Speaking at the National Children and Adult Services conference in Bournemouth, Fiona Blacke said that although she agreed that every Parliamentary constituency should have its own youth centre or facility, as set out in the 10-year youth strategy, creating identical centres should be avoided.
"I have reservations about a Pizza Hut model where in every constituency we get a youth centre that looks the same," she said. She added there were numerous ways facilities could be developed, including getting Starbucks to open up branches once a week for young people to hang out.
Blacke said innovative thinking was important in giving young people facilities tailored to each area and said the decision as to what to build, where and whether it will be a new facility should be a decision for local young people to make.
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