A £2m donation at the end of last year to help fund the creation of two new youth zones marked the latest development in the expansion of a model of youth service delivery that some believe could hold the key to youth work's future.
It is hoped that the donation from the Queen's Trust and St James's Place Foundation will see youth zones open in Wolverhampton and the Wirral by the end of 2015. These will follow in the footsteps of the six youth zones that have been set up over the past five years.
With bespoke-built centres and state-of-the-art equipment, it is easy to see why service commissioners, youth work professionals, philanthropists and private companies - and young people themselves - are excited about the potential they bring, particularly when there is so little investment across the rest of the youth sector.
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