The policy, currently in draft format, states that all young people aged11 to 13 must be at the youth centre all the time during the hoursspecified by the centre. If they leave the centre during these hours,they will be banned from re-entering.
Doug Nicholls, general secretary of the Community and Youth Workers'Union, has seen the draft policy and believes the move represents thework of someone "with no understanding of youth work". He argued that itgoes against the professional principles of youth work, whereby staffmake their own rules. "It's the first time I'm aware of any policy likethis ever being attempted in youth centres from the top in this way, andit won't work," he said.
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