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Labour Conference 2022: Five key youth sector conversations

Wednesday, September 28, 2022

| CYP Now

Young people’s mental wellbeing, the housing crisis, and online safety were among the top issues discussed at the Labour Conference’s Youth Zone, in conversations held between MPs, youth advocates and organisations.

Kit Malthouse appointed as Education Secretary

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Wednesday, September 7, 2022

| CYP Now

Kit Malthouse has been named as the new Education Secretary in Prime Minister Liz Truss’s first cabinet.

Charity urges Scottish government to meet needs of forces children

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Monday, August 22, 2022

| CYP Now

A charity supporting children in Scotland whose parents are in the armed forces has unveiled a new strategy which aims to improve outcomes for more young people from veteran or serving families.

Youth financial education programme expands to support most vulnerable

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Friday, August 19, 2022

| CYP Now

Youth organisations supporting the most vulnerable young people are set to benefit from the expansion of a financial education programme.

Schemes to reduce holiday hunger

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Tuesday, August 2, 2022

| CYP Now

Local authorities and organisations supporting vulnerable families are providing food and activities for children facing food poverty over the school holidays.

Heatwave advice for schools, early years and youth work settings issued

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Monday, July 18, 2022

| CYP Now

Advice for schools, youth services and childcare settings has been published after the Met Office issued its first ever red alert for extreme heat in the UK.

Research reveals success for interventions to help young people into work

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Friday, June 24, 2022

| CYP Now

Evaluation of grant funding for organisations supporting young people into employment or training finds it has boosted opportunities for almost three quarters of participants.

#BeSeenBeHeard campaign pushes for lower voting age across UK

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Friday, April 29, 2022

| CYP Now

The British Youth Council has bolstered its campaign for the voting age to be lowered to 16 in all parts of the UK.

Longfield commission sets out plan to end ‘perverse exclusion culture’

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Friday, April 29, 2022

| CYP Now

Scrapping the term “pupil referral unit” and banning exclusions for young children are among plans laid out by the former children’s commissioner for England to tackle “exclusion culture” in schools.

Campaign to provide books for Ukrainian refugee children

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Monday, April 25, 2022

| CYP Now

A children’s literacy charity has launched a campaign to raise £1 million to buy books for Ukrainian refugees arriving in the UK.

Greater understanding of child-to-parent abuse needed across London, Sadiq Khan warns

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Tuesday, April 12, 2022

| CYP Now

School exclusions, undiagnosed mental health issues and unidentified special educational needs and disabilities are among the key drivers behind child-to-parent abuse, the mayor of London has said.

Cutting youth NEET rate could save UK £38bn, research finds

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Wednesday, April 6, 2022

| CYP Now

The UK economy could be boosted by £38bn through improving the employment and training prospects of young people, according to economists.

NYA launches review of youth workers in schools

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Wednesday, March 30, 2022

| CYP Now

A review has launched into youth workers' collaboration with schools to support pupil’s learning, mental health and employment prospects.

Child Q: Calls for more youth workers in schools after girl strip-searched by police

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Monday, March 21, 2022

| CYP Now

The strip-search of a 15-year-old girl in Hackney has prompted calls for the placement of more youth workers in schools.

Online Safety Bill: Five key measures aimed at protecting children

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Friday, March 18, 2022

| CYP Now

One of the main aims of the government’s Online Safety Bill is to stop children from accessing inappropriate and harmful content, according to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

Proportion of NEET young people falls below pre-pandemic levels

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Thursday, March 3, 2022

| CYP Now

The percentage of young people not in education, employment or training (NEET) has fallen below pre-pandemic levels, new figures show.

‘Chaotic’ Kickstart scheme failing to support enough young people, report finds

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Friday, February 25, 2022

| CYP Now

The government’s Kickstart jobs scheme has been blighted by “chaotic” early delivery, low take-up and long delays in filling vacancies, according to a damning report.

Schools must link with youth services to boost pupil wellbeing, MPs told

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Wednesday, February 9, 2022

| CYP Now

Secondary schools are “missing an opportunity” to link with local youth services to deliver extra-curricular activities and improve pupil wellbeing, MPs have been told.

Levelling Up White Paper: Key points for the children's sector

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Wednesday, February 2, 2022

| CYP Now

Investment in youth services and education in the UK’s most disadvantaged areas have been announced as part of the government’s “levelling-up” plan.

Levelling Up white paper a ‘missed opportunity’ to support young people

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Wednesday, February 2, 2022

| CYP Now

Plans to increase opportunities for young people published in the government’s Levelling Up white paper do not go far enough to support the most disadvantaged children, sector leaders have said.

Latest Covid-19 guidance for children’s social care, education, early years and youth work providers

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Thursday, January 27, 2022

| CYP Now

Services supporting vulnerable children and young people face changes to Covid-19 guidance as more restrictions lift across the UK.

Former Hertfordshire DCS awarded CBE in New Year Honours list

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Tuesday, January 4, 2022

| CYP Now

The former director of children’s services (DCS) at Hertfordshire County Council has been recognised in this year’s New Year Honours list.

Outsourcing of Turing Scheme to Capita branded ‘shameful’ by critics

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Friday, December 10, 2021

| CYP Now

Education unions and MPs have criticised a government decision to outsource a £6.27m contract to run the Turing Scheme - which replaced Erasmus+ - to private firm Capita.

Initiatives to support disadvantaged children this Christmas

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Wednesday, December 1, 2021

| CYP Now

One in five parents who receive Universal Credit will seek help from a food bank this Christmas, research by Action for Children found.

Disadvantaged young people struggling 'to get lives back on track’ post-pandemic

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Wednesday, November 24, 2021

| CYP Now

Half of young people from low-income backgrounds say they don’t know how they’ll get their life “back on track”, following the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Labour Conference 2022: Five key youth sector conversations

Kit Malthouse appointed as Education Secretary

Charity urges Scottish government to meet needs of forces children

Youth financial education programme expands to support most vulnerable

Schemes to reduce holiday hunger

Heatwave advice for schools, early years and youth work settings issued

Research reveals success for interventions to help young people into work

#BeSeenBeHeard campaign pushes for lower voting age across UK

Longfield commission sets out plan to end ‘perverse exclusion culture’

Campaign to provide books for Ukrainian refugee children

Greater understanding of child-to-parent abuse needed across London, Sadiq Khan warns

Cutting youth NEET rate could save UK £38bn, research finds

NYA launches review of youth workers in schools

Child Q: Calls for more youth workers in schools after girl strip-searched by police

Online Safety Bill: Five key measures aimed at protecting children

Proportion of NEET young people falls below pre-pandemic levels

‘Chaotic’ Kickstart scheme failing to support enough young people, report finds

Schools must link with youth services to boost pupil wellbeing, MPs told

Levelling Up White Paper: Key points for the children's sector

Levelling Up white paper a ‘missed opportunity’ to support young people

Latest Covid-19 guidance for children’s social care, education, early years and youth work providers

Former Hertfordshire DCS awarded CBE in New Year Honours list

Outsourcing of Turing Scheme to Capita branded ‘shameful’ by critics

Initiatives to support disadvantaged children this Christmas

Disadvantaged young people struggling 'to get lives back on track’ post-pandemic

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