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Inspections Clinic: Young inspection volunteers

Regulators can get a better insight into young people's experience of services by involving them in inspections. Jo Stephenson looks at how Scotland's Care Inspectorate is recruiting young inspectors.

Making towns child friendly

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  • Tuesday, October 25, 2022
  • | CYP Now
The way spaces are designed can have a huge impact on the wellbeing and life chances of children and young people. Charlotte Goddard speaks to those leading the way in child-friendly town planning.

Duke of Edinburgh’s Resilience Fund

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  • Tuesday, January 5, 2021
  • | CYP Now
The Duke of Edinburgh’s (DofE) Award has launched a Resilience Fund to help up to 12,000 disadvantaged young people participate in the awards scheme during the Covid-19 crisis.

Youth Work: Special Report

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  • Tuesday, January 28, 2020
  • | CYP Now
A decade of deep funding cuts has seen a huge reduction in provision for young people. But increasing recognition of the valuable role played by youth workers could signal a change in fortunes for the sector.

Youth Work: Policy context

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  • Tuesday, January 28, 2020
  • | CYP Now
The last decade was not good for youth work. The statistics are well known: since 2010, hundreds of youth clubs have been closed; thousands of youth work jobs lost; and more than 100,000 places for young people scrapped – the result of a 75 per cent reduction in council youth work budgets.

When the Young Inspectors Call

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  • Tuesday, September 26, 2017
  • | CYP Now
Lincolnshire County Council's Young Inspectors programme gives young people the chance to help shape and improve services for them and their peers. Tom de Castella went to see how it works.

Special Report: Restorative Practice

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  • Tuesday, September 26, 2017
  • | CYP Now
Restorative practice is now being used across a wide range of services for vulnerable children, young people and families and has a distinct set of principles and standards underpinning the approach.

Special Report: Participation and Co-production

Service user involvement is evolving from participation to co-production, where children, young people and families are active in the design and delivery so support is responsive to needs and fit for purpose.