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Cuts could enhance joint working

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, October 6, 2009
  • | CYP Now
The party conference season is over and national politics is destined for a surreal few months in the run-up to the general election. Expect plenty more short-term children's policy announcements - some even eye- catching - as the main parties try to outmanoeuvre each other to strike a popular chord. Politics in Westminster will become increasingly sensationalised and polarised.

Editorial: Commercialism is damaging childhood

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, December 11, 2007
  • | CYP Now
With the festive season upon us, and the avalanche of consumerism it brings, it is timely that the government's 10-year Children's Plan should include an inquiry into the impact of commercialisation on children's wellbeing.

Offer young people real work opportunities

    Opinion
  • Thursday, April 1, 2010
  • | CYP Now
The latest figures show there are almost 900,000 16- to 24-year-olds not in education, employment or training (Neet). Yet young people face many challenges in taking up the formal opportunities that do exist.

Youth work is integral to rural communities

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, August 31, 2021
  • | CYP Now
My summer holiday was in Somerset. A village near our campsite had a recently built youth centre attached to the community hall. A sign advertised the one two-hour session for young people each week, on a Thursday evening. But when we went back on the Thursday evening the club was shut and no young people were around.

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