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Prevention is far better than any cure

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, October 16, 2007
  • | CYP Now
A preventive approach to support for children and young people has emerged as a clear priority within the reconfigured Department for Children, Schools and Families.

Poetry unlocks the minds of prisoners

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, June 16, 2009
  • | CYP Now
Twice in the space of a week I was in Parc Prison in south Wales. The visits were at either end of a week of poetry, lectures and debate, developed and organised through an impressive and creative tie-up between the real Hay Festival in Hay-on-Wye and the prison in Bridgend.

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"

Foreign language skills have local benefits

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, September 9, 2008
  • | CYP Now
Thanks to a range of social influences, the world is now a smaller place than ever before. The internet boom, changing migration patterns, a growing global business community and increasing frequency of international travel have increased the value of foreign language skills and engaging with people from different cultures enormously.