MEDIA RELEASE
06/02/2026

HDCSH awarded Better Youth Spaces grant to benefit young people in Birmingham.

Holford Drive Community Sports Hub has been awarded a Better Youth Spaces grant to install outdoor gym equipment to improve wellbeing for young people in Perry Barr, Birmingham area. The
generous funding is welcome news for young people locally, and means that Holford Drive Community Sports Hub will be able to increase provisions for young people to access a safe space for
training and to improve their physical and mental health.

Better Youth Spaces, a £30.5m capital grants programme funded by the UK Government and administered by Social Investment Business, aims to bring fast-paced benefits to young people. It is
funding small scale-capital projects of £5k-£100k, including capital equipment, small refurbishments and other capital projects to help youth organisations to better support the young people they work with.

Nick Temple, CEO for Social Investment Business, that leads the Better Youth Spaces fund, said: “We are excited to be partnering with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport to support youth services in priority areas in England and create ‘better youth spaces’ for young people. Through a combination of funding refurbishment projects and providing new equipment, it will bring
opportunities for young people to participate in a whole range of enrichment activities – across sports, music and cultural activities. The fund will also help to expand access, create safer spaces, and make youth services more sustainable. This is a real boost for youth services in some of the communities which need it most, creating lasting impact for young people’s wellbeing.

Visit www.sibgroup.org.uk/funds/better-youth-spaces f or more information.