Local Youth Transformation Fund - Delivery Partner

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). This may, for example, apply to entities who feel that alone they do not have the capacity or capability to address the size and scale of the department’s requirement, or wish to bring in additional expertise to meet the department’s required skills and experience for this role. Applicants are responsible for determining the most appropriate approach to delivering their proposal.

To be eligible to apply for the role of delivery partner for the LYT pilot, you must:

• Be a registered company, private company, or Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE). As a grant, you 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, LAs to drive service improvements.

• Have expertise in incorporating youth voice within project design and/or delivery.

• Have the capacity to deliver support to LAs 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.

Your organisation will also need to pass our due diligence checks:

• The grant award does not exceed 50% of your annual income, as an example: if an organisation applied for a £500,000 grant, the collective annual turnover needs to be £1,000,000 or more in order that the grant is not more than 50% of the annual turnover/income.

• We have received and reviewed at least 2 references.

• If you have been funded by another part of government, we seek feedback from that department.

• You are not already receiving funding for this project, meaning your 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 – if you do have the same postcode as other organisations you will be asked to provide an explanation.

• You are able to provide an annual report and audited or certified accounts, covering the last two years or similar documentation. 

Please note: in the event your last financial year end was more than 6 months ago we may request further accounting information at a later date as part of the due diligence process.

The following additional information applies to applicants who put forward a joint approach:

• A lead party must be identified that shall submit an application on behalf of all parties to the joint application.

• The lead party shall be responsible for all communication with the department during the application and appointment process.

• As part of their application, the applicant must submit a structure diagram identifying the roles and relationships between the parties including all relevant companies, their respective parent or ultimate holding companies. The structure should make clear who will be responsible for delivery of the grant and ensure that, as a minimum, the legal obligations and liabilities of the applicant are borne by an entity or entities which satisfy the financial requirements set out in this specification of requirements.

• The applicant must submit written confirmation from each party that they authorise the lead party organisation to act on their behalf in relation to this grant competition.

This £750,000 funding aims to secure a delivery partner that will provide support to LAs to meet their individual needs by: 

• supporting LAs and, if applicable, their partners to carry out an assessment of existing provision and needs; 

• supporting LAs to identify areas to improve and working with LAs and, if applicable, their partners to develop individual LA action plans (to deliver within the pilot timeframe);  

• providing a tailored package of advice and support for LAs and, if applicable, their partners to implement their plans, including producing practical tools and guidance;

• providing ongoing support and consultation to LAs throughout the lifetime of the project to support the implementation of their plans; and

• carrying out a review of the implementation of action plans to review progress made and opportunities for further improvement following completion of the pilot. Using the findings from this, offer guidance and expertise to support LAs to develop longer term action plans.

The delivery partner will also:

• be involved and participate in fund monitoring and evaluation, collecting data and supporting the work of the evaluation partner; and

• at the end of the pilot, hand over assets and information to DCMS as appropriate.

The below timeline is indicative and subject to change. 

• Grant opens for Applications - 9th April 2025 

• Clarification Workshop - 2-3pm 15th April 2025 

• Clarification Questions Deadline - 23:59 17th April 2025 

• Publication of Clarification Questions - 23rd April 2025 

• Deadline for Applications - 23:59 7th May 2025 

• Application Assessment - 8th - 12th May 2025 

• Notification of Grant Awards - w/c 12th May 2025 

Notificaton of successful grant award:

Your grant offer letter will set out the level of funding and any additional conditions that apply specifically to your grant. The letter will also set out what the grant is for and the payment schedule. Once we have awarded a grant, we will ask you for regular financial and performance monitoring reports and a final project report at the end of the funding term.

Please note:

• Grant money will not be paid until we have received your written acceptance of the terms and conditions attached to your grant offer

• You must acknowledge you have received our grant in your annual report and accounts covering the period of the project

• If there is any breach of the terms and conditions, or your organisation ceases to operate before the grant has been spent, grant monies may have to be repaid

• When the grant ends, Local Youth Transformation Pilot does not have a commitment to provide any further funding for the project

• Anyone found to be acting dishonestly in making an application for funding or spending the grant will be reported to the police and may be liable for prosecution

Application documents available via gov.uk include:

• Local Youth Transformation Grant - Guidance

• Local Youth Transformation: Grant Application Form

• DCMS Standard terms and conditions of Grants

Applications for this grant fund must be submitted by 23:59 Wednesday 7th May 2025 to youthrevenue@dcms.gov.uk with the subject line: Grant Application - [Organisation Name] - Delivery Partner - Local Youth Transformation Pilot.

Any applications received after the closing date will not be assessed.

You will not be contacted for clarification or further information. It is your responsibility to ensure your application is concise, fully completed and that you supply all necessary supporting documentation.

The only instance where a government official may contact you is where the level of funding you have requested cannot be met and a lesser amount is being offered. In this case, you will be invited to consider a lesser amount and may be requested to submit a summary of activities, outputs, outcomes and budget (realigned to fit the revised funding on offer) for consideration. If contacted under these circumstances, please note that the time frame for providing your initial response may be very short.

Advice and support:

DCMS will hold a clarification meeting at 2-3pm on Tuesday 15th April 2025 via Google Meets. If you would like to attend please contact youthrevenue@dcms.gov.uk.

Clarification questions may be sent to youthrevenue@dcms.gov.uk up until 23:59 17th April 2025, after which no more will be responded to.

All clarification questions will be anonymised and made public so that all potential applicants are able to access any additional information.

As the application process is competitive, we are unable to provide support in completing the application.

Further information relating to this grant can be found on the Gov.uk page.