As a result, the initiative is likely to be expanded this year to cover the whole of England. This will involve spending a great deal more than the 8.8 million of Lottery money that was allocated via the New Opportunities Fund last year.
It would be churlish not to welcome it, although it must be tempting for the youth service to view schemes like Splash with some cynicism.
After all, with the results the Government was trumpeting last week, you have to ask why this kind of provision was not already being funded as a matter of course? It is hardly a eureka moment to discover that if you provide meaningful activities for young people that they want to do, free of charge, they will have less inclination to get up to mischief.
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