Guidance published by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport (DCMS) states that councils have a role in promoting NCS to all young people in their area and should appoint a senior officer to act as a lead local contact for the flagship initiative.
The government said the guidance, which is non-statutory, has been produced to help local authorities "embed" NCS into local areas and increase the number of young people from all backgrounds and circumstances taking part in the programme.
It sets out six key actions for local authorities to take - firstly that each local authority appoints an NCS lead at assistant director level or above - possibly someone who has wider responsibility for youth opportunities in the area.
The lead officer should then build a relationship with the local NCS provider, establish local priorities with them, connect the NCS provider with local stakeholders, promote NCS to all young people in the area, and include NCS in local strategies.
"The NCS Trust wants to do more to work with local areas to ensure that growth is sustainable and inclusive," the guidance states.
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