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British Youth Council calls for pre-2010 funding levels for youth services

Wednesday, March 18, 2015

| CYP Now

Funding levels for youth services must be restored to pre-austerity levels if young people are to thrive, says the British Youth Council (BYC).

Charity urges five-year plan on Neets

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Thursday, May 21, 2015

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Government must develop a cross-departmental strategy to improve careers advice and school-to-work transitions if it is to prevent tens of thousands of young people becoming Neet over the next five years, a charity has warned.

MPs reject votes at 16 for EU referendum

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Friday, June 19, 2015

| CYP Now

MPs have rejected proposals to allow 16- and 17-year-olds to vote in the upcoming referendum on Britain's membership of the European Union (EU).

Government invests £1m in social action

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Tuesday, July 14, 2015

| CYP Now

The government will invest £1m to get more young people involved in social action, youth services minister Rob Wilson has announced.

Police launch probe into Kids Company

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Friday, July 31, 2015

| CYP Now

Police have launched an investigation into children's charity Kids Company over claims of child abuse.

Fresh funding made available for youth services

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Tuesday, September 8, 2015

| CYP Now

A government initiative aimed at funding alternative ways of providing local authority youth services has opened for a second round of funding.

National Citizen Service take-up hit by lack of demand

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Wednesday, October 7, 2015

| CYP Now

The National Citizen Service (NCS) failed to hit its recruitment target last year due to a lack of demand for places, it has emerged.

Call for greater youth sector collaboration

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Friday, October 23, 2015

| CYP Now

Three major youth organisations have called for increased collaboration in the youth sector.

Young people call for mental health funding protection

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Tuesday, November 17, 2015

| CYP Now

Government funding for child and adolescent mental health services should be ringfenced to ensure it is not spent on other priorities, members of the youth select committee have said.

Domestic violence advisers placed in London hospitals

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Monday, December 14, 2015

| CYP Now

A London youth work charity has teamed up with a domestic violence prevention service to place advisers into the capital's major hospital emergency departments.

CYP Now's top 10 stories of 2015

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Tuesday, December 22, 2015

| CYP Now

With a general election, new policy announcements, ongoing austerity measures and high-profile charity closures, 2015 was another busy year in the children and young people sector. Here is a rundown of the most-read stories published on the CYP Now website over the past 12 months.

Digital skills programme to tackle youth unemployment rolled-out

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Thursday, February 4, 2021

| CYP Now

A government-backed programme is launching in four cities in England to improve young people’s digital skills and tackle rising youth unemployment.

Young people fear unemployment in ‘post-Covid world’, study reveals

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Thursday, February 4, 2021

| CYP Now

School leavers are pessimistic about securing a job, training or chances to study in a "post-Covid world", a report has warned.

NEET figures hit by highest quarterly rise in a decade

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Friday, March 5, 2021

| CYP Now

The number of young people not in employment, education or training (NEET) has risen by the highest quarterly figure in a decade, latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show.

Housing benefits for homeless young people and care leavers increased

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Wednesday, March 10, 2021

| CYP Now

Campaigners have praised a move to bring forward plans to increase housing benefits for homeless young people and care leavers.

UK Youth Parliament contract applications open

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Thursday, March 18, 2021

| CYP Now

Applications are now open for a £233,000 contract to run the UK Youth Parliament.

£22m Covid recovery fund aims to keep children's support services open

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Thursday, March 25, 2021

| CYP Now

A major funder of community based children's organisations in London has ringfenced £22m to help children and young people’s services survive as the UK recovers from the Covid-19 pandemic.

Centrepoint reveals spike in demand for support during lockdowns

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Wednesday, April 21, 2021

| CYP Now

The number of young people contacting youth homelessness charity Centrepoint for support increased by more than a third during lockdown, new research shows.

Winners of UK Youth Parliament tender ‘set up to fail’ by government, campaigners warn

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Monday, April 26, 2021

| CYP Now

Campaigners have criticised a reduction in funding for the UK Youth Parliament (UKYP) amid concerns that the successful bidders for the latest contract have been “set up to fail”.

Extend Kickstart and Universal Credit uplift to support young people, MPs urge

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Thursday, May 20, 2021

| CYP Now

Initiatives including the Kickstart Jobs scheme and the £20 Universal Credit uplift must be extended to support young people “disproportionately” affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, a cross-party group of MPs has found.

Five ways to champion young people during Volunteers' Week

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Wednesday, June 2, 2021

| CYP Now

Young volunteers have gone above and beyond to support their communities during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Key issues raised by MPs over children’s Covid-19 recovery

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Thursday, June 10, 2021

| CYP Now

MPs have voted for a Labour Party motion criticising the government’s plans to help children and young people recover from the Covid-19 pandemic.

Stockport DCS receives OBE in Queen’s birthday honours list

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Monday, June 14, 2021

| CYP Now

Chris McLoughlin, director of children’s services at Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council, has been awarded an OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the Queen’s birthday honours.

Kent invests £10m in young people’s summer activity scheme

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Friday, June 25, 2021

| CYP Now

Kent County Council is to invest £10m in a programme of events for children and young people in a bid to aid recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.

Barnardo’s chief launches community crime commission

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Friday, July 9, 2021

| CYP Now

Barnardo’s chief executive Javed Khan has launched a community crime commission for the London borough of Redbridge.

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British Youth Council calls for pre-2010 funding levels for youth services

Charity urges five-year plan on Neets

MPs reject votes at 16 for EU referendum

Government invests £1m in social action

Police launch probe into Kids Company

Fresh funding made available for youth services

National Citizen Service take-up hit by lack of demand

Call for greater youth sector collaboration

Young people call for mental health funding protection

Domestic violence advisers placed in London hospitals

CYP Now's top 10 stories of 2015

Digital skills programme to tackle youth unemployment rolled-out

Young people fear unemployment in ‘post-Covid world’, study reveals

NEET figures hit by highest quarterly rise in a decade

Housing benefits for homeless young people and care leavers increased

UK Youth Parliament contract applications open

£22m Covid recovery fund aims to keep children's support services open

Centrepoint reveals spike in demand for support during lockdowns

Winners of UK Youth Parliament tender ‘set up to fail’ by government, campaigners warn

Extend Kickstart and Universal Credit uplift to support young people, MPs urge

Five ways to champion young people during Volunteers' Week

Key issues raised by MPs over children’s Covid-19 recovery

Stockport DCS receives OBE in Queen’s birthday honours list

Kent invests £10m in young people’s summer activity scheme

Barnardo’s chief launches community crime commission

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