Search

Greater investment in early intervention youth services could significantly reduce government spending in the long-term, the boss of a charity that works with at-risk young people has said.

Ofsted highlights value of youth work in social care

News

Monday, November 9, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted has stressed the value of local authority children's services departments utilising youth workers in social work, suggesting that councils should consider the approach to improve outcomes.

Government urged to drop church youth work inspection plans

News

Monday, April 25, 2016

| CYP Now

Christian organisations have called on the government to scrap plans that would see Ofsted inspect out-of-school education settings, including church youth groups.??

Disadvantaged Londoners to benefit from youth music scheme

News

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.

Boris Johnson awards funding to gang violence project

News

Monday, March 14, 2016

| CYP Now

An award-winning service that places specialist youth workers in hospital emergency departments to tackle gang violence has been extended for another year after Mayor of London Boris Johnson agreed to £345,000 of extra funding.

Labour ditches statutory youth services pledge

News

Tuesday, April 14, 2015

| CYP Now

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

Councils begin to develop youth innovation zones

News

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".

MPs to scrutinise Brexit impact on EU youth programme

News

Friday, September 30, 2016

| CYP Now

A group of MPs is to investigate the impact that Brexit will have on opportunities for young people and youth work professionals to train and study abroad.

Employer-school partnerships key for youth job prospects, inquiry finds

News

Friday, April 25, 2014

| CYP Now

Local partnerships between schools, employers and councils are key to reducing youth unemployment rates, a cross-party group of local politicians has concluded.

Youth money management programme to continue

News

Friday, August 22, 2014

| CYP Now

Young people who are not in education, employment or training (Neet) will continue to receive advice on how to look after their finances after the National Youth Agency (NYA) and Barclays Bank announced they will extend their money management programme.

Youth sector demands legislation to protect services

News

Friday, May 15, 2015

| CYP Now

Youth organisations are launching a major lobbying campaign to protect youth services after unveiling draft legislation it wants the government to adopt.

DfE defends £14m mentoring expansion

News

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

| CYP Now

The Department for Education has defended its plans to massively ramp up support for struggling school pupils with the aid of mentoring from "high-flying" professionals.

Government's youth policy 'lacks bite', claims Catch22

News

Monday, December 19, 2011

| CYP Now

Leaders of youth services are being urged to drive improvements for young people after accusations that the government's youth policy lacks bite.

Youth charity chief reveals expansion plans

News

Friday, January 31, 2014

| CYP Now

A charity that trains young people to better deal with conflict situations has unveiled ambitious plans to double in size within two years.

Charities win £11m to boost social action

News

Thursday, February 20, 2014

| CYP Now

Forty-one voluntary and community sector organisations are to gain a share of £11m from the Cabinet Office to encourage young people to participate in social action.

Serco consortium wins six NCS contracts

News

Thursday, September 13, 2012

| CYP Now

A consortium including private sector firm Serco has won six of 19 regional contracts to deliver the government's National Citizen Service (NCS) scheme, it has been announced.

Sports charity gets £1.2m to help young people into work

News

Wednesday, January 25, 2017

| CYP Now

A charity that uses sport to help unemployed young people find work, education and training opportunities has been handed £1.2m to help expand its reach this year.

Peer mentoring scheme extends to Manchester school

News

Friday, February 6, 2015

| CYP Now

A youth volunteering programme that sees young people provide mentoring and support for school children has expanded into Manchester.

Search Results

Youth projects benefit from £40m lottery funding

Social action fund opens for applications

Welfare system is failing young people, warns YMCA chief

Youth service investment leads to long-term savings, says charity

Ofsted highlights value of youth work in social care

Government urged to drop church youth work inspection plans

Disadvantaged Londoners to benefit from youth music scheme

Boris Johnson awards funding to gang violence project

Labour ditches statutory youth services pledge

Councils begin to develop youth innovation zones

MPs to scrutinise Brexit impact on EU youth programme

Employer-school partnerships key for youth job prospects, inquiry finds

Youth money management programme to continue

Youth sector demands legislation to protect services

DfE defends £14m mentoring expansion

Government's youth policy 'lacks bite', claims Catch22

Youth charity chief reveals expansion plans

Charities win £11m to boost social action

Serco consortium wins six NCS contracts

Sports charity gets £1.2m to help young people into work

Peer mentoring scheme extends to Manchester school

Current filters

Filter by

Tags

Journals

Article Types