Blyth Councillor Agrees with Walnut Unlimited Survey.

Blyth Town Councillor Aileen Barrass who has been involved with youth work in the Town for many years, completely agrees with the recent survey by Walnut Unlimited, calling for a community led approach to tackle serious youth violence, highlighting the need for a massive hike in funding for both youth services and mental health initiatives.

A study written by nine organisations working in the field of human rights, youth services, mental health and racial justice advocates a radical rethink of how the Government funds and tackles youth issues across the UK.

A survey undertaken to look at youth issues from a public point of view found that 69% of the people surveyed believe that the Government should seek solutions to the root cause of youth violence and 74% of people would like to see more funding allocated to youth work.

Councillor Barrass told us at Labour News that “I do believe that expanded youth work in all fields, sports, the arts and local communities does keep our young people out of trouble and away from crime and violence and the Government needs to place a higher priority on finding funding to have that work carried out in our communities professionally”.