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Finally, youth sector receives a boost

    Opinion
  • Monday, November 8, 2010
    • | CYP Now
Given that he spent seven years limbering up for the job in opposition, there was some relief when Tim Loughton was named as a children's minister in the coalition six months ago.

Harsh lessons in influencing people

    Opinion
  • Thursday, October 28, 2010
    • | CYP Now
The waiting for the comprehensive spending review is finally over but no doubt it will be many months before the true impact of public spending cuts on services for young people will be known.

Sir Philip Green right to propose centralised approach

    Opinion
  • Monday, October 25, 2010
    • | CYP Now
Sir Philip Green has spotted that the government is inefficient. It buys laptops and paper for wildly different and inflated prices, and manages its property portfolio appallingly. He proposes centralisation, and who could argue against that? A central agency could distribute supplies much more cheaply than every business unit buying their own.

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"

Who would gain from a licence?

    Opinion
  • Monday, September 27, 2010
    • | CYP Now
At the tail end of the summer, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills announced that it had no plans to introduce occupational licences, including one for youth work.

Youth work needs fresh young talent

    Opinion
  • Monday, September 27, 2010
    • | CYP Now
It's easy to become consumed by your own job prospects in difficult economic times. But spare a thought for those looking to get a foot on the career ladder.

National Citizen Service is a costly error

    Opinion
  • Monday, September 27, 2010
    • | CYP Now
The National Citizen Service (NCS) will be launched next summer, but it has hardly been a hot topic among youth workers -- I guess we have enough on our plates with redundancies and project closures.

A stab in the back for Connexions

    Opinion
  • Monday, September 13, 2010
    • | CYP Now
The Local Government Association (LGA) last week issued research purporting to show the overwhelming majority of young people find formal careers advice only "a little bit" or "not at all" helpful.

Big society could hit small charities hard

    Opinion
  • Wednesday, September 1, 2010
    • | CYP Now
Will small and medium-sized youth charities be among the biggest losers of the coalition government? It seems an odd question to ask given the now youth minister Tim Loughton's comments before the election that he would make it a personal priority to find new ways of supporting the voluntary youth sector.

From the Frontline: Don't turn our youth centres into fortresses

    Opinion
  • Wednesday, September 1, 2010
    • | CYP Now
I was recently talking to a colleague who criticised youth clubs with "open-door policies". It was not enough, he said, to have someone by the door asking young people to sign in. There should at least be a locked door with window or spyhole, preferably a video entry system, and possibly trained security guards with metal detectors.

Young people and religion

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, August 31, 2010
    • | CYP Now
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair has been pontificating recently about the importance of improving dialogue, communication and understanding between people of different faiths.

Shhh... Every Child Matters lives on

    Opinion
  • Monday, August 9, 2010
    • | CYP Now
Watch out, the language police are about. An internal Department for Education memo lists 30 terms the government wants consigned to history, and the words that should be used in their place. Many relate directly to children's services.

Putting payment-by-results under the microscope

    Opinion
  • Monday, July 19, 2010
    • | CYP Now
So the new high ground in the funding of public policy for young people is "payment-by-results". It is so easy to say, so immediately appealing that one can hardly argue against it. Quite naturally, in the difficult fiscal times to come, people will want value for money.

Hidden costs of payment-by-results

    Opinion
  • Monday, July 5, 2010
    • | CYP Now
We are in an age of austerity where outcomes are critical. So it is difficult to take issue in raw principle with the government's desire to commission more public services on a payment-by-results basis.

Innovation and funding in services for children and young people

    Opinion
  • Monday, July 5, 2010
    • | CYP Now
She may be talking about the specifics of ChildLine's merger with the NSPCC, but Esther Rantzen makes some salient points about funding and activity in the youth and children's sector. I have held similar views for some time. Perhaps we need a wider and longer view.

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