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Careers: Youth participation worker

Friday, October 14, 2011

Youth participation workers help young people make their voices heard, writes Charlotte Goddard.

Interview: Andy Burnham, shadow education secretary

Monday, October 25, 2010

Andy Burnham is still in migration phase, getting to grips with the role of shadow education secretary after moving from his previous brief in government on health. But the enthusiasm he holds for his new post is clear.

Skills for the Job: Writing funding applications

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Monday, January 24, 2011

What steps should you take to ensure that your funding application stands out from the crowd? Andy Hillier finds out.

Skills for the Job: Teenage pregnancy

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Friday, July 22, 2011

Youth professionals have a key role to play in helping to reduce further the current low teen pregnancy rates, writes FPA's Rebecca Findlay.

Ella Hallpike: How I Got Here

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Thursday, January 2, 2020

Ella Hallpike, youth support co-ordinator at the Teenage Cancer Trust, on her career so far.

How I Got Here: Sharon Lovell, National Youth Advocacy Service

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Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Sharon Lovell, National executive director (Wales), National Youth Advocacy Service, on her career landmarks.

Skills for the Job: Eating disorders

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Friday, October 14, 2011

Eating disorders affect people from all backgrounds. The charity Beat offers advice on recognising problems and seeking help.

Interview: Baroness Beverley Hughes, Labour peer

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Friday, October 8, 2010

Beverley Hughes, the former children's minister who was awarded a peerage in May, is preparing to get stuck into her new role in the House of Lords, in which she says her old brief will be her top priority.

Skills for the Job: How to get young people involved in campaigning

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Monday, March 21, 2011

Young people should play an active part in campaigns but youth workers need to be aware of safeguarding issues, writes Aaron Porter.

Skills for the Job: Literacy problems

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Friday, August 19, 2011

The National Literacy Trust's Emily McCoy explains the steps youth workers can take to help young people who struggle with reading.

How I Got Here: Sharon Davies, chief executive, Young Enterprise

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Tuesday, February 25, 2020

I left home at an early age, and after several jobs including potato picking and working on a turkey farm, I first came into contact with youth work when I was 19, working in a supermarket.