CYP Now approached local authorities affected by the riots about how their children's services teams plan to respond to the events.
Croydon, Haringey, Enfield, Nottingham and Sandwell all said young people's views will be at the heart of their long-term answer to the violence.
Croydon Council is planning to hold several consultation events with young people, which will help shape the future of youth services in the wake of the riots.
"We are conducting a series of 'listening to young people' events to give young people the opportunity to feed back their views about recent events and what next steps we should take," a council spokesman explained.
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