In an exclusive survey carried out by CYP Now, just over a quarter of the 311 youth workers who replied raised unprompted concerns about levels of teenage drinking at the weekend. One said: "When we tried to run a Friday night project all we got was drunken young people throwing bricks at the building because we wouldn't let them in under the influence."
A separate report published this week by The National Youth Agency, Expanding Friday and Saturday Night Provision, says many areas have a strong adult drinking culture, which young people copy. It calls on youth services to work with other agencies to reduce harmful alcohol use.
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