Time out of the campaign for local young people

9.00.00pm BST (GMT +0100) Fri 16th Apr 2010

Liberal Democrat Parliamentary hopeful for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich , Andrew Aalders-Dunthorne, is taking two days out of his busy campaigning schedule to run an out-ward-bound course for local Explorer Scouts.

Mr Aalders-Dunthorne, who runs a Scout Troop and Explorer Unit in Central Suffolk is working with local children on a range of team building activities at the HillTop Outdoor Centre at Sheringham. Andrew commented "I am committed to high quality youth provision and the scouting movement is one of a number of volunteer organisations that do exactly that, I am proud to be associated with it."

"Young people are the future, and we need to ensure that the amount of youth provision adequately matches the needs and aspirations of those young people."

"Both Tory and Labour governments have eroded the youth service over the past 65 years, I am delighted that the Liberal Democrats have a specific pledge in our manifesto to strengthen the youth service by making it a statutory service and to develop provision in partnership with young people and the voluntary sector" concluded Andrew Aalders-Dunthorne.