At present volunteers working with young people referred to the panels by youth offending teams (YOTs) can only serve a maximum of six years, meaning the first round of members who started in 2002 are now coming to the end of their term.
But the Youth Justice Board (YJB) and the government's Joint Youth Justice Unit have agreed to extend the maximum term by one year. Ellie Roy, chief executive of the YJB, and Diana Luchford, head of the Joint Youth Justice Unit, have sent a joint letter to YOT managers outlining the changes and saying extensions should be for an additional period of one year on an interim basis.
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