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Small VCSE bodies have been ravaged by covid and this article shows how many local charities focused on young people have been affected. Since our recent work at Rose Regeneration with the National Federation of Young Farmers Clubs I fully understand the importance of rural youth issues and the desperate need for support a significant number of isolated young rural people have. This article tells us:

England faces a wholesale closure of youth organisations, leaving a generation of vulnerable young people without life-changing support, according to research.

Almost two-thirds of youth organisations with incomes under £250,000 say they are at risk of closure, with 31% saying they might have to shut in the next six months.

The forced withdrawal of support officially recognised as “essential” comes at a time when the pandemic has left more than 1.5 million vulnerable young people in critical need of help, the research by the charity UK Youth found.

The responses from 1,759 youth organisations in England revealed that 58% are operating at a reduced level, with a further 20% temporarily closed or preparing to permanently close.