The stinging broadside follows comments made by Education Secretary Michael Gove last week, who told the education select committee that youth policy is not a priority for central government.
A letter to Gove, signed by the heads of 26 youth organisations including the National Council for Voluntary Youth Services (NCVYS), the National Youth Agency (NYA) and the Scouts Association, calls for “urgent clarification” of his remarks.
It argues that Gove’s desire to hand responsibility for youth policy to local authorities is an apparent reversal of last year’s Positive for Youth statement and raises “huge concerns”.
“Surely at a time when the government is hoping to kick-start a troubled economy, we cannot afford to lose sight of the contribution that young people make,” the letter states.
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