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Councillor uses allowance to set up youth fund

Monday, December 17, 2018

| CYP Now

A newly elected member of a London council has pledged to donate £1,000 of her councillor's allowance to create a new three-year fund for disadvantaged young people.

Chancellor slices £4bn from welfare budget

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Wednesday, June 26, 2013

| CYP Now

Poor families will be hit hard by government plans to shave a further £4bn from the welfare bill in 2015/16, charities have warned.

Deprived areas to get 6,000 new youth group places

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Tuesday, January 8, 2019

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Uniformed youth groups are to share £4.2m in government funding to boost the number of places for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Sector reacts to youth policy shift

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Wednesday, July 3, 2013

| CYP Now

The decision to hand responsibility for youth strategy to the Cabinet Office has been welcomed by the youth sector as a way of putting young people's issues at the heart of government.

Home Office-backed youth advocates to take on knife crime

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Thursday, February 14, 2019

| CYP Now

Community leaders including sports coaches and youth workers are to be offered specialist training to have "safe conversations" with young people, aimed at combating knife crime.

Cable urges young people to become entrepreneurs

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Monday, July 29, 2013

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Young people should become entrepreneurs and take advantage of government start-up loans, the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills has urged.

Loughton becomes Ambition ambassador

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Friday, August 2, 2013

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Former children's minister Tim Loughton has joined youth charity Ambition as an ambassador.

Youth leader calls for more work with migrant young people

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Monday, August 12, 2013

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The government should increase youth workers' capacity to help young migrants rather than rely on public services, a youth leader has claimed.

Arts groups launch programme to reach vulnerable young people

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Friday, August 23, 2013

| CYP Now

A £1m programme to engage disadvantaged young people in arts and cultural activities has been launched in five English regions.

Young people to develop youth charter with government

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Thursday, April 11, 2019

| CYP Now

A youth charter aiming to strengthen and co-ordinate national policy is to be developed with young people, the minister for civil society has announced.

Fall in DCS turnover and new appointments

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Tuesday, April 30, 2019

| CYP Now

Only 17 new director of children's services (DCS) appointments were made last year, the second lowest number recorded in the 12-year history of the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS).

Data links youth service cuts to knife crime rise

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Wednesday, May 8, 2019

| CYP Now

Knife crime has risen more in areas which have seen the largest cuts to spending on youth services, according to new research carried out by a cross-party group of MPs.

Anxiety found to be key factor in youth unemployment

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Friday, May 10, 2019

| CYP Now

Anxiety and depression are the biggest barriers faced by young people when looking for work, a new study has found.

Scouts expands membership in deprived areas

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Wednesday, May 15, 2019

| CYP Now

Record numbers of new Scouts sections opened in areas of deprivation last year as part of a five-year strategy to bring opportunities to disadvantaged young people.

Lessons aim to reduce knife crime over summer

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Thursday, June 6, 2019

| CYP Now

Anti-knife crime lessons are being delivered in schools before the start of the summer holidays, the Home Office has announced.

Youth bodies to develop music industry opportunities

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Wednesday, October 23, 2013

| CYP Now

Youth organisations from across the UK are part of a consortium that is to create development opportunities in the music industry for 14- to 24-year-olds from deprived areas.