CYP Now analysed the locations of 710 youth clubs and centres from 25 local authorities of varying sizes against the government's Indices of Multiple Deprivation (see table below).
The snapshot, which was taken from 95 council responses obtained under the Freedom of Information (FoI) Act, revealed that while most of the 25 local authorities examined were able to fund some level of youth provision in more affluent districts, the majority of youth clubs were located in less well-off areas.
In Leicester, for example, 54 of its 67 council-funded clubs or centres were located in areas ranked in the top third of deprivation.
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