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The benefits of mutual status

Analysis

Tuesday, January 30, 2018

| CYP Now

Expert on the mutuals programme advises on how youth services can gain independence from councils.

Report reveals rural youth work cuts and how to boost provision

Analysis

Tuesday, August 31, 2021

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Analysis highlights how youth service cuts in rural communities have compounded transport and infrastructure barriers faced by young people and calls for more investment in mobile units and digital provision post pandemic.

Initiatives to aid Ukraine arrivals

Analysis

Tuesday, June 21, 2022

| CYP Now

Local schemes have been launched to assist Ukrainian children and the youth workers who support them.

Young leaders hone their skills

Analysis

Tuesday, October 27, 2020

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Programme for "high potential" youth workers will boost support for young people affected by violence.

Combined voice on youth policy

Analysis

Tuesday, September 27, 2022

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The Liverpool City Region has recently launched a youth combined authority (YCA), the fifth area in England to create such a body.

Support for GRT young people

Analysis

Tuesday, October 25, 2022

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Range of initiatives in development to help practitioners support Gypsy, Roma and Traveller young people.

UK Youth Parliament tender bids to expand reach of programme

Analysis

Thursday, December 1, 2022

| CYP Now

Experts question if increased UK Youth Parliament funding is enough to boost engagement and diversity as the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport moves to relaunch the youth voice programme.

Revamped social action scheme sees NCS aim for greater impact

Analysis

Tuesday, January 3, 2023

| CYP Now

National Citizen Service boss sets out rationale for moving programme to a year-round offer while slimming down core residential element to reduce costs, but experts fear it may dilute the experience for young people.

Play in peril: charting the decline of playgrounds across 40 years

Analysis

Tuesday, January 31, 2023

| CYP Now

Author of a landmark directory of adventure and holiday play provision in 1980 draws on new data that documents how many schemes are still running and assesses the impact that closures have had on children.

Review highlights best practice to shape the future of youth work

Analysis

Tuesday, March 26, 2024

| CYP Now

MPs canvass the sector to identify youth work practice models that put trusted relationships between young people and practitioners at their core and which should be championed by the next government.

Positive for youth?

Analysis

Monday, January 9, 2012

| CYP Now

Released just before Christmas, the government's youth policy produced no festive funding treats and put local areas in charge of forging new methods of delivery. Charlotte Goddard looks at its implications

Tackling discrimination in schools

Analysis

Tuesday, December 6, 2016

| CYP Now

Councils should insist schools record and report incidents of racism and religious hatred, youth leaders say.

Youth charity leaders anticipate increase in income and demand

Analysis

Wednesday, January 2, 2019

| CYP Now

Nearly three times as many youth charity leaders expect annual income to rise in 2019 compared to those who think it will fall, but most say they want more support to develop partnerships with local businesses.

Lockdown response: how services deliver vital support for children

Analysis

Tuesday, January 26, 2021

| CYP Now

Early years, education and youth work services are working hard to ensure children and young people can access learning and support amid the pandemic, but sector leaders worry financial pressures could lead to closures.

Why Kickstart scheme has failed to launch

Analysis

Tuesday, March 30, 2021

| CYP Now

Flagship government youth jobs scheme to address economic impact of pandemic has had a slow start so must be extended, says sector.

Study reveals most effective ways to measure impact of youth work

Analysis

Tuesday, June 29, 2021

| CYP Now

Evaluation of £40m open-access youth work programme highlights links between quality provision and better outcomes by young people, puts forward a framework to demonstrate impact and underpins calls for investment.