In 2014, Knowsley Council in Merseyside and the London borough of Kensington and Chelsea became the first authorities in England to "spin out" youth services into "employee-led youth mutuals".
The creation of Epic CIC and Knowsley Youth Mutual (KYM) was partly a response to ever deepening cuts to local government budgets that forced all councils to consider how they could deliver youth services with less money.
Since then, initiatives such as Delivering Differently for Young People by the Cabinet Office have launched, allowing other local authorities to test out different ways to deliver youth services. This has seen three other authorities create youth mutuals, with two others set to follow (see below).
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