To mark this milestone this series of extracts or summaries reflects on aspects of youth policy and youth work practice over the past 25 years as featured in the 100th issue.
Young People and Leisure - Ken Roberts
Britain's "traditional" youth services, originally designed for 14- to 20-year-olds, have lost their centrality in most young people's leisure. Consumer-based youth cultures have now been central in most young people's leisure for over half a century, and young singles remain part of these scenes until their late 20s or 30s. Nevertheless, traditional youth services still work successfully with the under-15s.
These services have been less successful in addressing social exclusion because leisure provisions can be no more than part of an answer.
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