SocietyGuardian.co.uk | Society | Youths to be given leisure smartcard:
Patrick Wintour
"A green paper out on Monday, overseen by Downing Street and the Department for Education, aims to end 'quasi-anarchic' funding of youth services that has left many teenagers without appropriate after-school activities.
Ministers propose a national organisation for youth volunteering, as well as a framework for youth leisure provision on the lines of that on offer to under-fives through Sure Start. It is expected that local authorities will be given new statutory duties for youth provision."
