The move is part of a reorganisation of its 25 youth centres and one in Henley, which it supports financially, that will see funding instead focused on seven "hub" youth centres in Banbury, Bicester, Witney, Didcot, Abingdon and Oxford and six "satellite" centres in Blackbird Leys, Rose Hill, Barton, Riverside, Berinsfield and Kidlington.
The aim is to cut staff and management costs and focus resources on services for the most vulnerable young people. The hub centres’ services will include teenage pregnancy support and crime prevention initiatives.
The council has made big society funding available for schools and community groups to take over the running of the council-run centres that face the axe.
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