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<p>The Scout Association received £1,288,573 in FY 13/14 as part of the Department
for Communities and Local Government-funded Youth United Foundation Social Inclusion
Programme. This Programme was designed to increase young people’s access to voluntary
youth activities in a number of targeted areas of deprivation across England.</p><p>
</p><p>In 2014, the Cabinet Office launched the £10 million Uniformed Youth Social
Action Fund designed to create new uniformed youth group units. The grant was distributed
by Youth United Foundation and included two funding rounds in FY 14/15 and FY 15/16.
The Scout Association received the following funding during the lifetime of the fund:</p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Phase</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Funding</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Financial
Year </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Purpose</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Uniformed
Youth Social Action Fund Round 1</p></td><td><p>£1,379,637</p></td><td><p>2014/2015</p></td><td><p>Creation
of places for harder to reach young people.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Uniformed Youth
Social Action Fund Round 2</p></td><td><p>£445,420</p></td><td><p>2015/2016</p></td><td><p>Piloting
innovative approaches to engage young people with physical or learning disabilities.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p> </p><p>The Scout Association also received £159,005 in FY 15/16 and £123,245
in FY 16/17 as part of the Department for Education’s Character Grant scheme. This
funding was for a project entitled Character by Doing, a 12 month pilot project led
by the Scout Association in partnership with the independent think-tank Demos and
six schools to trial a schools-based model of Scouting in areas of deprivation.</p><p>
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