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Campaigners seek statutory status for youth services

Friday, August 29, 2014

| CYP Now

A group of youth workers who recently lost their jobs due to council cuts have started a campaign to put youth service funding on a more sustainable footing.

Specialist youth work roles under threat, claims NYA

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Friday, October 12, 2012

| CYP Now

Cuts to budgets and restructuring of provision have resulted in fewer specialist youth work roles, with staff being asked to carry out functions outside their area of expertise, it has been claimed.

Sector raises 'huge concerns' over government approach to youth policy

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Monday, January 28, 2013

| CYP Now

A lack of government interest in youth services is marginalising young people and risks triggering social unrest, leading figures in the sector have warned.

Hospital youth work project set for expansion

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Monday, December 2, 2013

| CYP Now

A hospital-based youth work service that helps young people affected by violent and gang-related crime is set to be expanded to a second London emergency department.

Youth centres under threat as council seeks to save £650,000

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Monday, January 30, 2017

| CYP Now

Three youth centres and 10 youth projects are under threat in a London borough, with the local authority planning to cut its youth services budget by more than 75 per cent.

Corbyn appoints shadow youth minister

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Monday, September 14, 2015

| CYP Now

Gloria De Piero has been appointed Labour's shadow minister for young people by new leader Jeremy Corbyn.

Local authorities urged to draw up youth action plans

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Monday, December 19, 2011

| CYP Now

All local authorities and government departments must publish their own youth action plan if the government's vision for youth services is to make a difference, the head of The National Council for Voluntary Youth Services (NCVYS) has said.

Councils slash youth services spending by a quarter

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Tuesday, January 29, 2013

| CYP Now

Local authority spending on youth services has dropped by more than 25 per cent in the space of just a year, government figures have revealed.

Tool to help youth sector prove its worth unveiled

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Tuesday, July 17, 2012

| CYP Now

Moves to boost investment in youth work have taken a step forward with the publication of a guide to help the sector measure outcomes.

Young voices must be heard in decisions on youth service provision, says DfE

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Monday, March 5, 2012

| CYP Now

Local authorities must take into account the views of young people when making decisions about youth services, draft revised guidance published by the Department for Education (DfE) has stated.

Institute for Youth Work sets out independence plans

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Thursday, May 28, 2015

| CYP Now

The Institute for Youth Work (IYW) has outlined plans to become an independent organisation, which it hopes will help boost membership numbers.

Vulnerable missing children exploited by drug gangs, report finds

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Thursday, July 23, 2015

| CYP Now

Runaway and missing children are being exploited by criminal gangs in order to expand inner city drug networks into county towns, a study has found.

More than 2,000 youth workers axed in past two years, Unison finds

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Monday, August 11, 2014

| CYP Now

In excess of 2,000 youth worker posts have been cut and 350 youth centres have closed since 2012, according to latest research by Unison.

CYP Now investigates the state of youth work provision

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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

| CYP Now

Children & Young People Now is calling on youth project managers to take part in an important study looking at how their work is bearing up in the tough economic climate.

Local authority announces plans to cease funding 22 youth centres to save £1m

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Wednesday, November 18, 2015

| CYP Now

A council has announced plans that could result in the closure of all 22 of its youth centres in order to make savings of £1m.

Youth organisations urged to overcome fears of working with businesses

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Friday, January 6, 2012

| CYP Now

Scepticism over companies' motives for working with youth groups must be overcome to successfully deliver improved services, a charity central to the government's youth policy has warned.

'County lines' child trafficker convicted in landmark case

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Friday, October 5, 2018

| CYP Now

A drug dealer has been jailed for 14 years in the first successful prosecution under legislation to tackle "county lines" crime, in which gangs exploit vulnerable children to establish drug networks.

Revised youth service guidance still too vague, sector says

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Monday, July 16, 2012

| CYP Now

Guidance on local youth provision remains too vague according to leading youth sector figures, despite revisions made following a consultation.

Rotherham abuse scandal: one week on

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Wednesday, September 3, 2014

| CYP Now

It is now one week since an independent report by Professor Alexis Jay estimated that approximately 1,400 children were sexually exploited in Rotherham between 1997 and 2013. CYP Now looks at what has happened since publication last Tuesday.

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

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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.

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Campaigners seek statutory status for youth services

Specialist youth work roles under threat, claims NYA

Sector raises 'huge concerns' over government approach to youth policy

Hospital youth work project set for expansion

Youth centres under threat as council seeks to save £650,000

Corbyn appoints shadow youth minister

Local authorities urged to draw up youth action plans

Councils slash youth services spending by a quarter

Tool to help youth sector prove its worth unveiled

Young voices must be heard in decisions on youth service provision, says DfE

Institute for Youth Work sets out independence plans

Vulnerable missing children exploited by drug gangs, report finds

More than 2,000 youth workers axed in past two years, Unison finds

CYP Now investigates the state of youth work provision

Local authority announces plans to cease funding 22 youth centres to save £1m

Youth organisations urged to overcome fears of working with businesses

'County lines' child trafficker convicted in landmark case

Revised youth service guidance still too vague, sector says

Rotherham abuse scandal: one week on

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

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