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Step Up To Serve hands £1m to anti-loneliness project

Thursday, May 18, 2017

| CYP Now

A charity established by government to encourage social action among young people is to plough £1m into projects to combat loneliness.

Week-long version of National Citizen Service to be trialled

News

Thursday, May 17, 2012

| CYP Now

A compressed week-long version of the government's National Citizen Service scheme is to be trialled later this year, it has emerged.

National Citizen Service and Scouts strike partnership deal

News

Thursday, July 20, 2017

| CYP Now

The National Citizen Service and the Scout Association have agreed to form a partnership as part of efforts to boost numbers of young people taking part in the government initiative.

Government will not change youth policy in wake of the riots, says the DfE

News

Friday, September 2, 2011

| CYP Now

The government has no plans to radically alter its forthcoming youth policy in response to last month's riots, the Department for Education has said.

Homelessness charity to develop youth volunteering programme

News

Friday, December 9, 2016

| CYP Now

A youth charity is to launch a volunteering programme for young people affected by homelessness after receiving nearly £400,000 in Big Lottery Fund cash.

Big society overlooks volunteers

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Friday, May 13, 2011

| CYP Now

The government's vision of a big society is overlooking youth volunteering that already takes place in communities, according to the youth forum of the National Council for Voluntary Youth Services (NCVYS).

Youth volunteers boost chances in education, reveals study

News

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

| CYP Now

Young volunteers are more likely to spend longer in education and gain higher earnings in later life, according to a study published by charity V.

Cost of National Citizen Service 'not justifiable'

News

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

| CYP Now

The cost of the government's flagship youth programme National Citizen Service (NCS) cannot be justified, the education select committee has concluded.

How organisations can get a share of a new youth social action fund

Analysis

Tuesday, November 22, 2016

| CYP Now

More than £40m will be available to youth groups through the #IWill Fund to boost opportunities. Step Up To Serve chief Charlotte Hill explains when it will be distributed, what projects it will support and how to make bids.

EU funding for youth projects under threat, BYC warns

News

Friday, January 6, 2012

| CYP Now

Plans to remove a ringfence from nearly 9m (7.3m) of European funding for youth projects in the UK could have a major impact on valuable schemes, the British Youth Council (BYC) has warned.

Alec Dickson Trust

Funding

Thursday, February 17, 2011

| CYP Now

Funding for projects that use volunteering or community service to support young people

Youth work institute to launch in autumn

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Friday, April 26, 2013

| CYP Now

The Institute for Youth Work will open to qualified, non-qualified and student youth workers in September, it has been confirmed.

My Life: Iqra Abdi, 18, East London

Other

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

| CYP Now

100,000 mentors to visit former schools

News

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

| CYP Now

Former students will remain in touch with their old schools to mentor current pupils in how to gain employment as part of a government-backed project.

Government hails success of National Citizen Service scheme

News

Thursday, May 17, 2012

| CYP Now

The government's flagship National Citizen Service (NCS) scheme is returning up to £2 for every £1 invested, an evaluation report of last year's pilots has claimed.

Stepping up for social action

Other

Tuesday, February 18, 2014

| CYP Now

Laura McCardle meets Charlotte Hill, future chief executive of Step Up To Serve.

Young people to get rewards for social action in £1m initiative

News

Friday, May 11, 2018

| CYP Now

A £1m rewards scheme is to launch in a bid to encourage young people to take part in social action projects, a decade after plans for a similar initiative were shelved by the former Labour government.

A head for business: UK Youth chief executive Anna Smee

Other

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Laura McCardle meets Anna Smee, chief executive of UK Youth.

Labour promises 'root and branch' review of youth services

News

Friday, April 17, 2015

| CYP Now

The Labour Party has pledged to carry out a fundamental review of youth service provision if it wins the general election.

Corbyn's policies for children and young people under the spotlight

Other

Monday, September 28, 2015

| CYP Now

Children and young people's issues featured prominently during Jeremy Corbyn's successful campaign to become Labour leader. So what is he pledging to do, and what do sector leaders think of his emerging policies?

Sulekha Harrish, 14, London

Other

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

I first started volunteering with my local Brownie group as part of my Duke of Edinburgh Award.

Good Idea: Construction skills lay firm foundations for the future

Other

Monday, May 13, 2013

| CYP Now

Young people aged 16 to 25 work alongside tradespeople to renovate empty homes and learn construction skills

British Youth Council calls for new Brexit referendum

News

Thursday, January 24, 2019

| CYP Now

A leading British youth charity is calling for a referendum on the final Brexit deal, claiming that young people's voices have been sidelined.

Gove confirms DfE could relinquish responsibility for youth policy

News

Friday, March 1, 2013

| CYP Now

The government is considering shifting responsibility for youth policy from the Department for Education to the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG), Education Secretary Michael Gove has confirmed.

Ask the Expert: Inclusive volunteering

Other

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

| CYP Now

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Step Up To Serve hands £1m to anti-loneliness project

Week-long version of National Citizen Service to be trialled

National Citizen Service and Scouts strike partnership deal

Government will not change youth policy in wake of the riots, says the DfE

Homelessness charity to develop youth volunteering programme

Big society overlooks volunteers

Youth volunteers boost chances in education, reveals study

Cost of National Citizen Service 'not justifiable'

How organisations can get a share of a new youth social action fund

EU funding for youth projects under threat, BYC warns

Alec Dickson Trust

Youth work institute to launch in autumn

My Life: Iqra Abdi, 18, East London

100,000 mentors to visit former schools

Government hails success of National Citizen Service scheme

Stepping up for social action

Young people to get rewards for social action in £1m initiative

A head for business: UK Youth chief executive Anna Smee

Labour promises 'root and branch' review of youth services

Corbyn's policies for children and young people under the spotlight

Sulekha Harrish, 14, London

Good Idea: Construction skills lay firm foundations for the future

British Youth Council calls for new Brexit referendum

Gove confirms DfE could relinquish responsibility for youth policy

Ask the Expert: Inclusive volunteering

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