The report, from the National Evaluation of the Children's Fund, cited concerns about "the arbitrary nature" of the Children's Fund age limit of 13 years. Researchers quoted a 13-year-old saying: "I used to go to the participation project but when I started secondary school I wasn't allowed to go."
A mother quoted in the report said: "There is nothing really for the over-13s."
www.dfes.gov.uk/research.
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