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Good youth work sets you up for life

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, May 5, 2009
    • | CYP Now
Tony Taylor's open letter "In defence of youth work" could not have been more timely for me (CYP Now, 23-29 April). I tend to agree broadly with his thesis, even though the devil can be in the detail on principles such as voluntarism. And times do change - as I have said before, youth work has to distinguish between its cherished values (to be defended) and its sacred cows (to be slain).

It's all sunbeds and steroids nowadays

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, May 12, 2009
    • | CYP Now
As the Budget revealed the depths of Britain's economic difficulties, coal was in the news again. This time around there are plans for a greener approach to coal-fired energy. Perhaps it will offer occupational possibilities to young people.

Commissioner for Wales is up to the challenge

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, March 25, 2008
    • | CYP Now
It was an "exceedingly drawn-out" appointments process, according to one Welsh politician. But Keith Towler came through the interviews, both with young people and politicians, to secure the position of children's commissioner for Wales, just under a year after the untimely death of his predecessor Peter Clarke.

Role models inspire young people to aspire

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, April 22, 2008
    • | CYP Now
Many young people feel that the world of work is a long way away. It's a tough challenge to get them to visualise what a successful career, tuned to their interests and talents, might look like. That is why it is essential they are provided with inspirational influences to raise aspirations and help them realise the opportunities available.

Why O2's Think Big initiative is so important

    Opinion
  • Monday, March 29, 2010
    • | CYP Now
We may come to remember that O2's Think Big initiative coincided with the recall of Jon Venables to prison and the resurrection in the popular consciousness of the horrendous murder of two-year-old James Bulger by two 10-year-olds.

Issues matter over personalities

    Opinion
  • Friday, February 8, 2008
    • | CYP Now
Voting for Southend's next youth mayor is taking place later this month. This isn't a new thing: young people elected their first youth mayor more than 50 years ago. And the way the election takes place hasn't changed much since then.

A tale from the dark side of democracy

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, November 17, 2009
    • | CYP Now
Imagine a country that, although proclaiming its democratic credentials, continues to operate with levels of nepotism, and perhaps corruption, that we associate with the worst excesses of dictatorship or absolute monarchy.

Editorial: Inherent dangers lurk in staying safe plan

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, February 12, 2008
    • | CYP Now
With the publication of the Staying Safe Action Plan last week, the government has been at pains not to be seen to wrap children up in cotton wool. In presentation terms, the document's front cover depicts children happily participating in watersports, climbing and running. Meanwhile, the Department for Children, Schools and Families' press notice on the safety plan leads heavily on the proposal to encourage teachers to take pupils on outdoor school trips by providing advice and diminishing bureaucracy.

Capture the volunteers while we can

    Opinion
  • Thursday, July 2, 2009
    • | CYP Now
Volunteers are the life blood of youth work. According to the National Council for Voluntary Youth Services, more than 500,000 volunteers give up their spare time to work with young people, outnumbering the number of paid employees by almost 10 to one.

Youth work is more vital now than ever

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, December 22, 2009
    • | CYP Now
This year is shaping up to be the most challenging one for youth services in recent memory. Further cutbacks in public services coupled with nearly one million 16- to 24-year-olds not in employment, education or training are going to place a huge strain on youth services just at the time they are most needed.

Break down the wall of ignorance

    Opinion
  • Wednesday, April 1, 2009
    • | CYP Now
It's disappointing to hear of examples where the role of youth work is overlooked and under-appreciated. But sadly all too often this still is the case.

Policy into practice Time for fun

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, February 17, 2009
    • | CYP Now
THE ISSUEReports looking at childhood have claimed that children's lives in Britain have become "more difficult than in the past", and that "more young people are anxious and troubled".

Youth participation is more than a luxury

    Opinion
  • Friday, May 28, 2010
    • | CYP Now
Youth participation has become a core element of the youth sector over the past five years. But, in the five years ahead, there is likely to be a shift from providing positive activities, where it is relatively easy to build youth participation into schemes, to offering employability programmes.

Protect the youth opportunity fund

    Opinion
  • Monday, June 14, 2010
    • | CYP Now
As CYP Now predicted last week, the Department for Education has removed the ringfence around the remaining 40.8m of the youth opportunity fund. The ringfence guaranteed that money went to local grant-making youth panels to spend on projects requested by local young people.

Keep a young hand on purse strings

    Opinion
  • Wednesday, June 30, 2010
    • | CYP Now
An impressive 2.5 million young people benefited from the youth opportunity and youth capital funds between 2006 and 2009, according to data compiled by the previous government.

Innovation and funding in services for children and young people

    Opinion
  • Monday, July 5, 2010
    • | CYP Now
She may be talking about the specifics of ChildLine's merger with the NSPCC, but Esther Rantzen makes some salient points about funding and activity in the youth and children's sector. I have held similar views for some time. Perhaps we need a wider and longer view.

Youth work needs fresh young talent

    Opinion
  • Monday, September 27, 2010
    • | CYP Now
It's easy to become consumed by your own job prospects in difficult economic times. But spare a thought for those looking to get a foot on the career ladder.

Big society could hit small charities hard

    Opinion
  • Wednesday, September 1, 2010
    • | CYP Now
Will small and medium-sized youth charities be among the biggest losers of the coalition government? It seems an odd question to ask given the now youth minister Tim Loughton's comments before the election that he would make it a personal priority to find new ways of supporting the voluntary youth sector.

From the Frontline - Uniforms allow the person to shine through

    Opinion
  • Monday, September 15, 2008
    • | CYP Now
Very few youth organisations nowadays require young people to wear uniforms. Organisations such as ourselves (St John Ambulance), the Scouts, the Guides and a handful of others stand apart because we believe there are benefits in young people dressing the same. But does this policy encourage people to join or does it achieve the opposite?

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