Berkshire Youth welcomes the comments from Tim Loughton (www.cypnow.co.uk, 11 July). The document Positive for Youth clearly sets out a framework - however, councils have chosen to cut preventative and universal services for young people and focus on targeted interventions with small groups of at-risk young people. Yet with limited resources and further cuts to come, can councils continue to meet demand?
Perhaps working with the voluntary and community sector as partners, they can look to build a preventative service. But councils must not think volunteers and services for free are easy to find. The support of volunteers and recruitment of workers takes a lot of time, energy and resources, which would still be cheaper in the long run than having a system of one-to-one working.
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