Next week, staff in Rhondda Cynon Taff's youth service are set to hear the final proposals for a major restructuring of the service, which is designed to plug a £4.8m hole in council finances.
Earlier this year, the council revealed plans that would see six centres closed, four merged into two and four youth clubs transferred into schools in the Welsh Valley region. Grants paid to voluntary youth providers will also be reviewed to ensure there is no duplication of service.
Dawn Rees, branch secretary of the Community and Youth Workers' Union, part of Unite, said: "We are going through a massive restructure with no real consultation. We are being told 'you like it or lump it'. The big concern is that the cuts and closures will be detrimental to the service and leave some areas with no youth provision at all."
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