Access to Youth Work: Special Report
After decade of decline, there are signs that increased...
Youth Work
In-depth
The Big Debate: What is the key to improving access to youth work services?
- Youth Work | Youth services
CYP Now hosts an expert panel to discuss the main obstacles...
Interview: Amani Simpson, filmmaker and youth crime campaigner
- Youth Work | Interview | Youth Offending
Emily Harle speaks to the award-winning filmmaker and youth...
Online Safety Bill: What's included and the impact on children
- Health | Youth Work | Guide To...
A guide to the recently passed Online Safety Bill.
Children's Workforce Guide to Qualifications and Training 2023/24
- Careers | Courses and training | Early Years | Education | Health | Children's Services | Management | Ofsted | Social Care | Youth Justice | Youth Work
With many parts of the sector facing recruitment challenges,...
World of work made open to all
- Youth Work | Careers Guidance
Supported employment schemes give young people with...
Actor Ben Bailey Smith urges greater support for youth services
Actor and former youth worker Ben Bailey Smith has joined...
Interview: Tessy Ojo, chief executive, The Diana Award
- Interview | Youth Work | Participation
Derren Hayes speaks to the chief executive of youth charity...
Inspections Clinic: Young inspection volunteers
- Residential Children's Care | Ofsted | Youth Work | Participation
Regulators can get a better insight into young people's...
Wipers Youth CIC delivers services in anti-discriminatory practice
- Youth Work | Careers | Courses and training
While some Youth Justice Services have developed focused...
Award winners show what sets them apart
- Children's Services | Youth Work | Education
Since their launch in 2005, the Children & Young People Now...
How to offer trauma-informed mental health support to young people
With the increase of children and young people arriving at...
What is Scotland’s gender recognition reform bill, and why is Westminster blocking it?
The UK government has announced it is blocking Scotland’s...
Projects to support vulnerable children at Christmas
As the cost of living continues to rise, food banks and...
Projects to support Ukrainian refugee children over Christmas
Richmond Council's call for new hosts to house Ukrainian...
Making towns child friendly
- Youth Work | Participation | Children's Services | Children's rights
The way spaces are designed can have a huge impact on the...
The Road to Serenity: Founder of social care provider publishes memoir
- Children's Services | Social Care | Careers | Youth Work
Emily Aklan, founder of children’s social care provider...
Government policy briefs for children and young people
- Social Care | Youth Justice | Youth Work | Education | Early Years | Health | Guide To...
CYP Now lays out the responsibilities of ministers...
Interview: Naomi Hulston, Catch 22 chief executive
If knowing the strengths and weaknesses of an organisation...
Future Roots: The farm that helps young people grow
Future Roots gives children who struggle to cope in school...
Mobile provision: Children’s services on the road
- Children's Services | Youth Work | Early Years
Mobile provision allows children’s services teams to reach...
Youth work and sport: Special report
With activity levels among children and young people having...
Outdoor summer scheme boosts young people’s wellbeing
- Youth Work | Outdoor learning | Outdoor Learning
In response to the pandemic, Kidz Konnekt ran day trips for...
Outdoor Learning Special Report
- Outdoor Learning | Education | Youth Work | Outdoor learning
Pandemic policy shifts saw many projects move outdoors to...
Ukraine: Resources for youth workers to help children understand crisis
The youth sector has rallied together to share useful...
Sustainable Services: Special Report
- Children's Services | Management | Service configuration | Education | Social Care | Youth Work
‘Eco anxiety’ among young people is rising prompting many to...
Interview: Ashley Hodges, Young Citizens chief executive
- Youth Work | Citizenship
Derren Hayes speaks to the chief executive of education...
Game over: the risks of children gambling
- Health | Mental health | Youth Work | Mental Health
Harmful gambling among children and young people is an...
Children & Young People Now Awards 2021 Shortlist
- Children's Services | Youth Work | Education | Early Years | Social Care | Youth Justice
The CYP Now Awards highlight the very best practice in work...
