CYP Now - MPs call for action to ‘stabilise’ youth work sector

Changes to youth work provision including shared responsibility between government departments, “light-touch” inspections and the development of local authority youth services are needed to increase sustainability across the sector, MPs have said.

Young people say they don't feel listened to by government. PIcture: Adobe Stock

The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Youth Affairs published its interim report into the progress across statutory and voluntary youth services following an extensive review in 2019.

It finds that while “since 2019 there has been greater confidence in the role and potential of youth work”, one in five children, rising to one in three teenagers, are not happy with services and activities in their local area.

It also notes that children and young people did not feel listened to by politicians around Covid-19 recovery leaving them “lost and let down”.

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