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Daily roundup: Tougher teaching tests, adoption parties and monitoring academies

Monday, June 6, 2016

| CYP Now

Plans to improve teacher standards announced, positive response to "adoption party" pilots, and LGA call for council role in education, all in the news today.

Socio-economic gap in youth social action participation narrows

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Tuesday, November 29, 2016

| CYP Now

Young people from disadvantaged backgrounds are still taking part in less social action than their more affluent peers but the gap is narrowing, research has found.

Young carers to train school nurses

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Monday, April 15, 2013

| CYP Now

Children are to train school nurses in how best to support young carers, the Department of Health has announced.

Young leaders 'adopt' peers in votes at 16 bid

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Monday, December 9, 2013

| CYP Now

UK Youth Parliament (UKYP) members are taking their Votes at 16 campaign to the House of Lords by trying to win the support of individual peers.

Hurd hands NCS over to independent trust

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Thursday, February 6, 2014

| CYP Now

The National Citizen Service (NCS) has established itself as a social enterprise, completing its move from government-run body to independence.

OnSide wins sports grant for Wolverhampton youth zone

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Tuesday, August 26, 2014

| CYP Now

Youth zones operator OnSide has received £500,000 to develop state-of-the-art sports facilities at its new purpose-built youth club in Wolverhampton.

Disadvantaged Londoners to benefit from youth music scheme

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Friday, September 26, 2014

| CYP Now

The mayor of London Boris Johnson is encouraging disadvantaged young people living in the capital to engage in music projects in a bid to support their emotional development.

Mental health and youth employment make UK Youth Parliament manifesto for 2013

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Friday, August 3, 2012

| CYP Now

Calls to improve mental health services, boost employment opportunities and provide young people with education on their legal rights have all made it onto the UK Youth Parliament's (UKYP) manifesto for 2013.

Concern over Serco involvement in NCS bid

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Sunday, August 12, 2012

| CYP Now

Concerns have been raised over the involvement of private sector firm Serco in a consortium bidding for contracts to run the National Citizen Service.

Police commissioner plan to involve young people wins praise

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Monday, September 10, 2012

| CYP Now

Plans to give young people a say over policing in Warwickshire should be replicated nationally, youth work professionals have said.

Young people's views to influence transport review

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Thursday, May 17, 2012

| CYP Now

Views of young people will be central to government plans to improve school transport, children's minister Tim Loughton has said following a meeting with members of the UK Youth Parliament (UKYP).

NCS 'will not proactively recruit' 18- to 25-year-olds

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Monday, January 30, 2017

| CYP Now

Young people aged between 18 and 25 will not be proactively recruited for the government's National Citizen Service (NCS) initiative, youth minister Rob Wilson has pledged.

Youth minister calls for NCS expansion across entire UK

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Thursday, April 28, 2016

| CYP Now

Youth minister Rob Wilson has called for the government's flagship National Citizen Service (NCS) programme to be expanded into Scotland and Wales.

Labour ditches statutory youth services pledge

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Tuesday, April 14, 2015

| CYP Now

Labour has controversially shelved plans to require all councils to provide a minimum level of youth services.

Youth workers witness surge in mental health problems

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Monday, April 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Youth workers are experiencing a marked increase in numbers of young people with mental health problems, the head of a major youth organisation has warned.

Youth groups gain social action funding for deprived areas

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Monday, December 7, 2015

| CYP Now

Nine youth organisations in England have been chosen to receive a share of £1.26m of government funding to develop social action opportunities for disadvantaged young people.

Councils begin to develop youth innovation zones

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Tuesday, December 20, 2011

| CYP Now

Devolving power to frontline staff and placing young people at the centre of decision-making will be central to delivering youth services in the newly announced "youth innovation zones".

Young people distribute £180,000 to youth projects

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Friday, September 14, 2018

| CYP Now

A grant-making body has given a panel of young people the final say on how £180,000 worth of funding for projects supporting vulnerable young people is distributed.

British Youth Council presses government for action on bus travel costs

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Monday, June 17, 2013

| CYP Now

The British Youth Council is calling on the government to take action to help young people with the cost of bus travel and protect transport budgets from further cuts.

Campaign urges young people to drive social action

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Friday, June 28, 2013

| CYP Now

The government is urging more young people to take part in social action with the launch of a new campaign and up to £5m of funding.

Regional youth work units defiant in the face of cuts

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Friday, August 30, 2013

| CYP Now

Regional youth work unit leaders say they have survived three years of cuts and are now increasing young people's involvement in service delivery.

Strategic partnership to help disadvantaged young people

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Monday, October 14, 2013

| CYP Now

Disadvantaged young people living in areas of the North East hit by high unemployment are set to benefit from a new strategic partnership between a social housing provider and a youth charity.

Youth campaign secures holiday travel scheme

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Thursday, May 10, 2012

| CYP Now

Young people in North Yorkshire are set to benefit from discounted bus travel during the school holidays after the local authority agreed to back a travel scheme.

Youth leaders call for long-term PSHE strategy

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Thursday, November 7, 2013

| CYP Now

The government should publish a long-term strategy for the promotion of personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) education, members of the youth select committee have said.

Grant giver predicts growth in 'youth empowerment' projects

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Tuesday, August 22, 2017

| CYP Now

Youth organisations are increasingly prioritising projects that help young people have a greater say in local and national policymaking, according to analysis by a leading grant maker.

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Daily roundup: Tougher teaching tests, adoption parties and monitoring academies

Socio-economic gap in youth social action participation narrows

Young carers to train school nurses

Young leaders 'adopt' peers in votes at 16 bid

Hurd hands NCS over to independent trust

OnSide wins sports grant for Wolverhampton youth zone

Disadvantaged Londoners to benefit from youth music scheme

Mental health and youth employment make UK Youth Parliament manifesto for 2013

Concern over Serco involvement in NCS bid

Police commissioner plan to involve young people wins praise

Young people's views to influence transport review

NCS 'will not proactively recruit' 18- to 25-year-olds

Youth minister calls for NCS expansion across entire UK

Labour ditches statutory youth services pledge

Youth workers witness surge in mental health problems

Youth groups gain social action funding for deprived areas

Councils begin to develop youth innovation zones

Young people distribute £180,000 to youth projects

British Youth Council presses government for action on bus travel costs

Campaign urges young people to drive social action

Regional youth work units defiant in the face of cuts

Strategic partnership to help disadvantaged young people

Youth campaign secures holiday travel scheme

Youth leaders call for long-term PSHE strategy

Grant giver predicts growth in 'youth empowerment' projects

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