Being one of the larger county authorities posed some issues for West Sussex when responding to the challenge of the youth opportunity fund (YOF) and capital fund.
With some 65,000 young people and a combined budget of £725,534, there was a need to work hard at ensuring bureaucracy didn't take over. Senior manager with responsibility for YOF Jane Melvin explains: "We did a consultation and young people told us they wanted the money to be distributed locally." West Sussex was already planning to organise its children and young people's service around 24 local areas, so followed this practice with the YOF infrastructure.
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