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Social action fund opens for applications

Monday, November 18, 2013

| CYP Now

Organisations supporting social action projects that help vulnerable young people can now apply for a share of £2m of Cabinet Office funding.

Unemployment and voting age top Youth Parliament agenda

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Friday, November 15, 2013

| CYP Now

Tackling youth unemployment and lowering the voting age are two of the five topics to be debated by members of the UK Youth Parliament (UKYP) today.

Analysis backs drive for youth-led services

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Monday, November 4, 2013

| CYP Now

Young people and communities should be given the authority to decide the shape of youth work services in their area, a study has found.

Youth project marks 20 years with cash boost

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Monday, October 21, 2013

| CYP Now

A long-established detached youth work project has secured funding to enable it to continue its work for a further three years.

Regional youth work units defiant in the face of cuts

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Friday, August 30, 2013

| CYP Now

Regional youth work unit leaders say they have survived three years of cuts and are now increasing young people's involvement in service delivery.

CYP Now investigates the state of youth work provision

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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

| CYP Now

Children & Young People Now is calling on youth project managers to take part in an important study looking at how their work is bearing up in the tough economic climate.

Gove confirms DfE could relinquish responsibility for youth policy

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Friday, March 1, 2013

| CYP Now

The government is considering shifting responsibility for youth policy from the Department for Education to the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG), Education Secretary Michael Gove has confirmed.

Young people call on Gove to invest in youth services

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Monday, February 11, 2013

| CYP Now

Young people representing youth projects across the UK have written to Education Secretary Michael Gove calling for greater investment in youth services.

Young people to probe Gove's dismissal of youth policy

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Friday, February 8, 2013

| CYP Now

Education Secretary Michael Gove's assertion that youth policy is not a government priority is to come under the scrutiny of a group of young people, who will take up their grievances with children's minister Edward Timpson.

Councils slash youth services spending by a quarter

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Tuesday, January 29, 2013

| CYP Now

Local authority spending on youth services has dropped by more than 25 per cent in the space of just a year, government figures have revealed.

Sector raises 'huge concerns' over government approach to youth policy

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Monday, January 28, 2013

| CYP Now

A lack of government interest in youth services is marginalising young people and risks triggering social unrest, leading figures in the sector have warned.

Gove ‘fails to visit any youth project' during time at DfE

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Monday, January 21, 2013

| CYP Now

Education Secretary Michael Gove has failed to visit a single youth project in his two and a half years in charge of the Department for Education, a list drawn up by civil servants has revealed.

Two thirds of police and crime commissioners pledge to consult young people

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Thursday, November 22, 2012

| CYP Now

Two thirds of newly elected police and crime commissioners (PCCs) have pledged to take young people's views into account when drawing up local plans.

BYC reports rising turnout at youth elections

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Thursday, November 15, 2012

| CYP Now

Youth elections in the UK are becoming increasingly popular with rising numbers of young people voting, according to British Youth Council (BYC) statistics.

Ofsted to advise on youth inspections

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Wednesday, November 7, 2012

| CYP Now

Efforts to enable young people to audit local authority youth services are to be supported by Ofsted and the British Youth Council (BYC), it has been confirmed.

Children's commissioner for Wales attacks youth service cuts

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Thursday, October 4, 2012

| CYP Now

The children's commissioner for Wales has called for urgent action to protect youth services, amid fears that young people are suffering as a result of swingeing cuts.

High levels of youth participation reported across England

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Monday, September 17, 2012

| CYP Now

The majority of local authorities run specialist participation initiatives to engage local young people at risk of being marginalised, research has found.

Commission on Youth reveals scope of its year-long inquiry

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Friday, August 17, 2012

| CYP Now

Young people's relationship with the authorities, family structures, and participation will be the focus of the year-long Commission on Youth, it has emerged.

Pioneering youth service mutual gets green light

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Monday, July 23, 2012

| CYP Now

A London borough is poised to launch the first employee-led youth services mutual after the concept was rubberstamped by politicians.

Tool to help youth sector prove its worth unveiled

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Tuesday, July 17, 2012

| CYP Now

Moves to boost investment in youth work have taken a step forward with the publication of a guide to help the sector measure outcomes.

Revised youth service guidance still too vague, sector says

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Monday, July 16, 2012

| CYP Now

Guidance on local youth provision remains too vague according to leading youth sector figures, despite revisions made following a consultation.

U-turn on youth club closures in Derbyshire

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Thursday, June 7, 2012

| CYP Now

Youth clubs will remain open and the jobs of youth workers will be saved after a U-turn by Derbyshire County Council on planned cuts.

Youth campaign secures holiday travel scheme

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Thursday, May 10, 2012

| CYP Now

Young people in North Yorkshire are set to benefit from discounted bus travel during the school holidays after the local authority agreed to back a travel scheme.

Consultation feedback sparks rethink on youth service restructure

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Thursday, May 10, 2012

| CYP Now

Hundreds of responses to a consultation on the future of youth services in Kent have led the council to revise plans by boosting the provision of youth work in schools and retain control of two youth clubs.

Young people call for action on careers guidance

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Wednesday, May 2, 2012

| CYP Now

Young people in Kent have moved to secure a parliamentary debate on the quality of careers advice by launching a government e-petition, labelling current standards as "below satisfactory".

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Social action fund opens for applications

Unemployment and voting age top Youth Parliament agenda

Analysis backs drive for youth-led services

Youth project marks 20 years with cash boost

Regional youth work units defiant in the face of cuts

CYP Now investigates the state of youth work provision

Gove confirms DfE could relinquish responsibility for youth policy

Young people call on Gove to invest in youth services

Young people to probe Gove's dismissal of youth policy

Councils slash youth services spending by a quarter

Sector raises 'huge concerns' over government approach to youth policy

Gove ‘fails to visit any youth project' during time at DfE

Two thirds of police and crime commissioners pledge to consult young people

BYC reports rising turnout at youth elections

Ofsted to advise on youth inspections

Children's commissioner for Wales attacks youth service cuts

High levels of youth participation reported across England

Commission on Youth reveals scope of its year-long inquiry

Pioneering youth service mutual gets green light

Tool to help youth sector prove its worth unveiled

Revised youth service guidance still too vague, sector says

U-turn on youth club closures in Derbyshire

Youth campaign secures holiday travel scheme

Consultation feedback sparks rethink on youth service restructure

Young people call for action on careers guidance

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