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Advice on ... Bullying

    Features
  • Tuesday, December 22, 2009
    • | CYP Now
Bullying can lead to a range of mental health problems including depression, self-harm and eating disorders if it's not nipped in the bud. Richard Piggin explains what actions youth workers can take to support young people they suspect are being victimised.

Case studies: Project casebook

    Features
  • Friday, February 19, 2010
    • | CYP Now
Jo Stephenson reports on sex education sessions delivered by young mothers in Hertfordshire; a youth arts festival in Hackney; a film presentation made by young people to councillors in Wiltshire; and a youth card scheme in Barking and Dagenham.

Interview: Andy Burnham, shadow education secretary

    Features
  • Monday, October 25, 2010
    • | CYP Now
Andy Burnham is still in migration phase, getting to grips with the role of shadow education secretary after moving from his previous brief in government on health. But the enthusiasm he holds for his new post is clear.

Advice on... Parental alcoholism

    Features
  • Wednesday, June 30, 2010
    • | CYP Now
Children of alcohol-dependent parents often try to cover up a parent's drinking, but behind closed doors it can have an impact on nearly all areas of their lives. Marie-Claire Fitzpatrick explains how young people are affected.

Youth Work Sessions: How to encourage healthy eating

Eating a healthy, balanced diet is important for everyone. This means eating a wide range of foods, including the occasional treat, and balancing this with the amount of exercise done each day. To help open up discussions and start to explore healthy eating, here are a few tried and tested activities.

Game over: the risks of children gambling

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  • Tuesday, October 26, 2021
    • | CYP Now
Harmful gambling among children and young people is an increasing concern. Charlotte Goddard explores the problem and what support is available to families and children’s services professionals.

How Covid-19 remade children’s services

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  • Tuesday, January 26, 2021
    • | CYP Now
A year on from the emergence of the coronavirus and onset of the pandemic, experts assess the long-term impact of the disruption it has caused to children’s services and young people’s lives.

Advice on ... Contraception

    Features
  • Tuesday, January 6, 2009
    • | CYP Now
The UK has the highest teenage pregnancy rate in Western Europe. FPA's Lynn Hearton and Anastasia Morgan-Rose offer advice on how youth workers can raise the subjects of sexual health and contraception with young people.

Youth Work Sessions: Explore sexual health with young people

    Features
  • Monday, February 3, 2014
    • | CYP Now
Talking about sex, relationships and sexual health can be a challenging experience for both facilitators and young people. These activities aim to help young people not only learn about sexual health in an interesting and fun way but also to develop the skills and confidence to make healthy choices in real life.

Health: Advice on... Volatile substance abuse

    Features
  • Wednesday, October 3, 2007
    • | CYP Now
Volatile substance abuse might not make the headlines, but the latest figures show it claimed eight lives in 2005. Re-Solv's Steve Lambert looks at the types of products young people misuse and how youth workers can spot the warning signs.

Health: Advice on ... Accident prevention

    Features
  • Tuesday, February 3, 2009
    • | CYP Now
Thousands of young people have to make a trip to accident and emergency every year. Cassius Francis, youth liaison officer at the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, shows how youth workers can help young people avoid danger.

Interview: Baroness Beverley Hughes, Labour peer

Beverley Hughes, the former children's minister who was awarded a peerage in May, is preparing to get stuck into her new role in the House of Lords, in which she says her old brief will be her top priority.

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