The failure to specifically use the words "youth work" in the title was deeply concerning.
That said, I warmly welcome the Cabinet's recognition that if there is enough for young people to do at the places and at times convenient to them, they are likely to get involved. But this does create something of a dilemma. Young people tell their youth workers and each other that what they most want is somewhere they can go to meet their friends and have fun free from adult interference. But what local authority youth workers will still have to do is assess the success of their work by looking at the percentage of young people who are deemed to be "participants", rather than contacts who achieve recorded or accredited outcomes.
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