# Recruit 1,000 new youth workers from spring 2027

> “This comes as the Government’s new £450 million Youth Matters programme will help prevent young people disengaging from work and education, by creating and improving youth spaces, increasing access to youth workers and delivering more face-to-face activities for young people from sport and music to volunteering and the arts, backed by a commitment to recruit 1,000 new youth workers from spring 2027.”
>
> — HM Government; Press release (Department for Work and Pensions), 15 October 2026

- **Status:** Promised
- **Status ladder:** Promised → In plan → Legislated → Funded → Delivering → Delivered
- **Policy area:** [Culture & sport](https://ledgergov.uk/promises/area/culture-and-sport)
- **Speaker:** [HM Government](https://ledgergov.uk/actor/hm-government)
- **Made on:** 15 October 2026
- **Where:** Press release (Department for Work and Pensions)
- **Cost a year:** No costing published
- **Who it affects:** Young people, through 1,000 new youth workers
- **When:** Recruitment from spring 2027
- **Paid for by:** The government's £450 million Youth Matters programme
- **Quote source:** https://www.gov.uk/government/news/britains-biggest-hospitality-brands-partner-with-government-to-deliver-100000-jobs-for-neet-young-people (checked word for word at its source on 18 October 2026; Open Government Licence v3.0)
- **Last updated:** 19 October 2026
- **Card:** https://ledgergov.uk/promise/uk-youth-workers-1000-2027

## Where it stands

The youth workers are part of the government's new £450 million Youth Matters programme, which the release says will create and improve youth spaces and deliver more face-to-face activities for young people. It gives a start, spring 2027, but no date by which all 1,000 will be in post, so the card has no deadline. The card moves when recruitment starts.

## Timeline

- 15 October 2026, Promised: The government commits to recruit 1,000 new youth workers from spring 2027 under its £450 million Youth Matters programme

## About the cost

The release gives £450 million for the Youth Matters programme as a whole, with no period and no figure for the youth workers, so no yearly figure is shown.

## Sources

- [Department for Work and Pensions press release, 15 Oct 2026: Britain's biggest hospitality brands partner with Government to deliver 100,000 jobs for NEET young people](https://www.gov.uk/government/news/britains-biggest-hospitality-brands-partner-with-government-to-deliver-100000-jobs-for-neet-young-people)

## Checks

- Verified by Pavel Guzhikov, checked by AI Journalist; approved on 19 October 2026.
- Checked by AI Journalist (automated) on 18 October 2026.

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