MPs from across England have pledged to spend an hour visiting a youth work programme in their constituency as part of a drive to promote the value of youth work.
To celebrate Youth Work Week 2012 (5-12 November), the National Youth Agency (NYA) asked MPs in England to visit a local youth work project. Now 48 MPs have committed to taking part, pledging to visit youth centres and drop in on youth work schemes as varied as football projects and lunch clubs.
Some MPs have already visited their local youth work project. On Saturday, youth minister Edward Timpson visited a National Citizen Service “Experience of a Lifetime” event in Crewe.
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