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Learning providers call for payment-by-results in schools

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

| CYP Now

Schools should be subject to a payment-by-results system of funding dependent on their pupils' maths and English GCSE results, apprenticeship providers have claimed.

Girl Guides report pressure to consider cosmetic surgery

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Monday, October 8, 2012

| CYP Now

One in three girls would consider cosmetic surgery to change their appearance, with large numbers reporting pressure to look like celebrities, the latest Girlguiding UK survey has found.

Specialist youth work roles under threat, claims NYA

News

Friday, October 12, 2012

| CYP Now

Cuts to budgets and restructuring of provision have resulted in fewer specialist youth work roles, with staff being asked to carry out functions outside their area of expertise, it has been claimed.

Girls 'twice as likely' to experience emotional problems as boys

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Thursday, January 11, 2018

| CYP Now

Girls are more than twice as likely to experience emotional problems as boys, according to the initial findings of a £56m programme aimed at improving mental health support for young people.

Institute for Youth Work to push for statutory youth services

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Monday, January 22, 2018

| CYP Now

The Institute for Youth Work (IYW) has outlined plans to get youth work onto a "statutory footing" as part of its new five-year strategy.

Councils ‘must re-build youth services'

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Wednesday, November 7, 2012

| CYP Now

Councils must determine the future of youth services because government has lost focus on the agenda, a leading local authority figure has said.

UK Youth and NYA in running for £1.8m grant

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Friday, February 9, 2018

| CYP Now

Youth work organisations UK Youth and the National Youth Agency (NYA) are to compete for £1.8m of funding to deliver projects to support girls and young women.

Youth violence prevention initiative set to expand to fifth London hospital

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Monday, February 12, 2018

| CYP Now

Redthread has announced plans to expand its award-winning hospital youth work service to a fifth emergency department in London.

London mayor announces £45m investment for youth services

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Tuesday, February 13, 2018

| CYP Now

The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has announced plans to invest £45m in youth services over the next three years in a bid to divert young people in London away from crime.

Two thirds of police and crime commissioners pledge to consult young people

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Thursday, November 22, 2012

| CYP Now

Two thirds of newly elected police and crime commissioners (PCCs) have pledged to take young people's views into account when drawing up local plans.

Minister to investigate 'unfair' cuts to voluntary sector youth services

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Thursday, November 29, 2012

| CYP Now

?A government minister has pledged to probe allegations that local authorities are breaching statutory guidance by making disproportionate cuts to youth charities.?

Committee urges stronger powers for children's commissioner

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Monday, December 10, 2012

| CYP Now

England's children's commissioner should be given stronger powers, while the title of the role should be changed to include "young people", an influential group of MPs and peers has said.

Small investment in youth advice 'could save millions'

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Wednesday, December 12, 2012

| CYP Now

Providing early access to advice services for young people with issues such as stress and unemployment could save the public purse up to £13,000 for every individual helped, a report has found.

Pledge to retain visibility of early intervention spending is 'tiny concession'

News

Friday, January 4, 2013

| CYP Now

The government's decision to compel local authorities to reveal their early intervention expenditure by publishing a funding profile has been attacked as a "meaningless exercise".

Gove under fire for ‘neglecting youth responsibility'

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Thursday, April 24, 2014

| CYP Now

Education Secretary Michael Gove is neglecting his responsibility to protect local authority-run youth services from swingeing budget cuts, the head of a children's rights campaign group has said.

Social action programmes to share £2.5m

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Friday, May 2, 2014

| CYP Now

The Cabinet Office has awarded £2.5m to 26 social action programmes providing support for vulnerable young people including care leavers and young offenders.

Call for councils to lead youth employment schemes

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Wednesday, June 11, 2014

| CYP Now

The government should hand over responsibility for youth employment schemes to local authorities in order to reduce the number of young people not in education, employment or training (Neet), council leaders have said.

30,000 adolescents disengaged despite raised participation age, figures show

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Thursday, June 26, 2014

| CYP Now

Almost 30,000 16-year-olds were not in education or training at the end of 2013 despite the government raising the participation age to 17, official figures reveal.

Government launches funding for alternative models of youth services

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Monday, July 21, 2014

| CYP Now

The government has launched a £500,000 fund to help councils set up alternative models of delivering youth services such as mutual and private partnerships.

OnSide reveals plans for London youth zone

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Tuesday, July 29, 2014

| CYP Now

Youth zones operator OnSide has unveiled plans for its first purpose-built youth club in the south of England.

Young people to have role in shaping health services

News

Thursday, April 26, 2012

| CYP Now

A national network of youth health champions is to be established to share the views of young people with GPs and decision makers in the health service.

Consultation feedback sparks rethink on youth service restructure

News

Thursday, May 10, 2012

| CYP Now

Hundreds of responses to a consultation on the future of youth services in Kent have led the council to revise plans by boosting the provision of youth work in schools and retain control of two youth clubs.

Anti-smoking service targets young people in Wales

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Friday, May 11, 2012

| CYP Now

A public health charity has been awarded more than £850,000 to fund the first anti-smoking service in Wales aimed specifically at young people.

Election debate: Youth work cuts 'make UK more vulnerable to terrorism'

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Thursday, June 1, 2017

| CYP Now

The UK is less safe in the face of terrorism as a result of cuts to youth services in recent years, it has been claimed during a televised debate ahead of next week's general election.

Loughton voices 'concern' at lack of plans for children's services

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Monday, June 19, 2017

| CYP Now

Former children's minister Tim Loughton has described an apparent lack of firm government plans to improve services for children and young people as "concerning".

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Learning providers call for payment-by-results in schools

Girl Guides report pressure to consider cosmetic surgery

Specialist youth work roles under threat, claims NYA

Girls 'twice as likely' to experience emotional problems as boys

Institute for Youth Work to push for statutory youth services

Councils ‘must re-build youth services'

UK Youth and NYA in running for £1.8m grant

Youth violence prevention initiative set to expand to fifth London hospital

London mayor announces £45m investment for youth services

Two thirds of police and crime commissioners pledge to consult young people

Minister to investigate 'unfair' cuts to voluntary sector youth services

Committee urges stronger powers for children's commissioner

Small investment in youth advice 'could save millions'

Pledge to retain visibility of early intervention spending is 'tiny concession'

Gove under fire for ‘neglecting youth responsibility'

Social action programmes to share £2.5m

Call for councils to lead youth employment schemes

30,000 adolescents disengaged despite raised participation age, figures show

Government launches funding for alternative models of youth services

OnSide reveals plans for London youth zone

Young people to have role in shaping health services

Consultation feedback sparks rethink on youth service restructure

Anti-smoking service targets young people in Wales

Election debate: Youth work cuts 'make UK more vulnerable to terrorism'

Loughton voices 'concern' at lack of plans for children's services

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