Ms Mary Nolan:

Funding needs to be fluid for this type and model of youth work. Often, when funding becomes available for youth work or youth models or programmes, it is for a maximum of two to four years. There is then a two-year gap before more money comes along. We have lost the vehicle of change in those two years. Things go back to square one. That Generation We we have worked with go on to make a small difference, but we do not get the process we wanted or envisaged. There needs to be a ten- or 15-year strategy on making this turnaround rather than short breaks. I know that everything has to be reviewed and monitored and all the rest of it, but that can be done parallel to the money coming through. The funding and resources need to be fluid.