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Personal advice strategy needed

Youth Access director Barbara Rayment has urged the government to issue a separate strategy on advice for young people on personal and social issues, arguing the information, advice and guidance (IAG) strategy fails to do so.

While broadly welcoming this week's document, Rayment said such a moveis required to help young people through housing, finance and familyproblems. "It will be important that the term IAG does not simply becomeshorthand for careers advice," she warned. "Young people can't availthemselves of all that advice if some of their more basic needs are notmet."

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