The NYA welcomes the broad definitions adopted for education and wellbeing as set out in the five Every Child Matters outcomes. It welcomes also the embedding of the role of young people in shaping local youth services; the encouragement given to partnership planning and working; and the proposed statutory guidance to be issued on standards for local provision. The Agency regrets that, so far, the Government has made insufficient direct reference to the role and contribution of youth work to these goals and has not given full recognition to the needs of all young people in the 20- to 25-year-old age group.
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