<sod>The programme was designed in and piloted in 2009 by social integration charity, The Challenge (www.the-challenge.org) who remain the largest provider of the programme. When the scheme was launched it was initially criticised, with critics expecting it to be an unpopular and unsuccessful non-military version of [[national service]]. Subsequently, however, it achieved cross-party support in [[UK Parliament|Parliament]].<ref name=Theo_Merz/><eod>
<sod>The programme was designed in and piloted in 2009 by social integration charity, The Challenge, who remain the largest provider of the programme.<ref>{{cite web|title=Our Story|url=http://the-challenge.org/index.php/about-the-challenge-programmes|publisher=The Challenge|accessdate=27 March 2016}}</ref> When the scheme was launched it was initially criticised, with critics expecting it to be an unpopular and unsuccessful non-military version of [[national service]]. Subsequently, however, it achieved cross-party support in [[UK Parliament|Parliament]].<ref name=Theo_Merz/><eod>