It is important to recognise the time it can take to develop projects and in this case to take account of the time required for the commissioning and contracting process. The project took just over a year to go through the development phase.

Another time aspect for this project was the time to get the processes and systems in place and working.

It was interesting to note how adults can sometimes get hung up on things more than young people. The example here was that of confidentiality and the room for the meetings. The adults looked to have these things in place whereas the young people were less bothered and were just looking to have the service available.

The service has proven that it was and is still needed and is being used by approximately 10 young people per week. A waiting list is being considered as a necessity due to demand.