Plans to break down barriers between businesses and the youth sector in order to provide better services were outlined in the government’s Positive for Youth policy paper, published last month.
The initiative, which is backed with £320,000 of government funding, will be developed by UK Youth, the National Children's Bureau (NCB) and Business in the Community – a responsible business charity.
Charlotte Hill, chief executive of UK Youth, told CYP Now that there is a degree of scepticism among youth organisations around the motivation for businesses getting involved, something that needs to be changed.
"Part of it is about challenging some of the suspicion in the youth sector [of businesses]," she said of the work being undertaken.
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