micTruely Your Radio

International

‘We’re on a cliff edge’: the struggle to keep youth services alive in Knowsley

todayFebruary 12, 2026

Background
share close

Despite high needs, the Merseyside borough has the most youth work ‘black holes’ of any local authority in England

“I feel like I’m failing because I can’t reach everyone,” said Toni Dodd, the centre manager at Karma in the Community, a youth service in Knowsley on the outskirts of Liverpool.

“I’ll go over and get kids hanging outside the shops, bring them in, but it’s who am I not reaching? It just takes one thing and they’re on that track into crime, into drugs. There are kids going into school on ketamine. I do all I can but it’s so hard to keep it open and running, and you can’t meet the demand there is.”

Continue reading…

Source: www.theguardian.com

Read full article

Written by: truelightfm

Rate it

Similar posts

International

To Die for Palestine – Ep 2

A Chadian chemist and a British activist dedicate their lives to Palestinian resistance, risking exile, prison or death.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article

todayFebruary 12, 2026

Post comments (0)

Leave a reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *