Announcing the plans at the Association of Directors of Children'sServices conference last week, junior children's minister Tim Loughtoncalled for an end to councils' "monopoly" on commissioning anddelivering youth services.
David Wright, chief executive of the Confederation of Heads of YoungPeople's Services (Chyps), said: "Asking councils to be more imaginativein a tough economic climate is exactly what we should be doing.
"Of course I am worried about a reduction in local authority services,but there are positive things to be done in terms of working with allpartners. We have to look at doing things differently."
But Chyps chair Sue Payne urged Loughton to speak to heads of servicesand provide more details about how the partnerships would work inpractice. She warned that it should not be about two different parts ofthe sector delivering services in isolation.
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