Funding for the Positive Activities for Young People (PAYP) scheme ends in March 2006 and some providers are already facing staffing problems as their youth workers start looking for different jobs.
Helen Bale, an area director for PAYP provider Sheffield Futures, said: "There is no promise of onward funding after March 2006. We want someone to say what the forward strategy will be."
Bale also said that she is concerned that if the English scheme does continue after March 2006, its emphasis will be altered. Changes to the funding criteria this year have already made the scheme more targeted towards specific objectives such as reducing crime and antisocial behaviour, and many providers have pulled out.
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