YES: DARREN SNOW, manager, Crew Club, Brighton
Yes, it should be spent on larger youth clubs if it's new money. Existing provision should pay for existing clubs, whereas new money should be used for building new clubs. The sum of 40m is not enough, but it's a start.
If local authorities did pay for existing services and maintenance there could be lots more million-pound clubs and it will go a lot further.
I wouldn't want to see the money spent on lots of smaller clubs dropped everywhere. Local authorities should be carrying out maintenance on clubs otherwise new money will just get eaten up by maintenance costs.
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