Oxfordshire county council’s previously announced cuts to youth service funding have been reduced and delayed until 2012:
Savings in the youth service of £2.3m over five years have been dropped and replaced with proposals for cuts of up to £350,000 from 2012.
The Oxfordshire fire cadet scheme and the Oxfordshire Youth Parliament have also been spared.
Plans to re-introduce on-street parking charges in Oxford on Sundays and in the evenings have been dropped.
The Chill Out Fund, a grant for youth work in the county, will not now be cut, but the council’s outdoor …

Bolton Young People’s Substance Misuse is in danger after government plans to cut funding by over half:
Over the next two years, cash given to Bolton Young People’s Substance Misuse could be slashed from £427,610 to £177,409.
The potential impact on the service, which runs a number of initiatives, has been described as “stark” and "potentially disastrous".
Services for young people with drug and alcohol problems include Project 360, which provides treatments including detox education and employment support and emotional health help to under 18s. The project was has been a finalist in …

As part of the government’s CashBack for Communities initiative, Angus, Perth and Dundee shall be receiving a cash injection of money retrieved from criminal activity:
As part of the Scottish Government’s CashBack for Communities initiative, 16 groups have been allocated funding awards to help them continue to operate in their areas.
The Volunteer Centre Angus was allotted £4,454 by the fund, while Forfar Wheeled Sports, which is helping to build a skatepark in the town, was given £4,691, as part of the total of £55,445 awarded to associations across the three council …

The governments has awarded a £3 million grant for the repair and rennovation of the Weymouth Outdoor Education Centre, could this be a sign of increased government funding?
The new centre will have a sports hall, performing arts facilities, a computer suite and film production studio and a café run by the young people.
Tom Lane, the area youth worker at Steps, praised the team of youngsters who worked on the bid and said the new building will enable the centre to expand.
He said: “It’s been a dream for the 15 …

Children’s Minister Dawn Primarolo today announced a £31 million goverment investment scheme for some of the country’s most deprived areas:
Eight projects in some of the most deprived areas of the country have been awarded funding through Round 2 of the flagship myplace programme. This continues the Government’s commitment to provide young people with exciting things to do and safe places to go when they’re most needed. The successful projects will be led by:

London Borough of Enfield
Voluntary Action, Luton
Square Chapel Trust, Halifax
Dorset County Council, Weymouth
Coast and Moors Voluntary Action, Scarborough
Poplar …

In a new scheme administered by the Big Lottery Fund, the government could be close to distributing funds from dormant bank accounts to charities and youth finance projects.
The report outlines plans to use at least 25 per cent of unclaimed assets cash to establish a £100m fund that will finance organisations to teach young people and adults about financial capability.
A further £75m will be put into a new Social Investment Wholesale Bank, which will provide loans to voluntary organisations.
The majority of the rest of the money, thought to be in …