It was a recognition that, while activities and funding are crucial to services, the most important element has always been the people providing the "youth offer" to young people.
This point is also recognised by young people. Research conducted for submission to the Comprehensive Spending Review 2007 consultation process shows that "someone to talk to" is number one in the list of things that concern young people.
So while it is important that lobbying for the review emphasises the need for more financial resources for youth services, the input from youth organisations also needs to focus on the workforce challenges involved in providing sufficient numbers of suitably qualified "people to talk to".
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