My colleagues and I, in East Sussex, share his concerns. Our generic youth clubs are struggling to survive amid the furore of the Connexions social education programme. Whatever happened to good old-fashioned fun?
I am so bored, repeating the same activities around sexual health and substance misuse. Youth clubs are in danger of losing the kind of people who have always made youth activities fun. Our clubs have little money for resources and yet Connexion coffers overflow. I watched with interest the Connexions summer activities programmes last year and saw thousands of pounds being poured into short-term projects.
Understandably some of us were keen to be involved, especially with the offer of 10 per hour, compared with the 6 most of us usually receive.
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