Interview: Sir Jack Petchey
- Youth Work | Interview
Derren Hayes poses questions to the 96-year-old founder of...
A decade on from the summer riots
- Youth Work | Youth Justice | Crime prevention | Youth Offending
It is 10 years since England was rocked by rioting and...
CYP Now Awards: Winners revealed
- Early Years | Education | Children's Services | Social Care | Youth Work | Youth Justice
Winners of the Children & Young People Now Awards 2020 were...
Coronavirus: Latest guidance for early years, schools, social workers, youth and youth justice services
- Coronavirus | Youth Work | Youth Justice | Social Care | Education | Early Years
The government has published its latest "roadmap" out of...
How Covid-19 remade children’s services
- Children's Services | Social Care | Youth Work | Health | Mental health | Mental Health | Outdoor Learning
A year on from the emergence of the coronavirus and onset of...
Interview: Kathryn Morley, OnSide chief executive
- Interview | Youth Work | Youth clubs
Derren Hayes speaks to the chief executive of OnSide, the...
Duke of Edinburgh’s Resilience Fund
- Youth Work | Participation
The Duke of Edinburgh’s (DofE) Award has launched a...
CYP Now Awards 2020 unveils shortlist
- Children's Services | Youth Work | Early Years
The finalists for the Children & Young People Now Awards...
Leicester young people’s film about children’s rights reaches global audience
- Youth Work | Participation | Children's rights | Children's Services
Young people from Leicester make a film explaining the...
Interview – Ndidi Okezie, chief executive, UK Youth
- Youth Work | Management | Leadership | Youth services | Interview
Derren Hayes speaks to the UK Youth chief executive.
Child Criminal Exploitation – Tackling Criminal Exploitation
- Youth Work | Youth services
Awareness of child criminal exploitation has increased...
CYP Now launches #Chances4Children campaign
- Youth Work | Social Care | Youth Justice | Children's Services | Early Years | Education | Coronavirus | Chances4Children | Guide To...
CYP Now is today launching its #Chances4Children campaign to...
How I Got Here: Sharon Lovell, National Youth Advocacy Service
- Careers | Management | Leadership | Youth Work | Youth services
Sharon Lovell, National executive director (Wales), National...
How I Got Here: Sharon Davies, chief executive, Young Enterprise
- Management | Leadership | Careers | Youth Work
I left home at an early age, and after several jobs...
Here come the girls
- Youth Work | Mental Health
To mark International Women’s Day this month, Charlotte...
Youth Work: Special Report
- Youth Work | Youth services | Participation | Management | Service configuration
A decade of deep funding cuts has seen a huge reduction in...
Youth Work: Policy context
- Youth Work | Youth services | Participation
The last decade was not good for youth work. The statistics...
Louis Boyd: How I Got Here
- Careers | Leadership | Youth Work | Youth volunteering
Statutory partnerships manager at Volunteering Matters Louis...
Ella Hallpike: How I Got Here
- Careers | Participation | Youth Work
Ella Hallpike, youth support co-ordinator at the Teenage...
Early Help: Special Report
- Early help | Social Care | Homelessness | Leaving care | Youth Justice | Youth Work | Preventing Care Proceedings
Amid rising knife crime, youth homelessness and care...
Good Practice
Arts projects bring young people wellbeing boost
- Health | Mental health | Mental Health | Youth Work
Post-pandemic initiative aims to improve community health...
Youth ambassadors make case for better epilepsy healthcare and education services
- Health | Youth Work | Participation
Charity has been accredited by Hear By Right for actively...
Detached youth work engages young people in their own spaces
- Youth Work | Detached youth work
Long-established youth project in the Walton area of...
Cardiff’s digital skills help boost engagement
Youth services in the Welsh capital have expanded their...
Blackpool helps children with additional needs
- Youth Work | Health | Disabled children and young people | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Group-based activities focusing on developing social and...
