There was big news recently that Blackbridge Charitable Community Benefit Society have been awarded £2.55 MILLION from the government’s Youth Investment Fund, for the Blackbridge Community and Sports Hub.

A total of £2,550,644 has been granted to enable Blackbridge to reach more young people through the project. They are one of 44 youth projects nationally to receive funding in this latest round of awards.

The Youth Investment Fund was launched in August 2022, with a call for youth services in the country’s most underserved areas to apply for a slice of fund worth over £300 million to improve the health, wellbeing, skills, and opportunities for young people.

The full list of successful applicants can be found here:

This is a testament to the hard work and quality of the application from Blackbridge and will enable them to help a lot of young people with the project. My warmest congratulations to them.

This is great news for Podsmead!