Although the Myplace fund will no doubt provide a limited number of high-specification youth facilities, this scheme will do little to upgrade the ageing youth facilities in our towns and villages.
Feedback that the National Association of Youth and Community Education Officers has received from local authorities involved in bidding for funds has raised some serious concerns about the structure of the process. Complaints include that there was limited time to submit applications and not enough time to get political agreement locally or find the available land or property. Even where space could be found, funding did not allow the employment of architectural services.
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