The units support and develop youth services across the nine English regions. The national network will help them share good practice, give a national voice to regional youth work issues and find opportunities for units to obtain funding. Elizabeth Harding, head of the North West unit, said: "Having worked together informally over the past two years, we feel the network offers a great opportunity to us, youth providers and young people to raise the profile of youth work." The network will work with national bodies such as...