Commissioning Positive Activities for Young People

The National Youth Agency commissioned research into current policy and practice concerned with commissioning positive activities for young people in local authorities across England.

The research took place across three government regions (North East, North West, and the West Midlands) between January and April 2008 and involved 17 local authorities in total.

• What is the nature of competition and contestability – is there a ‘market’ in services for young people?
• What is the voluntary sector’s experience of commissioning? Are authorities using the ‘intelligent commissioning’ model?
• What quality and standards frameworks are taken into account?
• To what extent are young people involved in the commissioning process?

The final report and executive summary are now available:

Commissioning Positive Activities for Young People - exectutive summary

Commissioning Positive Activities for Young People - full report

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