How I Got Here: Juliette Greenwich, Engage programme youth worker
- Crime prevention | Youth Justice | Youth Work
Juliette Greenwich, Engage programme youth worker at London...
Young people's lived experiences shape Scottish suicide prevention strategy
- Youth Work | Participation | Health | Mental health | Mental Health
Young people with lived experiences of mental health...
Students take charitable action to counter threat of county lines in their community
- Education | Extra-curricular | Youth Work | Participation
Students from a school in Merseyside take up charitable...
Young women grow confidence and help create safe, inclusive community spaces
- Children's Services | Children's rights | Youth Work | Participation
Young women from across Fife have created a safe spaces...
Young people co-produce mental health directory
- Health | Mental health | Youth Work | Participation | Mental Health
Youth ambassadors collaborate with service providers on...
Peer researchers build skills in campaign to end youth violence in Merseyside
- Youth Work | Participation
Service has recruited young people as peer researchers, to...
NYA young assessors ensure youth voice is at the heart of grant-making process
- Youth Work | Participation
National Youth Agency recruits young assessors to review...
How essential breaks bring young carers together
- Youth Work | Mental Health
Young carers get breaks from family responsibilities to...
Young people draw on their personal experiences to change justice system
- Youth Justice | Probation, resettlement and rehabilitation | Youth Work | Participation | Youth Offending
Charity gives young people with experience of the justice...
Street League creates youth board to better amplify young people's voices
- Youth Work | Participation
Sports and employability charity in Scotland creates youth...
Sports coach, youth worker and therapist in blended role
Therapeutic skills are becoming increasingly needed and used...
Breaking barriers to employment and education
Coaching scheme gives young participants the tools they need...
How football sessions tackle mental health stigma
- Youth Work | Health | Mental health
Group therapy harnesses the power of sport to engage with...
Kidscape reaches more children affected by online bullying
- Safeguarding and child protection | Social Care | Youth Work
Strengths-based workshops help young people recognise...
Young voices draw up blueprint for effective and meaningful co-production
- Youth Work | Participation
Grant-making foundation works with young people to develop...
Girlguiding UK ensures online safety is at the heart of safeguarding policy and practice
- Youth Work | Participation | Social Care | Safeguarding and child protection | Child Sexual Abuse & Exploitation
Uniformed youth group redrafts online safety policies to...
Female young carers pitch camping trip to plan ways to overcome diversity challenges
- Youth Work | Participation
Harrow Carers supports young carers to run an all-girls camp...
Careers charity gives young people a voice to shape more accessible services
- Youth Work | Participation
Careers charity works with young people to develop and embed...
Norfolk young people take the lead in commissioning their local youth services
- Youth Work | Participation
Young commissioners shape youth support and provision in...
Care-experienced young people gain skills by designing tote bags to help their peers
- Youth Work | Participation
Care-experienced young people from the North East worked...
How I Got Here: Hannah Jenkins, youth worker, Wigan Youth Zone
Hannah Jenkins, Culture of Health co-ordinator and inclusion...
Project tackling social isolation is a knockout success
Brothers Through Boxing aims to connect socially isolated...
StreetGames boosts access to sport and helps tackle young people’s problems
Doorstep Sport programme brings fun games and activities...
Young people with SEND create video about education changes they want to see
- Youth Work | Participation
Young people in Reading feature in a training video to help...
Youth zone sport engages young people in positive activities
Culture of Health programme embeds healthy living principles...
How I Got Here: Lucy Warner, Adviza
- Youth Work | Careers Guidance
Lucy Warner, digital services lead at Adviza, on her career...
Care-experienced young people gain life skills and confidence through football
Care-experienced young people are supported to run their own...
Culture conference explores benefits of arts for care-experienced young people
- Youth Work | Participation
Care-experienced young people collaborate with Derby Theatre...
