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Trust is the missing element in tackling youth violence
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Opinion
- Thursday, April 20, 2023 | CYP Now
March 2023 saw the number of people killed with a knife in England and Wales reach its highest level since records began more than 76 years ago.
Non-profit provision the key to solving sufficiency
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Opinion
- Thursday, May 25, 2023 | CYP Now
The root of the current crisis in social care commissioning is the lack of sufficient placements.
Statutory guidance gives us ‘permission’ to practice
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Opinion
- Wednesday, January 3, 2024 | CYP Now
A line by poet Oliver Wendell Holmes – “The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions” – feels apt when considering the guidance that governs local authority functions and responsibilities to vulnerable children and families.
Editorial: Lambeth leads fight against violence
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Opinion
- Monday, March 31, 2008 | CYP Now
Twenty-seven young people were killed in knife- or gun-related incidents in London last year. A further nine had died in the capital by the end of March this year.
Super centres deliver super youth work
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Opinion
- Friday, February 19, 2010 | CYP Now
Something that has changed for the better during the 30 years I worked at Bolton Lads & Girls Club was our relationship with the local council.
Editorial: The biggest workforce changes are yet to come
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Opinion
- Tuesday, April 8, 2008 | CYP Now
The Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) last week issued a flurry of announcements to help develop the children and young people's workforce. Documents on next steps for the workforce, guidance on children's trusts, a framework for the management of children's services and England's first play strategy were all published on Thursday (see Analysis pp12-13).
The military is not the enemy at the school gate
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Opinion
- Tuesday, April 15, 2008 | CYP Now
Almost exactly 20 years ago, the government of the day sought to inject Britain's schoolchildren with the spirit of enterprise.
Vox pop: Should the law ensure at-risk children can be seen alone?
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Opinion
- Friday, March 12, 2010 | CYP Now
The NSPCC has called for social workers to be given the legal power to see at-risk children without a parent or guardian present.
Editorial: Resettlement support will curb reoffending
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Opinion
- Tuesday, April 29, 2008 | CYP Now
An alarmingly high proportion of young offenders - around 80 per cent - go on to reoffend upon release from custody.
Prevention, not detention, must come first
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Opinion
- Tuesday, September 11, 2007 | CYP Now
Children's Secretary Ed Balls last week told CYP Now that he wants to "strengthen the role the youth justice system can play in preventing youth crime." His words were welcome. But they need to be backed up with action.
Partnerships can be a pain, but they are key
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Opinion
- Tuesday, May 5, 2009 | CYP Now
A few weeks back, I had to deal with an older teenager hanging around outside the youth club where he was disrupting a younger group.
Cost of custody should be devolved
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Opinion
- Tuesday, May 26, 2009 | CYP Now
The current system of placing children in prison operates under a perverse financial incentive. Local authorities, which are responsible for a range of prevention and early intervention work to divert the young from crime, are essentially rewarded for their failures. If children are sentenced to custody, they no longer pick up the tab for their welfare.
Editorial: Time for some youth work ground rules
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Opinion
- Monday, June 1, 2009 | CYP Now
The past month has seen a healthy debate emerge about the current state of youth work.
How chewing gum made its mark on history
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Opinion
- Tuesday, October 23, 2007 | CYP Now
One of the very first pieces I wrote for Young People Now back in 2003, but which remained unpublished, was called 'One Half Piece of Chewing Gum'.
Policy into practice - Young entrepreneurs
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Opinion
- Tuesday, June 23, 2009 | CYP Now
THE ISSUE: One reported consequence of the gloomy economic climate has been a rise in young entrepreneurs who are taking an increasingly creative approach to earning money.
Editorial: A lesson in the need for emotional wellbeing
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Opinion
- Tuesday, October 23, 2007 | CYP Now
The RSA in London was last week the scene of a fiery debate co-hosted by CYP Now and Channel 4 about today's teenagers.
Beat the bullies with revitalised playgrounds
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Opinion
- Tuesday, November 6, 2007 | CYP Now
It might come as little surprise, but new research shows that boring school playgrounds and playtimes create an environment ripe for negative behaviour and school bullies.
The old youth work mottos still ring true
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Opinion
- Tuesday, July 21, 2009 | CYP Now
Sometimes we can be inclined to reject the quaint statements that kicked off various youth organisations as suited only for historical archives rather than as a basis for informing contemporary thinking about youth work philosophy and practice. But we do so at our peril.
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