On the right tracks

Briefing paper
21 Nov 2011

A report on a survey on the state of youth counselling services

This briefing presents findings from a snapshot survey conducted by Youth Access with youth counselling agencies as part of the Comic Relief-funded 'On the right tracks' project.

A survey, conducted as part of the project, uncovers a variable picture of youth counselling: some services financially relatively secure and well-embedded within their local planning and commissioning structures.

Others appear much more fragile: small front-line services with insufficient capacity and resources to participate in commissioning processes and at risk of closure.