The closure of the NCS in March after the government withdrew funding has prompted questions about what opportunities there will be for young people to access residential experiences in the future (see special report). It is an issue that should feature prominently in the consultation over England's National Youth Strategy, led by Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy and due for publication in the summer.
Hopefully, Nandy will not let the politics surrounding the NCS trump what the evidence tells us about the benefits of the residential element of the programme – notably, that young people who participated in it reported improvements in resilience, mental wellbeing and confidence in their education and employment prospects, and valued the opportunity to meet peers from other backgrounds (see analysis).
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