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Youth innovation zones yield mixed results

1 min read Youth Work Youth services
Six months into a scheme to identify new ways of organising youth services, findings reveal both groundbreaking practice and challenges

One of the cornerstones of the Positive for Youth policy is the identification of new ways of delivering youth services. As part of the policy announced last December, funding was earmarked to create “youth innovation zones”, so that new approaches could be tested and evaluated.

Six months into the 12-month initiative, examples of innovative practice are starting to emerge. But there are also questions about the degree to which the programme will influence future provision.

Tony McGee, project lead for FPM, which is overseeing the initiative alongside the Children’s Improvement Board, says councils involved are coming up with new ways of organising services and commissioning.

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