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Youth Investment Fund to boost vital support for young people

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.

Young people campaign to save Ealing youth club

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Friday, October 15, 2021

| CYP Now

Hundreds of people, including children and youth work leaders, have signed a petition urging a London council to row back on plans to demolish a much-loved youth club.

Interview: Kathryn Morley, OnSide chief executive

Features

Tuesday, January 5, 2021

| CYP Now

Derren Hayes speaks to the chief executive of OnSide, the charity behind youth zones.

Statutory guidance review: youth bodies set out the case for change

Analysis

Thursday, January 2, 2020

| CYP Now

Youth organisations call for the introduction of strengthened statutory duties, improved training standards and investment in open access youth work to breathe new life into local authority services for young people.

General election 2019: Youth work

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Tuesday, November 26, 2019

| CYP Now

General election 2019: Key policy guide

Analysis

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

| CYP Now

Derren Hayes analyses what the main parliamentary parties are pledging on the key policy battlegrounds for the children, young people and families sector at the coming general election.

Funding to 'boost resilience' of youth clubs announced

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Friday, March 9, 2018

| CYP Now

A London charity has been handed £400,000 to support 300 youth clubs across the capital to provide improved services and activities.

Youth offending team to be based in £6.9m youth zone

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Thursday, February 1, 2018

| CYP Now

A youth offending team will be permanently based inside a proposed state-of-the-art £6.9m youth zone in what is believed to be the first arrangement of its kind in England.

Charity in talks to establish 12 more youth zones

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Friday, January 19, 2018

| CYP Now

Talks are in progress over the development of up to 12 more youth zones across the country, potentially taking the total number to 26, it has emerged.

Ambition chief set for new role at poverty charity

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Friday, December 15, 2017

| CYP Now

The chief executive of charity Ambition is leaving to take the top role at a poverty charity, following the youth sector group's merger with UK Youth.

Rural youth clubs at risk as council considers major budget reduction

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Friday, October 13, 2017

| CYP Now

A council is considering ending funding for youth clubs and activities in some of its most rural areas as part of cost-cutting plans.

London youth zone gets go-ahead

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Thursday, September 21, 2017

| CYP Now

Plans for London's first youth zone have been given the green light by officials.

Youth projects benefit from £40m lottery funding

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Tuesday, September 12, 2017

| CYP Now

Youth Projects are among 1,400 grassroots initiatives to benefit from £40m from the Big Lottery Fund.

Government announces beneficiaries of £40m youth fund

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Tuesday, September 5, 2017

| CYP Now

A total of 86 youth projects will receive funding for the next three years as part of the £40m Youth Investment Fund, the government has announced.

UK Youth announces appointment of interim chief executive

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Thursday, August 24, 2017

| CYP Now

The former chief executive of the Youth United Foundation has been appointed to take over at UK Youth on an interim basis.

Council set to cut youth services spending by £1m

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Friday, June 30, 2017

| CYP Now

A council is poised to slash £1m from its youth services budget by axing jobs and reducing the level of support on offer to young people.

Council rubber-stamps £400,000 of youth service cuts

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Wednesday, June 7, 2017

| CYP Now

A council has given the green light to plans to cut £400,000 from its youth service budget by axing community youth work projects.

Plans for £6m youth zone in London unveiled

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Monday, April 10, 2017

| CYP Now

Plans for a new £6m youth zone - the third to be earmarked for London - have been unveiled.

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.