The research, based on consultation with youth media organisations and feedback from focus groups made up of young people, found that although a wide range of organisations deliver youth media projects, the diversity of the sector makes it difficult to monitor.
There was an almost “complete consensus” in interviews and focus groups that the sector lacked coordination at a national level with many noting that local coordination was piecemeal.
The report also identifies an “urgent need” to develop a UK-wide information service for young people and youth groups, to help them get involved in media work and provide “ladders of progression” towards employment.
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