This petition was submitted during the 2017–2019 Conservative government
Petition Stop rebrand of National Citizen Service and give the savings to youth services
David Cameron’s flagship youth scheme, which reached few teenagers, is to receive a rebrand costing up to £10m.
The request for a brand and creative agency partner to revamp NCS prompted condemnation from councils, who say the money would be better spent on severely cut local youth services.
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Just 12% of eligible young people, 93,000 in one year, took part in the NCS. In some areas the take-up was as low as 4%.
Guardian Newspaper article Friday 15 March 2019
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