The Culture Secretary says new £3m pot of cash will provide young people opportunities in arts and sports But it comes against a backdrop of a near £1bn decline in spending on youth services between 2010 and 2019 🔴 RichardVaughan1 reports
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Lucy Frazer says additional £3m support will provide young people arts and sports opportunities to help them avoid ‘bad life choices’ The closure of hundreds of youth centres and the loss of more than 4,500 youth workers were necessary to manage the economy, the Culture Secretary has claimed. Lucy Frazer has announced a new £3m pot of cash of funding to provide young people living in areas that are blighted with antisocial behaviour with access to sports, drama and skills training this summer to boost their opportunities.
The policy forms part of Rishi Sunak’s antisocial behaviour action plan, and is backed by a £500m package of funding into youth services over the next three years.between 2010 and 2019, according to the YMCA, resulting in the closure of 760 youth centres and 4,500 youth worker jobs.: “We took some tough decisions, a long, long time ago, which we had to take because of the state of the economy that we were left [with] by the last Labour government.
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