Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to help social action projects overcome their hidden costs; and what steps they are taking to ensure that social action projects are youth-led.

Government is supporting social action to grow and become part of the normal routine in public services and communities. Through the Centre for Social Action, Government has invested over £40m in helping grow 215 impactful programmes involving over 2 million volunteers across the country.

Government continues to support Step Up to Serve’s #iwill campaign which aims to increase the opportunities for 10-20 year olds to take part in meaningful youth lead social action by 2020.

The recently launched £40 million #iwill Fund jointly funded by government and Big Lottery Fund will help to increase the number of opportunities available to young people.