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Youth work investment ‘key’ to reducing exploitation over school holidays, Barnardo’s says

Friday, June 2, 2023

| CYP Now

Increased investment in youth services and expanded access to the Holiday Food and Activities Programme are key to reducing the risk of child exploitation over the summer holidays, according to Barnardo’s.

Disadvantaged young people to make up a third of KFC new employees

News

Thursday, June 1, 2023

| CYP Now

Fast food retailer KFC has announced that by 2030, it plans for one third of all new employees to be young people who have faced barriers to employment, as part of a youth employability programme run in partnership with UK Youth.

Young people co-produce mental health directory

Best Practice

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

| CYP Now

Youth ambassadors collaborate with service providers on digital resource to make mental health services and advice more accessible for local young people.

Interview: Tessy Ojo, chief executive, The Diana Award

Features

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

| CYP Now

Derren Hayes speaks to the chief executive of youth charity The Diana Award.

Peer researchers build skills in campaign to end youth violence in Merseyside

Best Practice

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

| CYP Now

Service has recruited young people as peer researchers, to investigate the extent of youth violence in Merseyside and campaign for meaningful social action to tackle it.

Youth Investment Fund Refurbishment Grant

Funding

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

| CYP Now

The Youth Investment Fund (YIF) delivers grants to youth facilities in disadvantaged and underserved areas of the country, aiming to provide young people with further opportunities and drive positive outcomes.

Young leaders set out vision for a ChildFair society

Analysis

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

| CYP Now

Project supports young leaders to devise a blueprint for what a fair support system would look like.

Inclusive sports programme boosts daily exercise for children with SEND

News

Tuesday, May 23, 2023

| CYP Now

More than a third of schools which took part in the the first year of an inclusive sports programme saw an increase in the number of children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) achieving an hour of daily exercise, according to the Youth Sport Trust.

Girlguiding to close five 'financially unsustainable' activity centres

News

Monday, May 22, 2023

| CYP Now

Five Girlguiding activity centres will close at the end of the year due to high running costs, the charity has announced.

London mayor pledges £4m to improve speech and language support

News

Thursday, May 18, 2023

| CYP Now

The mayor of London Sadiq Khan’s violence reduction unit (VRU) is to plough £4m into improving support for children with special educational needs (SEN), who are at a greater risk of crime than their peers.

Princess of Wales promotes mental health awareness at youth centre visit

News

Wednesday, May 17, 2023

| CYP Now

The Princess of Wales has visited a youth centre to speak to young people about the importance of positive mental health support.

Government must focus on holistic housing support for young people, expert urges

News

Wednesday, May 17, 2023

| CYP Now

A lack of well-rounded support for young people who are homeless is forcing charities to plug gaps in providing mental health support and financial advice services, a Centrepoint housing officer, who was previously supported by the organisation, has warned.

Actor highlights ‘devastating’ impact of youth services cuts

News

Thursday, May 11, 2023

| CYP Now

Actor Ben Bailey Smith is fronting a short film to highlight the “damaging impact of cuts to youth services” as the cost of living continues to rise.

Record number of young people taking part in Duke of Edinburgh's Award

News

Wednesday, May 10, 2023

| CYP Now

The Duke of Edinburgh's Award (DofE) scheme has reported its highest participation rate since it launched 67 years ago.

Girlguiding volunteers recognised in Coronation Champion Awards

News

Tuesday, May 9, 2023

| CYP Now

Girlguiding volunteers have been recognised by Queen Consort Camilla in the Coronation Champion Awards for their “outstanding” work in supporting young women and girls.

Business leaders challenge government over London youth services 'funding snub'

News

Thursday, May 4, 2023

| CYP Now

Business leaders in London are challenging the government amid claims services supporting young people in the capital were left out of its allocation of £90m worth of Youth Investment Fund grants.

Exclusion prevention organisation announces closure

News

Tuesday, May 2, 2023

| CYP Now

A youth organisation working with children at risk of school exclusion has closed due to "increasingly fierce" competition for charity funding, its founder has said.

Trauma-informed youth work key to tackling violence, report finds

News

Thursday, April 27, 2023

| CYP Now

Safe and trauma-informed youth spaces are key to tackling serious youth violence, a new report has found, calling for increased funding for youth services and a rollback of police powers.

Youth Investment Fund applications to close

News

Tuesday, April 25, 2023

| CYP Now

Applications for the Youth Investment Fund (YIF) will close in June this year after being “heavily oversubscribed”, it has been announced.

NYA young assessors ensure youth voice is at the heart of grant-making process

Best Practice

Tuesday, April 25, 2023

| CYP Now

National Youth Agency recruits young assessors to review funding applications to the Youth Investment Fund.

Youth Investment Fund to boost vital support for young people

Analysis

Tuesday, April 25, 2023

| CYP Now

Construction of an OnSide youth zone, refurbishment of a youth centre and involvement of young people in a regeneration project are just some of the recipients of the government's flagship funding programme.

Inspections Clinic: Young inspection volunteers

Features

Tuesday, April 25, 2023

| CYP Now

Regulators can get a better insight into young people's experience of services by involving them in inspections. Jo Stephenson looks at how Scotland's Care Inspectorate is recruiting young inspectors.

London mayor funds more youth workers in custody suites

News

Friday, April 21, 2023

| CYP Now

London’s violence reduction unit (VRU) is to expand the number of specially-trained youth workers in the capital’s custody suites to help divert young people from crime.

Women’s and girls’ charities suffer from low funding, research finds

News

Friday, April 21, 2023

| CYP Now

The women and girls sector receives a disproportionately low amount of funding, a report has found, with organisations in the sector receiving just 1.8 per cent of total grants awarded to charities in 2021.