The Local Youth Club Grant Scheme (LYCGS) supports youth work activities at a local level. In 2019, my Department provided an additional 12% in overall funding for this scheme, bringing the total allocation to over €2m. The increased funding will provide small volunteer-led youth clubs with greater capacity to reach more young people during 2019. The allocation for 2019 under the LYCGS for CDETB is €341,000.
Although under the remit of the Department of Education and Skills, Education and Training Boards (ETBs) act as grant administering bodies for the disbursement of funding under the various youth funding schemes. My officials have been advised by the City of Dublin Youth Services Board (CDYSB) of the following:
Groups registered with CDYSB in 2018
Number of groups registered with CDYSB - 149
Number of new groups registered with CDYSB - 7
Analysis:
Number of Voluntary youth clubs registered with CDYSB - 104
Number of Scouting groups registered with CDYSB - 42
Number of other groups registered with CDYSB - 3