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Young people see understanding economy as key life skill

Thursday, February 11, 2010

| CYP Now

Understanding the economy is now an essential life skill for young people, according to a survey of 14- to 19-year-olds conducted by the Institute for Citizenship.

Call for compulsory sex education

Other

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

| CYP Now

Sex education lessons should be a legal requirement, a group of sexual health experts has said.

NHS sex pamphlet attracts negative media attention

News

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

| CYP Now

Skewed media reporting of an NHS pamphlet encouraging frank discussion about young people's sex lives risks damaging debate on the issue, it has been claimed.

It's the preventative services, stupid

Opinion

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

| CYP Now

Bill Clinton unseated George Bush (Senior) in the 1992 US presidential election owing partly to the slogan, "It's the economy, stupid".

Comprehensive Area Assessment fails to cut council workload

News

Thursday, September 17, 2009

| CYP Now

The Comprehensive Area Assessment (CAA) is failing to reduce the inspections burden on councils, a survey by the Local Government Association (LGA) has found.

Bradford youth plan environmental contest

News

Friday, January 11, 2008

| CYP Now

Young people in Bradford are working on projects to raise awareness about climate change and the environment.

Labour conference: National insurance for under-25s should be scrapped

News

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

| CYP Now

National insurance contributions for under-25s should be reduced or scrapped completely, according to the chairman of a national recruitment company.

Special report: Conservative Conference 2009 - Tory fringe debates focus on the quality of services

Other

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

| CYP Now

Fringe events at the conference in Manchester looked at Tory plans to rid children and young people's services of bureaucracy and to boost the quality of education and family life. CYP Now brings you some of the highlights

Young climate change leaders appointed

News

Monday, January 21, 2008

| CYP Now

Six young people have been chosen as Climate Change Champions for Wales.

Balls overrules MPs' objections to Atkinson commissioner appointment

News

Monday, October 19, 2009

| CYP Now

Children's Secretary Ed Balls has overridden MPs' objections to the appointment of Maggie Atkinson as children's commissioner for England.

Police officers to go back to school in play service pilots

Other

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

| CYP Now

Police officers are to learn about play and school playgrounds will open outside normal hours as part of the government's 85m pound play pathfinders initiative, CYP Now has learned.

Joint working - 20 years on: The impact of the 1989 Children Act

Other

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

| CYP Now

Next month marks the 20th anniversary of the introduction of the Children Act 1989. Neil Puffett assess the successes and failures of the legislation for children and young people.

Education is the antidote to racism

Opinion

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

| CYP Now

The bear-baiting of British National Party (BNP) leader Nick Griffin in his recent appearance on Question Time did nothing to advance race relations in our country.

It's time to respect children's rights

Opinion

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

| CYP Now

You wait ages for one 20th anniversary, then three come along at once. We've just marked the fall of the Berlin Wall and the 1989 Children Act. And this week it is 20 years since the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child came into existence.

Bath children's services face massive cuts

News

Friday, November 20, 2009

| CYP Now

Children's services in Bath are facing cuts in the region of 3.4m over the next three years.

Children's Rights Bill introduced

News

Friday, November 20, 2009

| CYP Now

Baroness Joan Walmsley has introduced a Children's Rights Bill, which would make the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child part of UK law.