
The building blocks for change were laid in the 2019 inquiry on youth work by the all-party parliamentary group on youth affairs. This includes the current review of statutory guidance for youth services, youth work curriculum and qualifications carried out by NYA, and new commissioning guidelines. A youth investment fund is promised that is geared to capital funding of youth centres but also towards quality youth services and opening up career pathways in youth work. The next step is to initiate a national census of youth work provision, to inform the government’s Comprehensive Spending Review later this year and in support of local youth partnerships, which it has pledged to create to co-ordinate youth provision locally.
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