myplace
myplace is a multi million pound government programme to deliver world class places for young people to go.
Launched on 3 April 2008 by Beverley Hughes, Minister for Children, Young People and Families, myplace responds to the commitments made in Aiming High for Young People: a ten year strategy for positive activities. Setting out the Government's vision for improving youth facilities in response to clear ongoing demand from young people, parents and communities for more and better places for young people to go, the strategy's ambition is for new and improved places to go in all areas of the country.
To kick start this process, myplace will deliver £190m of Government capital investment over the next three years through grants of between £1m and £5m, driving both a major change in the level of ambition across the country and a transformation in the way facilities for young people are planned and delivered.
myplace will enable the creation of world class youth facilities in communities across the country through the input and influence of young people, and through genuine cross-sector partnership working.
The BIG Lottery Fund has been appointed to administer the scheme.
Outcomes
Funded projects must deliver all of 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 outcomes, and demonstrate evidence of the real participation of young people, particularly disadvantaged young people, in the development, design and future running of the project.
Context
To make the most of the once-in-a-generation opportunity presented by both government and unclaimed assets funding, it is essential that local partners from across public, third and private sectors work together with young people, their families and their communities to develop a more integrated and strategic approach to making best use of all available assets and funding streams to improve places to go. We set out this expectation in Aiming High, and have recently reinforced it through the statutory guidance which underpins local authorities' duty to secure access to positive activities. The paper, A More Integrated and Strategic Approach to Improving Places for Young People to Go, developed with partners and experts from across local government and the third sector, explains how we think local authorities can best meet this expectation.
Further information
Download the myplace leaflet from the Publications page, visit the BIG Lottery Fund website or call the BIG advice helpline: 0845 410 2030.
Full guidance materials, application forms, and questions and answers will be available on the BIG Lottery Fund website from 6th May 2008.
This page was last updated on 08 April 2008
