CYP Now campaign to champion youth services

Tuesday, 27 July 2010

CYP Now is today (27 July) launching a campaign to highlight the importance of providing services for young people.

The For Youth's Sake campaign will champion the role young people's services play and encourage decision-makers and communities to support youth projects.

Services for young people have been hit hard by recent public sector cuts and, as a result, many invaluable youth projects and initiatives face uncertain futures.

CYP Now is calling on readers to back the campaign by signing our online pledge and by raising awareness of young people's services in their own communities.

We also plan to lobby decision-makers and the media in the coming weeks to ensure young people and the services that support them remain a political priority.

Further details about the campaign and how to get involved are available from our dedicated website www.foryouthssake.co.uk. The website's action page will be updated regularly about the efforts we're making and how readers can assist.

Ravi Chandiramani, editor of CYP Now, said: "These are difficult times for young people and the services that work with them. We believe it is important to raise awareness that young people will be the ultimate losers if these services are cut or lost. We have to continue to find ways to fund services for young people, even in the most challenging of times."