Claiming the campaign is "badly needed", the shadow children's minister has given his full support.
He said: "We must fight to protect decent youth services, staffed by trained professionals, from the coalition government's reckless, ideological cuts, and the principle that young people should have a real say."
Labour MP Stella Creasy, co-chair of the all-party parliamentary group on youth affairs, also endorsed the campaign saying: "It is a great way to ensure young people's voices are heard and I'll be doing whatever I can to support this work." Her party colleagues David Blunkett and education select committee member Lisa Nandy echoed her approval. Blunkett called on the government to "stop the plug being pulled on essential youth programmes".
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