Research by The NYA shows that youth work skills can engage those young people most at risk of underachievement at school. But such support is often compromised by short-term funding. Successful intervention with young people requires a commitment to long-term funding and a skilled, properly trained workforce. There consequently needs to be much better integration between services providing basic skills support, and wider personal support for young people.
Britain is one of the few nations in the developed world where young people have lower levels of literacy than adults, with 34,000 young people leaving school every year with no qualifications. Poor literacy seriously disadvantages young people and increases their risk of underachievement at school, truancy and social exclusion. It can also lead to unemployment, poverty and offending behaviour in later life.
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