Government guidance for local authorities on the assessment and delivery of local youth services has been updated in a bid to increase access to “local offers” for young people, particularly those from disadvantaged and marginalised backgrounds.
The updated guidance – the first since 2012 – has been developed by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, and falls under Section 507B of the Education Act 1996.
It should be referred to by authorities “when exercising their statutory duty to secure, so far as reasonably practicable, leisure-time activities and facilities for young people aged 13 to 19 and those with learning difficulties or disabilities aged 20 to 24”, according to ministers.
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