Bury Council are “consulting” on the future of Bury’s Youth Service. This follows the decision in March to seek external partners to run the service in what was viewed by Lib Dems as a damaging cost cutting exercise.

The Youth Service promotes and delivers personal and social development to 11–25 year olds. It operates out of four local authority centres in Radcliffe, Whitefield, East Bury and Elton while the Phoenix Centre in Prestwich is used in partnership with Prestwich Methodist Youth Association.

Many partners work with the service, such as Connexions, the Youth Offending Service and schools.

It seems a tad disenguous that people are being for their views now several months after the decision was taken to cut back on the youth service. Any comments will be cash strapped by the councils earlier decision which ignored the views of the young people, youth workers and many councillors at the time.

Nevertheless of course if you don’t make your views known that will go against the youth service provision in Bury as well. So please do make your views known before Sunday, September 20, contact youthservicereview@bury.gov.uk or visit the service’s Facebook group. And please please please back Bury’s Youth Service – it needs better funding not chopping!

For more details and to ask questions, call Amy Svensson, improvement adviser, on 0161 253 6549.