secondary tier of need, through involvement in local sporting activities
• Through capacity building, increase the capability of sport sector delivery organisations to work effectively with their local criminal justice partners, including Youth Justice Services, Police and Police Crime Commissioners (PCC)/Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) structures. This work focuses on building sustainable relationships for the medium to longer term to facilitate potential future access to the new 'Turnaround' programme and other funding.

Timescales

• Application Portal closes 9am Monday 5th December
• Successful organisations informed no later than Friday 16th December
• Project delivery to start as soon as possible and no later than Friday 13th January 2023 with project spend completed by 31st March 2023

Local Contact Details

Midlands, East, South West and South Central Contact: Sarah Clarke
Email: Sarah.Clarke@streetgames.org