Youth minister Beverley Hughes called for more structure to youth services at the Young People Now Foundation conference last week.
"Resources are important but driving up standards is also important," she said. "I was struck when some young people said to me, 'we'd like to go to our youth club but we don't feel safe because the staff don't protect us from other young people who colonise the club'. That's why I talk about structure."
See Feature, p16.
