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<p>The government recognises the vital role that youth services and activities like
the Duke of Edinburgh Award play in enhancing young people’s wellbeing, as well as
significant benefits to social cohesion and community safety.</p><p>Recognising this,
the government has committed to a National Youth Guarantee: that by 2025, every young
person will have access to regular clubs and activities, adventures away from home
and opportunities to volunteer. This is supported by a three-year investment of over
£500 million in youth services, reflecting young people's priorities and addressing
imbalances in national youth spending with a firm focus on levelling up.</p><p>Young
people will also benefit from other elements of the National Youth Guarantee, and
a broader package of award schemes and volunteer programmes, including offering the
Duke of Edinburgh Award to every state secondary school, expanding uniformed youth
groups and the #iwill youth volunteering fund, as well as providing further funding
for the National Citizen Service (NCS), to bring young people from different backgrounds
together. Additionally, through the Million Hours Fund, the Department for Culture,
Media and Sport will provide over a million hours of youth opportunities in areas
with high levels of anti-social behaviour.</p>
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