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<p>To support the youth workforce, DCMS funds the National Youth Agency to set professional
standards, qualifications and a curriculum for youth work, including a new youth work
apprenticeship and free-to-access training. DCMS bursaries have fully-funded hundreds
of individuals to gain youth work qualifications who otherwise may have been excluded
due to cost. Over the past two years we have worked with the National Youth Agency
to help more than 900 youth workers gain qualifications and institute a new youth
work apprenticeship.</p><p>In addition, through the Volunteering Futures Fund, £7
million will be made available to improve the accessibility of volunteering in the
youth sector, as well as the arts, culture, sports, civil society, and heritage sectors.
The fund will help a diverse range of people to access the benefits volunteering can
bring. There will be a strong focus on young people, those experiencing loneliness,
those with disabilities and those from ethnic minority backgrounds.</p><p> </p>
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