Seen exclusively by CYP Now, the study by CfBT Education Trust and the National Youth Agency into integrated youth services found councils are rejecting calls from ministers to focus their limited budgets on helping only those most in need.
In some areas, community groups and young peer mentors are being drafted in to support youth workers to retain universal youth service provision. Others are commissioning a single provider for the youth service to ensure they do not fragment and that services are universally available.
David Wright, chief executive of the Confederation of Heads of Young People's Services, said the fact that councils are trying to retain some universal provision reflects that it is a vital part of early intervention work.
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