Research conducted by Wiltshire Council and shown to CYP Now, suggests young people would prefer youth clubs to be open between Monday and Thursday evenings. When asked to order each day of the week with a preference from one to seven, 81.4 per cent of the young people had Wednesday as their first, second or third choice, compared to only 37.7 per cent for Saturday.
But councils have been instructed to direct more resources for youth provision on Fridays and Saturdays, based on government research conducted among adults and young people in their communities.
David Whewell, Wiltshire's head of youth services and former chair of the Confederation of Heads of Young People's Services (Chyps), said: "Our findings do not reflect the picture presented by Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) research. We need to consider the implications this has on services for young people."
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