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Nandy defends Labour's youth services policy U-turn

Monday, April 20, 2015

| CYP Now

The Labour Party has defended its decision to axe its commitment to statutory youth services and insists it still has a credible plan of action to address the sector's funding crisis.

Labour promises 'root and branch' review of youth services

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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.

Labour ditches statutory youth services pledge

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Tuesday, April 14, 2015

| CYP Now

Labour has controversially shelved plans to require all councils to provide a minimum level of youth services.

Community fund open to bids from youth clubs

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Monday, April 13, 2015

| CYP Now

Community projects that support young people could be awarded with funding from a competition pot worth more than £1m.

Ambition and Chyps confirm merger

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Thursday, February 26, 2015

| CYP Now

The Confederation of Heads of Young People's Services (Chyps) will merge with youth charity Ambition from 1 April, it has been announced.

Daily roundup: Girlguiding uniform, extremism in schools, and youth ballot

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Tuesday, August 12, 2014

| CYP Now

Girlguiding launches new uniform; legal challenge considered over new regulations to prevent extremism in schools, and UK Youth Parliament launches ballot to decide annual debate topics, all in the news today.

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.

Isle of Wight awards youth service funding to charities

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Thursday, July 31, 2014

| CYP Now

Eleven voluntary and community groups are set to provide youth services on behalf of Isle of Wight Council, the authority has confirmed.

Youth work roundup: Social action, youth employment and youth club closure

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Monday, July 21, 2014

| CYP Now

Government pilots National Citizen Service Wales; MPs back London Youth's employability programme; and young people accuse council of lying about youth club closure plans, all in the news this week.

Dozens of councils ignore youth service legal duty

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Tuesday, July 8, 2014

| CYP Now

Less than half of local authorities always take into account their legal duty to provide sufficient support for young people when making decisions about youth service funding, survey findings show.

Daily roundup: Council powers, child abuse and free schools

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Monday, July 7, 2014

| CYP Now

Labour leader pledges new responsibilities for councils; former pro-paedophile campaign chief claims he kept material at the Home Office; and Education Secretary promises new free schools, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Care applications, education and youth groups

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Wednesday, March 12, 2014

| CYP Now

Care applications fall 12 per cent in February; government rejects calls for life skills strategy; and research will measure impact of youth groups in teaching "soft skills", all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Early years, domestic violence and child protection

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Wednesday, February 26, 2014

| CYP Now

Childcare groups disappointed by worker entry requirements decision; health watchdog calls for better training on domestic violence; and schools reminded about female genital mutilation risk, all in the news today.

Good Idea: Homeless youth create forum to engage MPs

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Tuesday, February 4, 2014

| CYP Now

This 100-strong forum is helping young people who are, or have experience of, being homeless raise the profile of youth homelessness by meeting ministers and MPs to explain about the problem and directly lobby for policy changes that will improve support.

Daily roundup: Visual impairments, Youth Audit and education support

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Wednesday, December 18, 2013

| CYP Now

Guidelines launched to improve commissioning of child eye health services; council undergoes first Youth Audit; and plans to raise education support for disabled young people to 25 gains backing, all in the news today.