Research suggests this is a growing problem – a study by Action with Communities in Rural England shows a third of the 10,000 village halls in England reduced services for young people last year, likely due to funding cuts which has seen spending by councils in rural areas plummet to a fraction of a decade ago.
A new report by the National Youth Agency (NYA) highlights the scale of the challenges facing rural youth work and recommends a series of changes to ensure young people can access services and support in the future (see Analysis). It calls for investment in mobile youth work units so that services can travel to many different communities across a region, extending 4G and fast broadband to more rural areas so that the young person who lives in a cottage five miles from the village centre can access digital youth work sessions, and repurposing existing, often underused, community facilities to make them young-people friendly.
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