Ms Sinéad Keane:

With multi-annual funding, SpunOut and other services would be able to plan ahead, look to the future and create projects, campaigns and schemes that are longer than 12 months. Sometimes when you receive funding and it is annual, you might get the funding and by the time you have recruited someone and put the plans in place, you might have someone in a role for eight months instead of the full 12. We would be able to plan ahead. It would also allow space for innovation in the sector, to look into the future and see how you might respond to emerging needs of young people across the youth sector.