The government’s eagerly awaited youth policy paper, published in the run-up to Christmas, has been broadly welcomed by the large national youth charities. But to others in the sector, such as Sally Kosky, national officer at youth work union Unite, it sounds "the death knell for the modern youth service".
It was clear from the outset that, unlike the previous government’s major youth policy paper Youth Matters, which contained funding for a number of national initiatives, there would be no extra money for services. Today’s economic climate is different to the one back then in 2005. But there is also a distinct policy difference. The coalition government is keen to trumpet its hands-off approach, telling local authorities the outcomes that they should be achieving rather than prescribing how they should be achieved.
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