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Mayor of London calls for action over child food poverty

Monday, October 30, 2023

| CYP Now

Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan has used a visit to a holiday food scheme to call on the government to tackle child poverty.

Cardiff announced as UK’s first 'child friendly' city

News

Thursday, October 26, 2023

| CYP Now

Cardiff has become the first city in the UK to be awarded "child-friendly" status by Unicef after implementing a series of policies and measures over the past five years to improve children's rights.

Access to Youth Work: Training developments

Other

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

| CYP Now

Youth workers work in a variety of settings including traditional youth clubs, in the community (detached youth work) and increasingly in places such as schools, hospitals and secure environments.

Access to Youth Work: Key policy developments

Other

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

| CYP Now

Youth services, particularly open access youth work, has borne the brunt of local authority spending cuts over the past decade.

Detached youth work engages young people in their own spaces

Best Practice

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

| CYP Now

Long-established youth project in the Walton area of Liverpool supports young people to address life’s challenges through ‘street conversations’.

Cardiff’s digital skills help boost engagement

Best Practice

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

| CYP Now

Youth services in the Welsh capital have expanded their reach by developing digital youth clubs and projects designed alongside young people.

Blackpool helps children with additional needs

Best Practice

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

| CYP Now

Group-based activities focusing on developing social and emotional skills help support children with additional needs to move into mainstream youth offer.

Sector hopes updated sufficiency rules will boost access to youth services

Analysis

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

| CYP Now

Revised government guidance on assessment and delivery of council youth work aims to make it clearer what level of provision is needed, but experts warn little will change if it is not backed with extra funding.

Access to Youth Work: Special Report

Features

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

| CYP Now

After decade of decline, there are signs that increased investment in youth services and attention by policymakers will boost provision and the workforce to meet a growing demand from young people.

The Big Debate: What is the key to improving access to youth work services?

Features

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

| CYP Now

CYP Now hosts an expert panel to discuss the main obstacles young people face in accessing youth work support and what measures should be introduced to improve the amount and quality of youth provision.

Interview: Amani Simpson, filmmaker and youth crime campaigner

Features

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

| CYP Now

Emily Harle speaks to the award-winning filmmaker and youth crime campaigner.

StreetDoctors and Redthread partner on youth violence film

News

Friday, October 20, 2023

| CYP Now

Charities StreetDoctors and Redthread have worked with a film-maker to create a short feature highlighting the effects of youth violence and trauma.

Charities urge local businesses to plug Bristol’s £1m youth services gap

News

Thursday, October 19, 2023

| CYP Now

A coalition of charities in Bristol is calling on local businesses to provide support to plug a £1m gap in play and youth facilities across the city.

Six reasons to support, not condemn, young people

Opinion

Thursday, October 19, 2023

| CYP Now

The number of young people killed this year has already surpassed the total for the whole of 2022. When lives are taken in such a way, it becomes easy to vilify or hang the blame somewhere in the search of answers.

Disadvantaged young people ‘at risk of being locked out’ of emerging tech opportunities

News

Thursday, October 19, 2023

| CYP Now

Action is being called for to ensure disadvantaged young people can access education, work and training opportunities that will become increasingly available through virtual reality technology around the Metaverse.

Labour Party Conference: How are we putting our children first?

News

Wednesday, October 18, 2023

| CYP Now

The Labour Party conference finished up this time last week. A full programme of fringe events was hosted in the Youth Zone, a purpose-built venue and shared platform of charities, sector leaders and young people.

Children in Need launches £1m funding award to improve young people’s mental health

News

Thursday, October 12, 2023

| CYP Now

Children’s organisations are being urged to apply for a £1m funding award being launched by BBC Children in Need to improve young people’s mental health.

Labour Conference 2023: Yvette Cooper reveals ‘Sure Start for teenagers’ plan

News

Tuesday, October 10, 2023

| CYP Now

The Labour Party has announced plans to launch a “Sure Start for teenagers” designed to reduce levels of youth violence and poor mental health among young people if elected.

Children’s charities facing long term supporter exodus, researchers find

News

Thursday, October 5, 2023

| CYP Now

Children’s charities are facing a long-term decline in popularity among their traditional supporters, leaving them battling to attract donations and support, researchers are warning.

Roadmap to improve youth services launches

News

Wednesday, October 4, 2023

| CYP Now

A coalition of 20 youth sector organisations, including the National Youth Agency (NYA) and the Scouts, has launched a roadmap for government to improve young people’s access to “quality youth work”.

DCMS and NCS Trust to fund UK Year of Service programme

News

Monday, October 2, 2023

| CYP Now

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has teamed up with the NCS Trust to offer £1 million of funding to the UK Year of Service programme in a bid to boost youth employability.

Home Office and YEF to invest in childhood trauma response training

News

Friday, September 29, 2023

| CYP Now

The Home Office and the Youth Endowment Fund (YEF) will invest in assessing how effective trauma-informed practice is to protect children against violence, it has been announced.

Mayor of London invests £3.4m in after-school programmes to reduce violence

News

Thursday, September 28, 2023

| CYP Now

The Mayor of London has announced a new £3.4m investment for London’s Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) to help with the prevention of violence during after-school hours.

Youth services is a cross-government responsibility, says Culture Secretary

News

Thursday, September 28, 2023

| CYP Now

Reversing more than a decade of cuts to youth services goes beyond the responsibility of her department, Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer has said, announcing a raft of funding as part of the government’s National Youth Guarantee.