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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: Don't turn our youth centres into fortresses

    Opinion
  • Wednesday, September 1, 2010
    • | CYP Now
I was recently talking to a colleague who criticised youth clubs with "open-door policies". It was not enough, he said, to have someone by the door asking young people to sign in. There should at least be a locked door with window or spyhole, preferably a video entry system, and possibly trained security guards with metal detectors.

Young people and religion

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, August 31, 2010
    • | CYP Now
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair has been pontificating recently about the importance of improving dialogue, communication and understanding between people of different faiths.

Shhh... Every Child Matters lives on

    Opinion
  • Monday, August 9, 2010
    • | CYP Now
Watch out, the language police are about. An internal Department for Education memo lists 30 terms the government wants consigned to history, and the words that should be used in their place. Many relate directly to children's services.

Putting payment-by-results under the microscope

    Opinion
  • Monday, July 19, 2010
    • | CYP Now
So the new high ground in the funding of public policy for young people is "payment-by-results". It is so easy to say, so immediately appealing that one can hardly argue against it. Quite naturally, in the difficult fiscal times to come, people will want value for money.

Hidden costs of payment-by-results

    Opinion
  • Monday, July 5, 2010
    • | CYP Now
We are in an age of austerity where outcomes are critical. So it is difficult to take issue in raw principle with the government's desire to commission more public services on a payment-by-results basis.

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.

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.

Today's youth is vital to big society

    Opinion
  • Monday, June 28, 2010
    • | CYP Now
Conventional wisdom might hold that youth participation -- any work that gives young people a voice and involves them in shaping services -- is near the front of the queue for cuts in our age of austerity.

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