The Big Lottery is delivering myplace on behalf of the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF). Myplace is a £190 million programme to deliver youth facilities driven by the active participation of young people. The programme opens on
6 May 2008.
Funded projects must deliver all the following outcomes:
- more young people, parents and communities feel that young people have exciting and safe places to go in their leisure time where they can get involved in an attractive range of activities;
- more young people, particularly the most disadvantaged, participate in positive leisure time activities that support their personal and social development;
- more young people have access to information, advice and support services from within places they feel comfortable;
- stronger partnership working between local authorities, third, private and public sector partners to plan, deliver and operate financially sustainable youth facilities with and for young people.
myplace will only fund projects that will deliver on all four of these outcomes and demonstrate evidence of the real participation of young people, particularly disadvantaged young people, in the development, design and future of running of the project.
All projects will need to demonstrate genuine cross-sector partnership between public sector bodies and third and/or private sector organisations.
The fast track will enable early investment in projects that are already well developed and therefore able to submit robust business and capital plans with their application. This will enable final investment decisions to be made on the basis of the single application.
The standard route will provide applicants with an in-principle investment decision prior to providing capacity building support to help them develop their detailed delivery plans.
Application and guidance materials for the first funding round will be available from 6 May 2008. The deadline for fast track applications is 29 July 2008 and the deadline for the standard route is 30 September 2008.