The National Youth Sector Census, managed by NYA and commissioned by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), found that a fifth of youth work organisations have a waiting list of between three to six months.
It also found that a quarter of the voluntary sector organisations delivering youth work have less than six months’ worth of reserves, despite high demand for services.
More than half of those consulted with were operating in the most deprived postcodes, and were found to have higher levels of expenditure compared with those in the least deprived areas of the country.
In the most deprived areas, organisations were also found to have lower numbers of volunteers, though they had a higher number of employees.
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