A coalition of more than 50 leading charities estimate that failure to intervene early in social problems is costing \u00a317bn a year. Staging early interventions to stop young people going off the rails and getting into serious difficulties could save \u00a31.7bn a year, a coalition of more than 50 leading charities say.<\/p>\n
The next government should set up a ring-fenced fund to tackle social problems early and stop young people\u2019s lives being ruined by mental health problems, bad parenting and antisocial behaviour, the campaigners argue.<\/p>\n
The charities \u2013 including Barnardo\u2019s, NSPCC, Action for Children, Women\u2019s Aid and the National Council for Voluntary Organisations \u2013 say that a failure to intervene in social problems at an early stage creates crises which are much more expensive to solve in the long run.<\/p>\n
They estimate that failure to intervene early in social problems is costing \u00a317bn a year \u2013 a 10th of which could be saved by establishing an early intervention investment fund.<\/p>\n
Such a fund would award money over the life of the next Parliament to councils, schools, healthcare providers and other groups which could prove they had ambitious early intervention plans.<\/p>\n