"Funding" was the buzz word among youth offending teams (YOTs) at the Youth Justice Board's annual convention last week. YOT managers bemoaned the goalpost-shifting nature of their funding while other YOT staff spoke of spiralling workloads and limited funding to ease the pressure.
If proof of the "give with one hand, take with the other" situation were needed, the two big funding stories of the convention should suffice.
Crime-reduction minister Hazel Blears told YOTs that the Home Office had set aside 1.5m to help teams create parenting programmes for young people who commit, or are at risk of committing, antisocial behaviour offences.
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