But youth workers do not operate outside the economic life of UK plc.
They need resources to provide services for young people, in salaries, buildings and equipment. This includes more than half a billion pounds a year allocated by the Government to local authority youth services, plus a myriad of grants from other sources, and a massive voluntary sector.
The impact of youth work is on the Government's mind. The Department for Education and Skills (DfES) released a report by De Montfort University's youth affairs unit last month, which calls for "improved means by which the impact of youth work can be demonstrated". Before the evaluation began, Malcolm Payne, director of the youth affairs unit, said: "The Government's concern is to persuade the Treasury to spend money on youth work, but we need to demonstrate its impact."
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