NEWS in pictures


YOUTH SERVICES WALK IN MY SHOES


Pictured is a young protester on the recent Walk in our shoes rally in Birmingham – where young people told the Council what it would mean if local youth work projects were closed.


Many spoke passionately about the support they’d received from the youth service and individual youth workers. Under the planned reductions for this year, Birmingham Youth Service will


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have its budget reduced by a third, meaning it will have been reduced by a massive 63 per cent over the last four years.


“The implications of these cuts are stark,” said Unite’s Kerry Jenkins. “There will be no youth service provision in 18 of the 40 wards in Birmingham; 23 FTE youth work posts will be lost; and 30 youth services will close.”


Timm Sonnenschein/reportdigital.co.uk


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