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Labour reshuffle: Thangam Debbonaire appointed as shadow culture secretary

Monday, September 4, 2023

| CYP Now

Thangam Debbonaire has been named as the Labour Party’s shadow culture secretary with responsibility for youth work in leader Keir Starmer’s latest reshuffle.

Guide to Qualifications and Training: Youth Work

Other

Friday, September 1, 2023

| CYP Now

In the past, youth work was mainly delivered by local authorities but today is provided by a range of organisations such as housing programmes, voluntary organisations, within the NHS and in social care or youth justice.

Children's Workforce Guide to Qualifications and Training 2023/24

Features

Friday, September 1, 2023

| CYP Now

With many parts of the sector facing recruitment challenges, Joe Lepper identifies developments in entry-level requirements and ongoing professional development for children's services practitioners.

Minsters must work with sector to save residentials

Opinion

Thursday, August 31, 2023

| CYP Now

The government's National Youth Guarantee pledges that by 2025 every young person in England aged 11 to 18 will have access to adventures away from home.

Youth services granted funding to deter antisocial behaviour

News

Thursday, August 31, 2023

| CYP Now

The government has allocated millions of pounds to youth services over the summer holidays in a bid to deter young people from taking part in antisocial behaviour.

Inside CYP Now this month: Residential youth work, Care Review pilot, youth justice trends

News

Thursday, August 31, 2023

| CYP Now

The September edition of Children & Young People Now has all the latest news, views and analysis on the key issues affecting services for children, young people and families.

How I Got Here: Juliette Greenwich, Engage programme youth worker

Best Practice

Wednesday, August 30, 2023

| CYP Now

Juliette Greenwich, Engage programme youth worker at London VRU, on some of the milestones in her career journey to date.

Youth organisations face changing landscape of residential schemes

Analysis

Wednesday, August 30, 2023

| CYP Now

Experts reflect on the evolving challenges around residential programmes as the uniformed youth work sector grapples with post-pandemic delivery at home and abroad alongside the cost-of-living crisis.

Young people's lived experiences shape Scottish suicide prevention strategy

Best Practice

Wednesday, August 30, 2023

| CYP Now

Young people with lived experiences of mental health challenges or bereavement are driving the implementation of Scotland's Suicide Prevention Strategy, directly informing government policy around suicide prevention and support.

Scottish Youth Parliament seeks election candidates

News

Tuesday, August 22, 2023

| CYP Now

The Scottish Youth Parliament (SYP) has launched resources for educators and youth workers to encourage young people to stand in its upcoming election.

Inquiry seeks views on how cost of living affects young people's wellbeing

News

Friday, August 18, 2023

| CYP Now

A call for evidence on how the cost-of-living crisis has affected young people's health has launched as part of an inquiry by British Youth Council’s (BYC) youth select committee.

Scouts ‘let down’ over World Jamboree relocation, chief executive says

News

Wednesday, August 9, 2023

| CYP Now

UK Scouts’ chief executive Matt Hyde has said the organisation feels “let down” over the planning of an event which saw 4,500 members relocated across South Korea.

Hundreds of children report coercive abuse, Childline warns

News

Tuesday, August 8, 2023

| CYP Now

More than 200 children have received support from Childline after experiencing coercive and controlling behaviour over the last year, statistics from the NSPCC show.

Benefits system could act as barrier to youth employment, research warns

News

Tuesday, August 8, 2023

| CYP Now

The benefits system is disincentivising young people in supported housing from seeking work and poorly impacting their mental health, new research from the YMCA has found.

Round-up: Summer holiday schemes for disadvantaged children

News

Friday, August 4, 2023

| CYP Now

As latest research from Coram Family and Childcare warns that just a quarter of local authorities have enough childcare for all full-time working parents over the summer holidays, CYP Now looks at programmes available to support struggling families.

Dozens of youth organisations win share of Youth Investment Fund

News

Friday, August 4, 2023

| CYP Now

The latest tranche of the government’s Youth Investment Fund (YIF) will pay for the refurbishment of 44 youth clubs supporting 12,000 children, the Culture Secretary has said.

More students enrolling on youth work courses, NYA finds

News

Thursday, July 27, 2023

| CYP Now

Higher education youth work courses have risen in popularity, with student enrolments increasing by 10 per cent compared with last year’s levels, according to data collected by the National Youth Agency (NYA).

Study to examine four-fold rise in self-generated child abuse images

News

Tuesday, July 25, 2023

| CYP Now

A study has been launched to examine a “disturbing” increase in sexual abuse images self-generated by children aged between 11 and 13 over the last three years.