Youth clubs lead to mixed outcomes

Out-of-school clubs that support a 'hanging around' culture have a negative impact on young people in adulthood, a Government-funded report claims. The study, Leisure contexts in adolescence and their effects on adult outcomes, was carried out by the Institute of Education and launched alongside the Green Paper for Youth last month. It analyses the impact of youth activities on a group of 6,000 people born in the 1970s and the effects their activities at age 16 have had in later life.