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NYA appointed to run UK Youth Parliament

Tuesday, May 21, 2024

| CYP Now

The National Youth Agency (NYA) will take over the running of the UK Youth Parliament (UKYP) following the closure of the British Youth Council earlier this year.

Children’s Society to expand mental health services with £1mn award

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Wednesday, May 15, 2024

| CYP Now

The Children’s Society has been awarded £1 million to provide early intervention mental health support to young people across all four nations of the UK, with a focus on those from marginalised communities.

NCS partnership to define youth services impact on mental health

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Wednesday, May 15, 2024

| CYP Now

The National Citizen Service (NCS) has joined a new partnership which aims to examine the impact of accessing youth provision on young people’s mental health.

Duke of Edinburgh's Award sees highest ever participation level

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Monday, May 13, 2024

| CYP Now

More than 330,000 young people started the Duke of Edinburgh's Award (DofE) last year, marking the highest number of participants in its 68 year history.

Mayor of London to invest £14.5mn to tackle violence in key capital hotspots

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Friday, May 10, 2024

| CYP Now

The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has announced an additional £14.5mn investment in the approach taken by his Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) to tackle violence in 11 key hotspots across the capital.

Mayoral elections 2024: What the results could mean for children and young people’s services

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Friday, May 3, 2024

| CYP Now

Members of the public have taken to the polls in devolved areas and in the capital to vote for elected mayors, signaling a big win for Labour which took all but one of 10 mayoral seats in England.

Youth charity partners with UK Space Command for careers programme

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Thursday, May 2, 2024

| CYP Now

Youth charity the Jon Egging Trust (JET) has partnered with UK Space Command to support disadvantaged young people to learn about space-based careers.

Call for ‘enrichment premium’ for disadvantaged pupils

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Thursday, May 2, 2024

| CYP Now

Disadvantaged pupils’ access to after school clubs and other extra-curricular activities could be improved by the creation of an ‘enrichment premium’ funding stream, a report recommends.

British Youth Council: five factors behind demise of youth voice stalwart

Analysis

Monday, April 29, 2024

| CYP Now

The British Youth Council had been at the forefront of the youth movement for 75 years, but in recent times was unable to weather a perfect storm of internal and external pressures that led to it becoming unsustainable.

Girlguiding launches plan to reduce environmental anxieties among children

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Wednesday, April 24, 2024

| CYP Now

Girlguiding has launched a new environmental strategy designed to reduce environment-based anxieties facing children.

Sadiq Khan reveals plans for youth investment ahead of mayoral election

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Monday, April 22, 2024

| CYP Now

Sadiq Khan has pledged to provide 250,000 more positive opportunities for young Londoners in youth clubs, including mentoring and youth worker investment, in the lead up to next month's mayoral election.

Youth work improvement initiative to tackle 'fragmentation' of services

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Wednesday, April 17, 2024

| CYP Now

An initiative is launching that aims to gather the views of a cross-sector group of 10,000 professionals to find ways to improve support for young people.

Scouts wins £129,000 DfE contract to boost teacher recruitment

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Thursday, April 11, 2024

| CYP Now

Scouts has been handed a £129,000 government contract to promote teaching as a career pathway to its young members.

DCMS refused request to bail out BYC ahead of closure

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Friday, April 5, 2024

| CYP Now

The government refused pleas to provide emergency funding to prevent the closure of the British Youth Council (BYC) due to the “scale” of the charity’s financial difficulties, a letter to UK Youth Parliament (UKYP) members reveals.

Coalition aims to boost understanding of youth work impact

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Wednesday, April 3, 2024

| CYP Now

A new coalition of youth work organisations, researchers and local authorities has been set up to better evaluate the impact of the sector on young people.

Charity uses nature to reduce persistent absenteeism

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Tuesday, April 2, 2024

| CYP Now

Hundreds of young people have benefitted from therapeutic experiences in nature as part of an outdoor initiative designed to help children back into education.

MPs' review backs national workforce strategy for youth work

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Thursday, March 28, 2024

| CYP Now

A national workforce strategy for youth workers and consistent standards for assessing the sufficiency and quality of local youth services are key recommendations in a report about the development of youth work over the next parliament.

Girlguiding rows back on plans to scrap overseas operations

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Thursday, March 28, 2024

| CYP Now

Girlguiding is rowing back on its decision to axe all of its overseas operations.

BYC planned drastic restructure to save costs ahead of closure

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Wednesday, March 27, 2024

| CYP Now

The British Youth Council (BYC) had planned a drastic restructure which included scrapping an entire layer of senior management and giving notice on its London office in a bid to prevent the charity’s closure, CYP Now has learnt.

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.

Sector pays tribute to work of British Youth Council after closure

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Tuesday, March 26, 2024

| CYP Now

Charity leaders and youth work professionals have paid tribute to the work of the British Youth Council (BYC) following the announcement of its closure after 75 years.

BYC closure highlights 'threat to youth representation', members warn

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Tuesday, March 26, 2024

| CYP Now

Youth parliament members have written to the Department of Culture, Media and Sport amid concerns that “youth representation is under a greater threat than ever” after the closure of the British Youth Council (BYC).

What the sector wants to see from the next government

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Tuesday, March 26, 2024

| CYP Now

Charities supporting children and young people have released manifestos detailing what they want from the next government in the run up to the general election after more than a decade of cuts to public services.

Just one in five children feel politicians are listening to them, England's Children’s Commissioner reveals

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Monday, March 25, 2024

| CYP Now

Only 22% of children feel that their concerns are being listened to by politicians with just 10% feeling their views are important to those running the country, a survey by the Children’s Commissioner for England has revealed.