The scale of the change required to help young people to flourish is becoming clear: we need to understand and support their expectations and aspirations and take a holistic and joined-up approach to their needs, based around their life cycle, not around the services provided to them.
These aims chime well with the notion of personalised support and the need to make the most of reduced budgets. But they present a serious challenge for those who are seeking to make them happen. If we are going to offer young people the best support and springboard we possibly can, we need all of those connected to them – schools, youth workers, colleges, apprentice schemes, employers and, in some cases, the police - to sign up to working together in a coherent way with a shared mission. We also need to do all we can to help families and communities support young people.
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