The Department for Children, Schools and Families has awarded the contract for the project to a consortium consisting of Channel 4, Digi TV, the National Council for Voluntary Youth Services, WCL, YouthNet, and research and development company Substance.
The consortium will work with 20 local authorities across England to collect and manage information on "places to go and things to do" for 13- to 19-year-olds. It will then aim to publicise the activities via a range of media.
The scheme will be based on the Plings initiative piloted by Manchester and Stockport councils. Plings is a facility where organisations pool information about activities for young people, which is then disseminated through websites, mobile phones and other media.
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