The Centre for Public Innovation (CPI) was contracted to provide a better understanding for HLF of the new strategic environment for work with young people, and consider how the Young Roots programme could be positioned in relation to, for example, local authority commissioning frameworks and the wider delivery vehicles for youth work across the UK.

The review sets out the current thinking and policy drivers with regards to youth provision, and the impact this is having upon the youth sector. The report also identifies a need for the heritage sector to engage more fully with the main service providers for children and young people, in terms of establishing better contacts, relationships and partnerships.