It was very difficult to get information in this area, even though one of the research team was an Asian community and youth worker. This is an important area of youth provision which requires further exploration as it is probably under-reported in our findings. More than half of the provisions serve both sexes together, but almost a hundred offer single sex provision. There is twice as much stand-alone single sex provision for females as for males. Disabled access Only 1 in 3 providers claim their service is fully accessible to young people with disabilities and 1 in 7 admit to being totally inaccessible.
Most provisions have a core of regular users.
Newham's provisions are used by an estimated 39,000 young people. If take up did increase significantly it is likely that existing levels of provision would be wholly inadequate. Newham's provision is unequally distributed across the borough. E12 and E6 share almost half the borough's young people but less than a third of its provision. E15 has the least young people and the most provision.