The National Foundation for Educational Research carried out research into the youth opportunity fund (YOF) and youth capital fund (YCF). It looked at the £115m projects, which were established in April 2006 to improve provision of positive activities for young people by giving them say over how funding is spent in their area. The report found all 129 local authority staff questioned believed young panel members had benefited socially and 98 per cent said the young people involved in the decision-making...