Senior politicians such as Ruth Kelly, Hazel Blears and Phil Hope all suggested that the bog standard youth club was a thing of the past and no longer what young people want (YPN, 5-11 October, pp 2, 3 and 11).
I know our columnists Howard Williamson and Michael Bracey feel very strongly about this and will comment on the subject in future issues.
For my part, I volunteer at a "bog standard" voluntary sector youth club in Hammersmith, west London which, coincidentally, has just done a survey of its members on what they want to do and what they think of the current offer.
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