The six-week summer scheme would aim to eng-age all 16-year-olds inpersonal development classes, community activities and an outdoorresidential. It would culminate in a ceremony symbolising theirtransition to adulthood.
But Sarah Lindsell, UK services director at the Duke of Edinburgh's(DofE) Award, has hit out at the initiative. "It is disappointing theConservatives don't have the courage to invest in what is good in thesector already," she said.
Fiona Blacke, chief executive of The National Youth Agency, added: "I amworried we will have a youth service delivered in a six-week period,whereas young people need consistent support from 13 to 25." She addedit could "suck resources away" from existing youth provision.
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