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Youth Review

Meeting: 15/12/2011 - Cabinet (Item 142)

142 THE YOUTH SERVICE REVIEW pdf icon PDF 152 KB

A review of the Herefordshire Youth Service was commissioned following the budget setting process undertaken in February 2011.

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Minutes:

The Cabinet Member Health and Wellbeing presented the report on the Youth Service Review and informed Cabinet that the service was being targeted to young people who might not to achieve to the same extent as their peers.  The Chairman of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee and Group Leaders welcomed the report and emphasised that when consultation was to be carried out it should not be forgotten that Councillors had good links with youth groups in their ward areas.  The Cabinet Member reiterated the wish to work with the Overview and Scrutiny Committee and stated that the 12 week consultation period would commence in January 2012.

RESOLVED

              THAT: Cabinet approved

a)    the policy position set out at Appendix 1 to the report under Vision and Guiding Principles;

b)    targeted Youth Support Services for the most vulnerable young people in the county are prioritised for funding and are likely to be delivered in the future both directly by the Council and third sector partners;

c)    positive activities for young people, which can be accessed by all will be delivered through a community engagement route, with local areas having access to Council funding on a formula basis according to numbers of young people and the level of deprivation in the locality.  This funding to be used in connection with other partnership resources which may be available in the locality;

d)    Outdoor Education Services as set out in paragraphs 39 – 47 of the report to be subject to market testing to determine whether they are commercially viable with no public subsidy; and,

e)    a further report incorporating the outcomes of the public consultation and a further review of the position under the Equalities Act 2010 be brought to Cabinet in June 2012.