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Queen to honour youth organisations with new jubilee award

Thursday, May 5, 2022

| CYP Now

Twenty charities that support young people are set to be recognised by the Queen as part of her platinum jubilee celebrations.

Longfield commission sets out plan to end ‘perverse exclusion culture’

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Friday, April 29, 2022

| CYP Now

Scrapping the term “pupil referral unit” and banning exclusions for young children are among plans laid out by the former children’s commissioner for England to tackle “exclusion culture” in schools.

Greater understanding of child-to-parent abuse needed across London, Sadiq Khan warns

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Tuesday, April 12, 2022

| CYP Now

School exclusions, undiagnosed mental health issues and unidentified special educational needs and disabilities are among the key drivers behind child-to-parent abuse, the mayor of London has said.

Ukrainian refugees thank young people at Feltham YOI for messages of support

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Wednesday, April 6, 2022

| CYP Now

Ukrainian refugees have thanked young people at a young offender’s institution (YOI) for sending messages of support amid the war with Russia.

Youth workers feel ‘professionally abandoned’, says director of London’s VRU

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Friday, March 25, 2022

| CYP Now

A decade of cuts to youth services has left youth workers feeling “professionally abandoned and neglected”, according to the director of London’s Violence Reduction Unit (VRU).

Online Safety Bill: Five key measures aimed at protecting children

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Friday, March 18, 2022

| CYP Now

One of the main aims of the government’s Online Safety Bill is to stop children from accessing inappropriate and harmful content, according to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

Mentoring scheme aims to reduce digital poverty among young offenders

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Friday, March 18, 2022

| CYP Now

A youth mentoring charity has teamed up with the Digital Poverty Alliance (DPA) and technology firm Intel to provide support to young men leaving prison.

£10m programme to deliver therapeutic support for 2,500 young people at greatest risk of violence

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Tuesday, March 15, 2022

| CYP Now

Thousands of children at risk of violence across London are set to benefit from a new programme centred on cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT).

Youth work central to reducing knife crime, says former government adviser

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Thursday, February 24, 2022

| CYP Now

Building healthy relationships with youth workers is central to reducing levels of knife crime involving young people, according to a former government youth work adviser.

NYA appoints Kinetic Youth boss as deputy director of youth work

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Thursday, February 17, 2022

| CYP Now

Kinetic Youth's director of policy and performance has been named as deputy director of youth work at the National Youth Agency (NYA).

Disadvantaged young Londoners to have access to mentors by 2024

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Thursday, February 10, 2022

| CYP Now

Access to a personal mentor will be provided to all young people in London in need of support by 2024, under plans unveiled by Sadiq Khan.

Online Safety Bill: MPs call for age-verification on porn sites

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Tuesday, February 8, 2022

| CYP Now

The Online Safety Bill which seeks to regulate social media and tech companies in a bid to offer greater protection to children will be changed to include compulsory age-verification for pornography sites, MPs have said.

Levelling Up White Paper: Key points for the children's sector

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Wednesday, February 2, 2022

| CYP Now

Investment in youth services and education in the UK’s most disadvantaged areas have been announced as part of the government’s “levelling-up” plan.

Levelling Up white paper a ‘missed opportunity’ to support young people

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Wednesday, February 2, 2022

| CYP Now

Plans to increase opportunities for young people published in the government’s Levelling Up white paper do not go far enough to support the most disadvantaged children, sector leaders have said.

Violence reduction scheme sees youth workers chaperone walk to school

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Friday, January 7, 2022

| CYP Now

Youth workers are being recruited to chaperone children to and from school in the West Midlands in a bid to tackle youth violence.

Former Hertfordshire DCS awarded CBE in New Year Honours list

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Tuesday, January 4, 2022

| CYP Now

The former director of children’s services (DCS) at Hertfordshire County Council has been recognised in this year’s New Year Honours list.

How I Got Here: Sophie Charles

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Wednesday, December 22, 2021

| CYP Now

Senior youth work co-ordinator at Kinetic Youth Sophie Charles on her career to date and top tips.

Youth workers in emergency departments 'reduce youth violence'

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Thursday, December 2, 2021

| CYP Now

Schemes that place youth workers in hospital A&E departments show “real promise” in keeping children safe from involvement in violence, researchers have said.

Youth projects share £18m to divert children away from crime

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Wednesday, December 1, 2021

| CYP Now

Ten youth projects will share £18m to provide alternatives for young people at risk of committing crime.

Youth work diversion role lauded

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Tuesday, November 30, 2021

| CYP Now

Experts hail youth workers’ skills in tackling violence and call for funding to create ‘trusted relationships’.

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Queen to honour youth organisations with new jubilee award

Longfield commission sets out plan to end ‘perverse exclusion culture’

Greater understanding of child-to-parent abuse needed across London, Sadiq Khan warns

Ukrainian refugees thank young people at Feltham YOI for messages of support

Youth workers feel ‘professionally abandoned’, says director of London’s VRU

Online Safety Bill: Five key measures aimed at protecting children

Mentoring scheme aims to reduce digital poverty among young offenders

£10m programme to deliver therapeutic support for 2,500 young people at greatest risk of violence

Youth work central to reducing knife crime, says former government adviser

NYA appoints Kinetic Youth boss as deputy director of youth work

Disadvantaged young Londoners to have access to mentors by 2024

Online Safety Bill: MPs call for age-verification on porn sites

Levelling Up White Paper: Key points for the children's sector

Levelling Up white paper a ‘missed opportunity’ to support young people

Violence reduction scheme sees youth workers chaperone walk to school

Former Hertfordshire DCS awarded CBE in New Year Honours list

How I Got Here: Sophie Charles

Youth workers in emergency departments 'reduce youth violence'

Youth projects share £18m to divert children away from crime

Youth work diversion role lauded

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