‘Naughty’ local story engages young people in community support project
- Youth Work | Participation
Young people with complex needs delve into Leicestershire...
Projects to engage young people in sustainability
- Youth Work | Participation
Environmental youth charity Groundwork delivers a range of...
How I Got Here: Sophie Charles
- Youth Justice | Youth Work | Youth Offending
Senior youth work co-ordinator at Kinetic Youth Sophie...
Peer support for young migrants and refugees
- Social Care | Asylum | Housing and benefits | Youth Work
Young people from migrant and refugee backgrounds are...
Youth participation, Azerbaijan
- Youth Work | Participation
Marc Cairns, director of an architecture practice, undertook...
Young people at the margins sharpen skills and get jobs boost with the arts
- Youth Work | Participation
Scheme uses the arts and creative tools to support young...
Online festival brings together young social action leaders to shape change
- Youth Work | Participation
Online festival of youth changemaking, co-produced by young...
How I Got Here: Jack Parsons, founder of the Youth Group
Jack Parsons, young entrepreneur, global mental health...
Taking teachable moments to cut risk of violence
- Youth Work | Youth Offending
Hospital-based youth workers use the immediate aftermath of...
Scheme empowers deaf young people to create projects that make a difference
- Participation | Youth Work | Health | Disabled children and young people | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Charity funds youth-led projects that boost young people’s...
Navigators help young people to plot their future
Game Changer programme supports young people to overcome...
Community programme grows the next generation of green leaders
- Youth Work | Participation
Young people learn leadership skills by running projects to...
Workshops equip young people to be life savers
StreetDoctors sessions show how young people at risk of...
Research project charts the long-term impact of Sea Cadets participation
- Youth Work | Participation
Survey identifies how being a member of the uniformed youth...
Hospital passports assist young autistic people in expressing their health needs
- Youth Work | Participation
Young people with autism design a passport scheme that uses...
Youth group develops child-friendly Covid-19 guide to inform younger patients
- Health | Youth Work | Participation | Coronavirus
Guide developed by young people provides facts about the...
Sisters launch campaign for law change to tackle public sexual harassment
- Youth Work | Participation
Youth-led campaign aims to shine a spotlight on public...
Research
Using young people's stories to gather evidence and show impact
How does a charity with a history of meeting the needs of...
Youth work and sport: Research evidence
Analysis from the children’s commissioner for England in...
Hundreds of youth groups receive first YIF grants
The recipients of the first round of the government grants...
Teachers’ views on the value of outdoor residential trips
- Youth Work | Outdoor learning | Outdoor Learning
In June 2021, residential education provider Kingswood, part...
Responding to young people’s views on tackling climate change
- Children's Services | Youth Work
Young people care about the environment – let’s give them...
The Impact of Youth Engagement on Life Satisfaction
- Youth Work | Mental Health
Young people’s mental health is getting worse with those in...
Evaluation of Right Here: A Young People’s Mental Health Initiative of the Paul Hamlyn and Mental Health Foundations
- Youth Work | Mental Health | Health | Mental health
The increase in young people suffering poor mental health...
‘It’s a no-win scenario, either the police or a gang will get you’ Young People and Organised Crime – Vulnerable or Criminal?
- Youth Work | Youth Justice | Crime prevention | Policing | Youth Offending
Much of recent media coverage concerning young people has...
Youth Work in Schools in Wales – full report
- Youth Work | Youth services
In 2013, NYA led a national commission on the role of youth...
Gender Diversity and Non-Binary Presentations in Young People
This study aimed to capture the different ways young people...
Internet Filtering Technology and Aversive Online Experiences in Adolescents
- Extra-curricular | Safeguarding and child protection | Youth Work | Mental Health
Researchers from the Oxford Internet Institute at Oxford...
Special Report: Outdoor Learning - Research evidence
- Education | Extra-curricular | Youth Work | Outdoor Learning
These summaries of key research on outdoor learning have...
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