The Cambridge Young People's Service supports 500 young people withproblems such as severe depression, psychosis and substance misuse. Tento 15 per cent are aged between 16 and 18.
The service is to be axed by Cambridge City and South CambridgeshirePrimary Care Trust to cut costs. But in an effort to stave off closure,campaigners are trying to raise 170,000 to set up a charityproviding its services.
The consultant psychiatrist in psychotherapy at the service, DrShankarayan Srinath, said it provided expert support to help youngpeople make the transition to adulthood.
The group will officially become a charity this week. It will then applyto health trusts asking them to commission its services.
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