Analysis

NCS boss sets out plans to expand scheme

4 mins read Youth Work
National Citizen Service Trust chief Mark Gifford outlines vision for a year-round social action programme to boost take-up and cut costs.
Gifford: a year-round offer would target more children from disadvantaged backgrounds
Gifford: a year-round offer would target more children from disadvantaged backgrounds

“We are moving from a moment to a movement,” says National Citizen Service (NCS) Trust chief executive Mark Gifford, as he sets out his vision for the future of the youth social action initiative created by former Prime Minister David Cameron more than a decade ago.

Blighted by recent controversy over claims Cameron heavily influenced Treasury funding decisions for the NCS as well as a multi-million pound legal battle over the collapse of former contract-holders The Challenge, Gifford accepts he did not take on the easiest job when he joined the organisation in January 2020 – just months before the Covid-19 pandemic hit.

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