The Conservative-run council is asking town and parish councils to take over the cost of running youth clubs and will instead fund a team of six detached youth workers to offer support to young people in schools and on the street.
The new model of service delivery will see the council recruit a strategic lead for youth support, who will manage a team of three qualified youth workers, to cover the north, south and central areas of the county. They will manage teams of part-time youth workers.
Four town councils and two parish councils will be expected to keep universal youth clubs open and Shropshire Council has said that it will also look into the possibility of charities running the groups.
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