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Website to encourage reading

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Thursday, November 6, 2008

| CYP Now

The Reading Agency plans to launch a website next year to encourage young people to read.

Daily roundup: Council sued, no action against Paris Brown and youth cuts

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Monday, April 22, 2013

| CYP Now

Rochdale faces legal action over care comments; no further action against former youth police and crime commissioner, and half of youth service jobs to go in Warwickshire, all in the news today.

DfE announces £24m youth employment initiative

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Monday, October 8, 2018

| CYP Now

The government will invest £24m in improving education and career opportunities for young people in north east England, Education Secretary Damian Hinds has said.

Daily roundup: Junk food, child porn and social work ethics

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Tuesday, June 18, 2013

| CYP Now

Food firms accused of bypassing ad rules, government summit to tackle child porn online, and a code of ethics for social workers, all in the news today.

Ofsted urges support for schools to fight knife crime

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Thursday, March 14, 2019

| CYP Now

Stronger multi-agency partnerships are needed to support schools to deal with knife crime, according to new research from Ofsted.

School-based youth programme expands to second city

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Monday, September 9, 2013

| CYP Now

A youth volunteering programme that offers school-based support to 10,000 children is to be extended to a second English city.

Financial planning training helps young people's budgeting skills

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Friday, September 13, 2013

| CYP Now

Peer-to-peer money and financial advice can avert debt and encourage saving among young people, according to the latest evaluation of a course run by a high street bank and youth work charities.

Learning providers call for payment-by-results in schools

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Tuesday, October 2, 2012

| CYP Now

Schools should be subject to a payment-by-results system of funding dependent on their pupils' maths and English GCSE results, apprenticeship providers have claimed.

Girls 'twice as likely' to experience emotional problems as boys

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Thursday, January 11, 2018

| CYP Now

Girls are more than twice as likely to experience emotional problems as boys, according to the initial findings of a £56m programme aimed at improving mental health support for young people.

Committee urges stronger powers for children's commissioner

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Monday, December 10, 2012

| CYP Now

England's children's commissioner should be given stronger powers, while the title of the role should be changed to include "young people", an influential group of MPs and peers has said.

Social action programmes to share £2.5m

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Friday, May 2, 2014

| CYP Now

The Cabinet Office has awarded £2.5m to 26 social action programmes providing support for vulnerable young people including care leavers and young offenders.

Call for councils to lead youth employment schemes

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Wednesday, June 11, 2014

| CYP Now

The government should hand over responsibility for youth employment schemes to local authorities in order to reduce the number of young people not in education, employment or training (Neet), council leaders have said.

30,000 adolescents disengaged despite raised participation age, figures show

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Thursday, June 26, 2014

| CYP Now

Almost 30,000 16-year-olds were not in education or training at the end of 2013 despite the government raising the participation age to 17, official figures reveal.

Entrepreneur and Dragons' Den investor to lead apprenticeships review

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Tuesday, June 12, 2012

| CYP Now

Former Dragons' Den investor Doug Richard has been chosen by the government to lead an independent review into the future of apprenticeships.

Youth unemployment ‘hotspots' to get early support

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Wednesday, June 27, 2012

| CYP Now

Support for young people in the 20 "youth unemployment hot spots" will be accelerated under the government's Youth Contract, the Deputy Prime Minister has announced.

Commission to examine youth work and school partnerships

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Friday, March 22, 2013

| CYP Now

Youth work's educational role is to be assessed by an independent commission formed by the National Youth Agency (NYA).

Disadvantaged children missing out on out-of-school activities

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Friday, July 19, 2019

| CYP Now

Extra-curricular activities, particularly music and sport, are three times more likely to be accessed by children from high-income households than their less well-off peers, a study has shown.

Sexual harrassment of young women widespread, finds report

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Friday, November 29, 2013

| CYP Now

Almost three quarters of young women fall victim to sexual harassment in schools and colleges, a new report reveals.

Children and Families Act receives royal assent

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Thursday, March 13, 2014

| CYP Now

The Children and Families Act has received royal assent, ushering in a raft of changes including adoption reforms, greater protection for vulnerable children and shared parental leave.

Lib Dem Conference 2011: Clegg announces 50m summer school scheme

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Wednesday, September 21, 2011

| CYP Now

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has announced a 50m summer school scheme for up to 100,000 disadvantaged children to attend before they start secondary school.

Teachers warn Clegg over summer camp scheme

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Wednesday, September 21, 2011

| CYP Now

Teachers have criticised Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg's plans for a 50m summer camp programme for disadvantaged children before they start secondary school.

Conservative Conference 2011: Cameron appeals to businesses to increase apprenticeships

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Thursday, October 6, 2011

| CYP Now

The Prime Minister David Cameron has pledged to provide funding and cut red tape if businesses agree to increase the number of apprenticeships.

Government announces 24 new cadet units

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Monday, February 13, 2017

| CYP Now

A further 24 schools where cadet units will be established have been announced as part of a government drive to create a total of 500 by 2020.

Riots panel calls for extension of troubled families programme

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Wednesday, March 28, 2012

| CYP Now

An independent panel, set up following last summer's riots, has called for the government to give young unemployed people a guarantee of work and significantly expand its programme for troubled families.

Youth workers to deliver major mental health initiative in schools

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Wednesday, November 1, 2017

| CYP Now

Children's charity Action for Children is to pilot a mental health initiative that will see youth workers support young people in schools, with a view to introducing it across the UK next year.

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Website to encourage reading

Daily roundup: Council sued, no action against Paris Brown and youth cuts

DfE announces £24m youth employment initiative

Daily roundup: Junk food, child porn and social work ethics

Ofsted urges support for schools to fight knife crime

School-based youth programme expands to second city

Financial planning training helps young people's budgeting skills

Learning providers call for payment-by-results in schools

Girls 'twice as likely' to experience emotional problems as boys

Committee urges stronger powers for children's commissioner

Social action programmes to share £2.5m

Call for councils to lead youth employment schemes

30,000 adolescents disengaged despite raised participation age, figures show

Entrepreneur and Dragons' Den investor to lead apprenticeships review

Youth unemployment ‘hotspots' to get early support

Commission to examine youth work and school partnerships

Disadvantaged children missing out on out-of-school activities

Sexual harrassment of young women widespread, finds report

Children and Families Act receives royal assent

Lib Dem Conference 2011: Clegg announces 50m summer school scheme

Teachers warn Clegg over summer camp scheme

Conservative Conference 2011: Cameron appeals to businesses to increase apprenticeships

Government announces 24 new cadet units

Riots panel calls for extension of troubled families programme

Youth workers to deliver major mental health initiative in schools

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