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Voluntary Work: Young People

Asked by Lee AndersonReform UKDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled Answered 26 November 2024UIN 14648

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, for what reason she has decided to end the National Citizen Service.

Answered by Stephanie Peacock

NCS has enabled over a million young people to connect across backgrounds, build confidence, and gain vital life and work skills. However, the challenges young people face today are vastly different from when NCS was created. The world has changed and, as the Secretary of State set out to the House on 12 November, we need a youth strategy and youth organisations that reflects that. We are moving away from one-size-fits all approaches and bringing power back to young people and their communities.

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