Almost £300,000 of funding has been distributed by North Somerset Council.
This money has been awarded to 11 networks covering North Somerset to enable them to commission positive activities for young people.
North Somerset Council's executive member for children and young people's services, Cllr Jeremy Blatchford, said: "This series of networks will deliver sustainable, positive activities for children and young people.
"It is a departure from the 'one size fits all' approach previously adopted and already we are seeing the benefits with a much wider range of activities being offered and a much greater take up by the young people these activities are aimed at."
He added that 'enabling grants' from the council totalling £75,000 had already been distributed to youth management committees which had helped them in the planning and the transition to the positive activity network model.
"These local commissioning networks have demonstrated how they will implement their local programme and shown that it is viable; what is very important is that by setting up these networks they can respond to the needs of many of the 19,200 young people who found the previous youth service arrangements didn't work for them; setting up something new responds to local needs and involves children and young people."
A 'positive activity provider forum' has also been set up and already more than 30 organisations which deliver activities are members.
And North Somerset Youth Parliament has been getting in on the act too. They put together a survey which was sent to every secondary school in the district to find out which facilities and activities young people would like to be accessible most, and when, where and how they would like these to be delivered.
Cllr Blatchford said that the targeted service which works with the most vulnerable young people, those at risk of offending, as well as disabled and special needs groups, would continue its work.
"The work we are doing will offer a wide range of activities which will be more in tune with our young people," concluded Cllr Blatchford.
The funding sums awarded are:
- In The Grove (Weston Central) £27,700
- 5-25 (Weston South) £28,000
- We Can (Worle and surrounding area) £41,000
- COIN (Nailsea) £21,500
- Pill and district £29,169
- Portishead £29,250
- South Rural £21,500
- Mid Rural £27,000
- North Rural £17,000
- Clevedon £32,348
- Long Ashton £16,550
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