The Government agrees that civil society organisations, such as youth clubs and youth services, working with schools and families can play an important role in building social capital and providing positive role models for disadvantaged young people. The Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) is the lead department for youth services in England and has a clear focus on levelling up opportunity for all young people. DCMS has committed to reviewing statutory and non-statutory youth provision, which will identify challenges, highlight opportunities, and assess how to improve access to youth services and provision in England. This review is currently ongoing, with a call for evidence launched over the summer and a report expected in the autumn. In addition, in the July 2020 summer economic update, the Prime Minister announced the £500m Youth Investment Fund as part of the Government’s commitment to ‘level up’ and ‘unite the country’. This fund will be spent on youth services in areas where provision is particularly limited. This will ensure that new provision is targeted in areas of greatest need, and that the young people who need support the most are able to access these opportunities. A further £10 million of funding for youth services was announced as part of the Spending Review (2020), which provided an additional year of funding for the Youth Investment Fund and NCS. The National Citizen Service (NCS) is an experience for 16–17-year-olds in England and Northern Ireland that brings together young people from different backgrounds and helps them develop greater confidence, self-awareness, and responsibility. In 2021, NCS is partnering with a number of local charities and community organisations to provide summer experiences for young people, helping them catch up on lost time and develop important life skills. Over 17,000 places are on offer this summer, with 70% of places allocated for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. The Department for Education has also announced a one-off recovery premium for the 2021/22 academic year which will build on the Pupil Premium to support the most disadvantaged pupils. Like the Pupil Premium, schools can spend the recovery premium on a wider cohort of pupils than those who attract the funding and can use it to tackle non-academic barriers to success in school, such as attendance, behaviour and social and emotional support. This could include funding projects run by external youth organisations. We will continue to work with government departments, schools and colleges to determine what more we can do to support access to enrichment activities and opportunities from civil society for disadvantaged pupils.