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There is funding beyond Whitehall

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, February 3, 2009
  • | CYP Now
There's no doubting that the 201.7m the government is investing in youth facilities will create some fantastic venues for young people over the next few years.

Editorial: This cycle of hate does children no good

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, November 25, 2008
  • | CYP Now
The outburst of vitriol towards social workers emanating from some of the media and online message boards in the wake of Baby P has been comparable in tone to the daily demonisation of young people. They don't need to be repeated here. It is the tone of hate. The Sun newspaper has whipped up a bloodthirsty witch-hunt, inciting readers to sign an online petition for all the Haringey workers involved to be sacked. It's as if identifying and punishing those culpable would somehow resolve the problem and bring closure.

Recognition of youth work is long overdue

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, November 4, 2008
  • | CYP Now
This week is Youth Work Week (1-7 November). Co-ordinated by The National Youth Agency, this annual event aims to explain and celebrate youth work and highlight its contribution to the development of young people.

What we need is a trusting society, Darling

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, October 21, 2008
  • | CYP Now
"What I want to avoid is getting ourselves in a position governments have done in the past where you face an immediate problem and cut back on things the country will need in the future," Chancellor Alistair Darling said last weekend.

Tory policy still needs some improvements

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, September 30, 2008
  • | CYP Now
There is a very real prospect that the next government will be a Conservative one. So it's encouraging that apart from the small matter of a global economic crisis, issues affecting children, young people and families took centre stage at the party's annual conference this week.

Editorial: Putting the fun into funded projects

    Opinion
  • Monday, September 15, 2008
  • | CYP Now
Youth services across the UK went into overdrive this summer. A whole of host of projects were set up, ranging from traditional sport schemes and youth festivals to more targeted support programmes for young people considered at risk.

Editorial: The decline of the male youth worker

    Opinion
  • Wednesday, July 2, 2008
  • | CYP Now
It's hard to imagine nowadays a time when male youth workers outnumbered female youth workers. But back in the early 1980s it was not unusual for youth services to employ twice as many male youth workers as women.

Don't rule out single-faith projects

Successfully reaching out to young people from minority groups is something that concerns all providers of youth services - both statutory and voluntary.

Editorial - The battle for funding won't go away

    Opinion
  • Thursday, March 6, 2008
  • | CYP Now
At a time when young people are politically a high priority and unprecedented levels of money have been promised to the youth sector, it's disappointing to hear that many of the old struggles for funding remain.

Editorial: Role models' foolishness is a sobering thought

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, February 26, 2008
  • | CYP Now
Alcohol is big news at the moment. Barely a day goes by without a national newspaper or radio phone-in devoting ample coverage to pore over the state of "Binge Britain", with the focus frequently on young people's excessive drinking.

Editorial: Inherent dangers lurk in staying safe plan

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, February 12, 2008
  • | CYP Now
With the publication of the Staying Safe Action Plan last week, the government has been at pains not to be seen to wrap children up in cotton wool. In presentation terms, the document's front cover depicts children happily participating in watersports, climbing and running. Meanwhile, the Department for Children, Schools and Families' press notice on the safety plan leads heavily on the proposal to encourage teachers to take pupils on outdoor school trips by providing advice and diminishing bureaucracy.

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).

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