November EC Meeting 2019

The Labour Party’s Vision for Rebuilding Youth Services

The statutory responsibilities of a local authority will be to:

• Establish and facilitate the delivery of LYPs

• Work with partner organisations (including neighbouring LAs in their area) to develop a diverse, universal offer of youth work provisions for young people, including voluntary youth groups and open access youth work • Work with partner organisations to establish a local workforce development strategy to rebuild a qualified and experienced youth work workforce ready to work collaboratively with young people and other agencies • Work with partner organisations to establish and submit a 3/5-year plan for local delivery, against national standards, with support and challenge where required from the national body for youth work • Work with partner organisations to draw down core funding from the Youth Service Fund and distribute between local partners • Integrate the local youth work offer with other strategies for young people the council may have developed • Provide ‘back of house’ support for smaller partner voluntary organisations, such as administrative and health and safety expertise

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