DCSF seeks body to manage Youth Sector Development Fund

Howard Lake | 7 January 2008 | News

The Department for Children, Schools and Families is looking for a managing body to run its Youth Sector Development Fund (YSDF), worth about £100 million over the next three years.

The main purpose of the YSDF is to invest in building the capacity and sustainability of third sector organisations that have developed effective approaches to working with young people.

The fund is part of the Department’s 10-year youth strategy – “Aiming high for young people: a ten year strategy for positive activities”.

Contact Joanne Wheeler (0114 259 1023) for further details, and for copies of the information pack and pre-qualification questionnaire.

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