Cheshire County Council's Conservative executive decided last week to recommend the transfer of its youth service to a separate company, merging it with Connexions in the area. The company would be owned by Cheshire County and Warrington Borough councils and run by a board of council and Connexions representatives.
If the council backs the recommendation next Thursday, it will mean the creation of an integrated service by April next year, with a budget of about 12m and employing 350 staff.
Councillors chose outsourcing over bringing Connexions in-house (YPN, 29 November5 December 2006, p5).
A youth service source said: "Youth workers don't support the outsourcing of youth services as they believe the Connexions culture will dominate and youth work will be lost."
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