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Girls report high levels of discrimination and harassment

Tuesday, November 1, 2022

| CYP Now

Nearly three-quarters of girls and young women surveyed by youth charity Girlguiding have experienced discrimination based around their gender, sexuality, race or disabilities in the past year.

DCMS launches call for evidence in girls' football consultation

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Friday, October 14, 2022

| CYP Now

A review into the future of women’s football has opened a call for evidence on issues including barriers to girls and boys having equal access to the sport.

Mental health and cost-of-living crisis ‘double threat’ to young ethnic minority people

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Wednesday, October 5, 2022

| CYP Now

The wellbeing of young people from ethnic minority backgrounds is at risk from a “double threat” of rising costs and an increase in mental health issues following the pandemic, a survey is warning.

Childnet publishes guidance for supporting children facing online sexual harassment

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Tuesday, October 4, 2022

| CYP Now

Guidance, co-designed by young people, could help educators, youth workers and foster carers to talk to young people about online sexual harassment.

Youth workers instrumental in building children’s 'digital resilience', study finds

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Tuesday, October 4, 2022

| CYP Now

Youth workers must work with education professionals, parents and carers to help children become aware of and deal with the impact of online risks, new research finds.

Labour Conference 2022: Five key youth sector conversations

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Wednesday, September 28, 2022

| CYP Now

Young people’s mental wellbeing, the housing crisis, and online safety were among the top issues discussed at the Labour Conference’s Youth Zone, in conversations held between MPs, youth advocates and organisations.

Youth club psychologist pilot prompts call for more mental health partnerships

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Wednesday, September 21, 2022

| CYP Now

Mental health services are being urged to forge partnerships with local youth clubs to better identify hard to reach young people in need of support.

Schemes to reduce holiday hunger

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Tuesday, August 2, 2022

| CYP Now

Local authorities and organisations supporting vulnerable families are providing food and activities for children facing food poverty over the school holidays.

Outdoor youth work scheme 'improves young people's wellbeing'

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Wednesday, May 11, 2022

| CYP Now

Young people’s mental health improves when they spend time outdoors, according to evaluation of a green social action scheme involving thousands of young people across England.

Youth workers ‘poorly equipped’ to provide mental health support, research finds

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Thursday, April 21, 2022

| CYP Now

The majority of youth workers feel “ill-equipped” to support young people with their mental health, new research shows.

Charity embeds family support worker in children’s emergency department

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Thursday, April 7, 2022

| CYP Now

A new pilot scheme, launched by Barnardo's, will see a family support worker based in a hospital’s children’s emergency department.

UK Youth launches £10m mental health fund

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Monday, February 28, 2022

| CYP Now

UK Youth has teamed up with a charitable foundation to launch a £10m fund to support young people struggling with their mental health.

More than one in five girls experience ‘cyberflashing’

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Wednesday, February 9, 2022

| CYP Now

More than a fifth of girls have been victims of cyberflashing incidents, according to a survey into online harm faced by women.

Levelling Up White Paper: Key points for the children's sector

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Wednesday, February 2, 2022

| CYP Now

Investment in youth services and education in the UK’s most disadvantaged areas have been announced as part of the government’s “levelling-up” plan.

Spending Review: Key asks for children and young people

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Tuesday, October 26, 2021

| CYP Now

CYP Now breaks down key funding asks from across the sector.

Online campaign launches to tackle youth loneliness

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Thursday, October 14, 2021

| CYP Now

An online campaign using a digital recreation of the night sky has launched to offer support to the 1.9m young people in the UK affected by social isolation.

Pandemic and online pressures drive decline in girls' happiness

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Wednesday, September 8, 2021

| CYP Now

There has been a significant decline in happiness among girls and young women over the past three years, with the impact of the pandemic and online harms major factors, a survey by Girlguiding has found.

Fears over child hospital admissions and school closures as Covid-19 restrictions lift

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Monday, July 19, 2021

| CYP Now

Admissions to hospital accident and emergency (A&E) departments for children and young people are expected to hit 1.2m in August as Covid-19 restrictions lift in England.

Early years support vital to end ‘years of neglect’ for poor white children, MPs say

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Tuesday, June 22, 2021

| CYP Now

A “tailor-made” approach to early years services is needed to mitigate “years of neglect” of education for disadvantaged white children, MPs have said.

Four in five children ‘less active during lockdown’, parents say

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Friday, March 5, 2021

| CYP Now

More than three-quarters of parents say their children are less physically active during lockdown, according to the Youth Sport Trust.

NEET young people ‘unable to cope with life’ amid pandemic, Prince’s Trust warns

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Tuesday, January 19, 2021

| CYP Now

Four in 10 young people not in employment, education or training (NEET) have said they feel "unable to cope with life" since the start of the pandemic, new research from the Prince’s Trust shows.

Spending Review: What has Rishi Sunak pledged for children and young people?

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Wednesday, November 25, 2020

| CYP Now

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced his one-year spending review with a focus on helping the UK’s economy recover from Covid-19.

Spending Review: Sector bodies set out key asks

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Wednesday, November 25, 2020

| CYP Now

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is today set to announce a one-year spending review focussed solely on helping the UK to recover from Covid-19.

Coronavirus daily update: Friday 24 July

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Friday, July 24, 2020

| CYP Now

London Early Years Foundation has called on the government to extend its free school meals voucher scheme to nursery-age children during the summer holidays, saying it would be "morally wrong and negligent" to exclude the sector.

Government urged to clarify future of PE and sport funding for primary schools

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Friday, June 12, 2020

| CYP Now

The government is being urged to provide clarity to primary schools over whether £320m of funding for PE and sport will be made available for the next academic year.

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Girls report high levels of discrimination and harassment

DCMS launches call for evidence in girls' football consultation

Mental health and cost-of-living crisis ‘double threat’ to young ethnic minority people

Childnet publishes guidance for supporting children facing online sexual harassment

Youth workers instrumental in building children’s 'digital resilience', study finds

Labour Conference 2022: Five key youth sector conversations

Youth club psychologist pilot prompts call for more mental health partnerships

Schemes to reduce holiday hunger

Outdoor youth work scheme 'improves young people's wellbeing'

Youth workers ‘poorly equipped’ to provide mental health support, research finds

Charity embeds family support worker in children’s emergency department

UK Youth launches £10m mental health fund

More than one in five girls experience ‘cyberflashing’

Levelling Up White Paper: Key points for the children's sector

Spending Review: Key asks for children and young people

Online campaign launches to tackle youth loneliness

Pandemic and online pressures drive decline in girls' happiness

Fears over child hospital admissions and school closures as Covid-19 restrictions lift

Early years support vital to end ‘years of neglect’ for poor white children, MPs say

Four in five children ‘less active during lockdown’, parents say

NEET young people ‘unable to cope with life’ amid pandemic, Prince’s Trust warns

Spending Review: What has Rishi Sunak pledged for children and young people?

Spending Review: Sector bodies set out key asks

Coronavirus daily update: Friday 24 July

Government urged to clarify future of PE and sport funding for primary schools

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