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Why should the young have to conform?

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, September 25, 2007
    • | CYP Now
I have just read Helen Reddington's book The Lost Women of Rock Music, which traces what happened to the influx of female musicians who entered the business in the 1970s and early 80s.

Universal and targeted armies wage war

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, February 12, 2008
    • | CYP Now
I was asked the other day where I stood on striking the balance between universal and targeted provision in youth work. I smiled at the juxtaposition. Such a stark division has caused a lot of argument, heartache and grief at ideological and political levels, and in policy and practice. It allows for the drawing up of battle lines: on the one side, those advocating value for money and reaching those somehow objectively assessed as most "in need", on the other, those espousing open doors, thus enabling responsiveness to all forms of "need" as subjectively expressed.

Some young people need non-negotiable support

    Opinion
  • Monday, January 25, 2010
    • | CYP Now
As Anne Weinstock left the Department for Children, Schools and Families last year, she made a plea for sustained support for the "triple track" approach pioneered during her time as head of the Youth Taskforce.

Will sanctions or support ward off trouble?

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, April 1, 2008
    • | CYP Now
One element of the "triple track" response in the new Youth Taskforce Action Plan is the idea of non-negotiable support. Some will immediately baulk at the concept: surely support has to be wanted to be effective?

Funding resolution needs consensus

    Opinion
  • Friday, February 19, 2010
    • | CYP Now
The youth worker strike in Coventry is likely to be followed by further walkouts if other councils go ahead with their proposed youth service cuts.

It can be better to text than to talk

    Opinion
  • Monday, September 28, 2009
    • | CYP Now
The Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) research on positive activities released at the end of August made for interesting reading. Back in March, the DCSF conducted interviews with 72 pairs of young people aged between 13 and 19. The purpose of the research was to understand the motivators and barriers to young people participating in positive activities, and to find the most effective ways in encouraging young people to participate.

Editorial: Let's make staff a New Year priority

    Opinion
  • Thursday, January 10, 2008
    • | CYP Now
The publication of the Children's Plan before Christmas and the pledge of an additional 160m for youth facilities over the next two years was a fitting way to round off last year (see page 5).

Cut traffic speed to make cycling safer

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, October 6, 2009
    • | CYP Now
When I was about 10 a car came around the corner of a quiet country lane and knocked me flying off my bicycle. Fortunately, I went into the hedge and the bike went into the middle of the road.

The beautiful game has started to turn ugly

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, January 15, 2008
    • | CYP Now
In one of the first discussions on youthful antisocial behaviour during the 1990s, I noted in a speech that most of the lads' magazines tended to be preoccupied with half-naked women and bad-boy footballers.

The old rules still apply in the online world

    Opinion
  • Thursday, July 2, 2009
    • | CYP Now
Like many youth workers, I use online social networks. A while back I took the decision to use these networks as a "work profile", that is, to treat any interactions that occur online as part of my job.

Bureaucracy is a brick wall to recruitment

    Opinion
  • Monday, September 27, 2010
    • | CYP Now
I got a text message the other day that is worth repeating almost in full: "Hi h how's you doin, hope your well. I was thinking of probation work or youth work. would you be able to point me in the right direction. the plastering has gone really bad nothing at all. and im getting very stressed out. If you can that would be fab. much love Nathan. take care x"

The Myplace fund is a missed opportunity

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, January 6, 2009
    • | CYP Now
Much has been made about the transformative effect the Myplace fund will have on youth facilities in England, yet little has been said about whether this is truly the best way to spend this money.

Palestine's young people can lead the way

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, February 3, 2009
    • | CYP Now
At the end of January, the Council of Europe held a seminar with the League of Arab States on the development and implementation of youth policy in the Euro-Mediterranean region.

Yell out about youth work's success

    Opinion
  • Friday, May 28, 2010
    • | CYP Now
The New Labour years were hardly characterised by profligacy in spending on young people's services. It was generally only the most deprived areas that received more than 100 a head to spend on providing youth services.

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