Youth Services Buckingham and Bletchley 2025-11-27
2025-11-27
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The Bletchley youth centre has been a trusted hub for over 60 years, providing affordable activities to support 400 young people weekly in the town. The service has been stretched due to years of underfunding by the previous government.
Buckingham and Bletchley youth centre has been a trusted hub for our town for over 60 years, supporting 400 young people in the town every week by providing affordable activities and outreach to prevent antisocial behaviour, but that service has been stretched due to years of underfunding by the previous Government. There is hope, however, with the new Labour Government and their youth strategy. Will the Minister set out what steps her Department is taking to ensure that Bletchley youth centre and others like it receive the support that they need to help our young people?
Our national youth strategy focuses on rebuilding youth services so that young people have access to people who care, something to do and places to go. A key aspect of our forthcoming youth strategy will be to ensure that funding goes to grassroots organisations such as Bletchley youth centre, and I would be delighted to visit when my diary allows.
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The Minister did not provide specific steps or timelines for ensuring support for grassroots organizations like the Bletchley youth centre.
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