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Call for social investment to fund youth services

Thursday, August 7, 2014

| CYP Now

The government should develop a framework for social investment in youth provision in a bid to provide services for all young people, a report recommends.

Scores of youth and children's centres to close in Doncaster

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Friday, August 1, 2014

| CYP Now

Doncaster Council is set to close 17 youth and children's centres as part of efforts to cut children's services spending.

Councils urged to develop volunteer-led youth offer

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Wednesday, July 30, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authorities should work with the voluntary and community sector to develop a preventative service for young people in a bid to protect youth provision, a youth work leader has said.

OnSide reveals plans for London youth zone

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Tuesday, July 29, 2014

| CYP Now

Youth zones operator OnSide has unveiled plans for its first purpose-built youth club in the south of England.

Loughton urges Cabinet Office to promote good youth work

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Friday, July 11, 2014

| CYP Now

Former children's minister Tim Loughton has called on the Cabinet Office to take the lead in highlighting good youth work across the country after a survey by that department revealed youth service spend has slumped by 22 per cent in just two years.

Dozens of councils ignore youth service legal duty

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Tuesday, July 8, 2014

| CYP Now

Less than half of local authorities always take into account their legal duty to provide sufficient support for young people when making decisions about youth service funding, survey findings show.

North East Lincolnshire confirms youth service redundancies

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Monday, July 7, 2014

| CYP Now

Forty-one youth work staff will lose their jobs as part of an overhaul of North East Lincolnshire's youth services, the council has confirmed.

Youth clubs key to children's wellbeing, finds survey

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Friday, July 4, 2014

| CYP Now

Children and young people who attend youth clubs will be happier and healthier than those who do not, a survey suggests.

Youth services 'decimated' despite Cabinet Office move

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Tuesday, July 1, 2014

| CYP Now

The transfer of the youth portfolio to the Cabinet Office a year ago has failed to prevent the "decimation" of youth services, a children's rights campaigner has said.

More than half of Devon youth service jobs at risk

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Thursday, June 5, 2014

| CYP Now

Devon County Council could axe more than half of its youth service staff if a major shake-up of its youth service is approved next week.

Cabinet Office supports development of eight youth mutuals

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Wednesday, June 4, 2014

| CYP Now

Eight local authorities are in the early stages of developing youth mutuals, the Cabinet Office has confirmed.

Wiltshire jobs to go as council approves youth service plan

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Monday, May 19, 2014

| CYP Now

Up to 144 youth staff will be made redundant or redeployed to other areas of Wiltshire Council after the authority approved plans to hand over the running of its youth services to community groups.

LGA warns over impact of council funding cuts

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Monday, May 12, 2014

| CYP Now

Services for children and young people look set to bear the brunt of local authority funding cuts over the next two years, the Local Government Association (LGA) has warned.

Youth service jobs set to go under Wiltshire community-led provision proposals

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Friday, May 9, 2014

| CYP Now

Up to 144 youth staff in Wiltshire look set to lose their jobs if council plans to hand the running of youth services to community groups are approved next week.

Youth service mutual to be governed by young people

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Wednesday, April 16, 2014

| CYP Now

Young people using local services are to be involved in the governance of the Knowsley Youth Mutual in a pioneering move to ensure its services are fit for purpose.

Daily roundup: School places, mental health, and troubled families

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Monday, April 14, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authorities make progress on school places, rise in mental health concerns for education staff, and Reading Council hits troubled families target, all in the news today.

Shadow minister backs youth-led anti-crime campaign

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Friday, April 11, 2014

| CYP Now

A youth-led anti-knife and gun campaign has won backing from Labour's shadow minister for communities and local government.

Expert challenges youth workforce's commitment to protecting services

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Friday, April 4, 2014

| CYP Now

Youth workers must do more to promote the value of their work in the face of local government cuts, an academic has said.

Union condemns 'catastrophic' Staffordshire youth cuts

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Monday, March 24, 2014

| CYP Now

Staffordshire County Council's decision to approve cuts to its youth services will be "catastrophic" for the region's children and young people, Unite has warned.

Budget 2014: Youth groups to share £10m for social action

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Thursday, March 20, 2014

| CYP Now

Youth organisations are set to receive a share of £10m to deliver social action opportunities to young people, the Chancellor has announced.

NE Lincolnshire considers youth service overhaul

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Wednesday, March 19, 2014

| CYP Now

An overhaul of North East Lincolnshire's youth services will see the department's budget cut by a quarter.

Shropshire to focus youth services on neediest groups

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Monday, March 17, 2014

| CYP Now

Shropshire is considering cutting its youth work sessions by half and targeting services at groups of young people with the greatest needs.

Youth workers 'scapegoats' for social care failings

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Tuesday, March 11, 2014

| CYP Now

Devon's youth workers are being made "scapegoats" for a critical Ofsted report on the local authority's children's social care service, a trade union has claimed.

Essex youth service boss upbeat despite budget cut

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Thursday, February 27, 2014

| CYP Now

Youth provision in Essex will continue to grow despite "terrible" cuts to the department's budget, the head of the service has said.

Charities win £11m to boost social action

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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.

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Call for social investment to fund youth services

Scores of youth and children's centres to close in Doncaster

Councils urged to develop volunteer-led youth offer

OnSide reveals plans for London youth zone

Loughton urges Cabinet Office to promote good youth work

Dozens of councils ignore youth service legal duty

North East Lincolnshire confirms youth service redundancies

Youth clubs key to children's wellbeing, finds survey

Youth services 'decimated' despite Cabinet Office move

More than half of Devon youth service jobs at risk

Cabinet Office supports development of eight youth mutuals

Wiltshire jobs to go as council approves youth service plan

LGA warns over impact of council funding cuts

Youth service jobs set to go under Wiltshire community-led provision proposals

Youth service mutual to be governed by young people

Daily roundup: School places, mental health, and troubled families

Shadow minister backs youth-led anti-crime campaign

Expert challenges youth workforce's commitment to protecting services

Union condemns 'catastrophic' Staffordshire youth cuts

Budget 2014: Youth groups to share £10m for social action

NE Lincolnshire considers youth service overhaul

Shropshire to focus youth services on neediest groups

Youth workers 'scapegoats' for social care failings

Essex youth service boss upbeat despite budget cut

Charities win £11m to boost social action

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