CYP Now - Editorial: Youth taskforce is a better way to get respect

Amid the media maelstrom surrounding the snap general election that now isn't to be, the government last Friday slipped out an announcement that the Respect Taskforce and accompanying Respect Action Plan has been disbanded (see p6).

In its place, and within the auspices of the Department for Children, Schools and Families, is a new Youth Taskforce. This takes on Respect's responsibility for preventing and tacking antisocial behaviour. Led by Anne Weinstock, formerly director of supporting children and young people at the DCSF, the unit also takes charge of driving forward the 10-year youth strategy's mission to provide young people with positive activities. Louise Casey - head of the now-disbanded taskforce and dubbed the government's "Respect tsar" - has been commissioned instead to lead a cross-departmental review on "how to best engage communities in the fight against crime."

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