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Youth service boss quits Chyps over merger plans

Wednesday, October 29, 2014

| CYP Now

A senior member of the Confederation of Heads of Young People's Services (Chyps) has stepped down from the organisation after learning of its plans to merge with Ambition.

Parliamentary motion calls for statutory youth services

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Monday, November 10, 2014

| CYP Now

A Labour MP has tabled an early day motion calling for youth services to be made statutory.

Airport windfall set to save Manchester youth services

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Friday, January 9, 2015

| CYP Now

Some at-risk youth services in Manchester could be saved from closure after the city council received an unexpected payout from its share of Manchester Airport.

Young politicians call for all parties to canvass youth views

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Monday, January 19, 2015

| CYP Now

Political parties must follow the Labour Party's lead and give young people a greater voice in policy making, the British Youth Council (BYC) has urged.

Casey savages Rotherham CSE response: the key failings

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Wednesday, February 4, 2015

| CYP Now

Nearly six months since professor Alexis Jay's report revealed the extent of child sexual exploitation in Rotherham, the government's troubled families tsar Louise Casey's has pulled no punches in her assessment of how the authority has fared since.

New Rotherham children's chief slams schools over continuing failure to tackle CSE

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Friday, March 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Rotherham's director of children's services has condemned an "astonishing" lack of engagement by schools to tackle child sexual exploitation (CSE) in the borough while urging a greater focus and respect for youth work.

Funding for children's charities cut by £150m

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Monday, June 8, 2015

| CYP Now

Charities working with children and young people have lost more than £150m of government funding in the past year, it has emerged.

In Profile: Camila Batmanghelidjh

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Friday, July 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Amid a storm of controversy, it has been announced that Camila Batmanghelidjh will step down as chief executive of Kids Company. Here, CYP Now examines the charismatic figure's history working with vulnerable children.

Researchers highlight benefits of uniformed youth work project

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Monday, July 20, 2015

| CYP Now

A government-funded project designed to boost social action has been found to have a positive impact on young people.

First London youth zone to open in 2018

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Wednesday, July 22, 2015

| CYP Now

Ambitious plans for London's first state-of-the-art youth zone have been unveiled.

£1.3m youth fund opens for applications

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Wednesday, July 29, 2015

| CYP Now

Organisations working with disadvantaged children can now apply for funding to help develop their youth social action opportunities.

Young people get chance to shape health services

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Monday, August 24, 2015

| CYP Now

An initiative launched by the NHS is offering young people the opportunity to help shape the future of health services.

Corbyn appoints shadow youth minister

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Monday, September 14, 2015

| CYP Now

Gloria De Piero has been appointed Labour's shadow minister for young people by new leader Jeremy Corbyn.

Dorset young people have say over future of youth services

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Monday, September 21, 2015

| CYP Now

Dorset County Council is consulting young people on how they use youth services in light of plans to almost halve the amount of youth work funding over the next two years.

Lack of support to blame for care leaver housing problems, report finds

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Monday, September 21, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's services departments are not doing enough to secure good quality housing support for care leavers and other vulnerable teenagers, The Children's Society has said.

Call for university-style entry system for apprenticeships

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Monday, October 5, 2015

| CYP Now

Government should introduce a university-style entry system for apprenticeships in order to make them more accessible for young people, a report has suggested.

Youth work spending in Wales falls 14 per cent

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Wednesday, October 21, 2015

| CYP Now

Spending on youth work by local authorities in Wales has fallen by 14 per cent in a single year.

Troubled Families programme ‘wastes millions of pounds'

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Wednesday, November 11, 2015

| CYP Now

The government's flagship Troubled Families initiative is working with the wrong families in the wrong way and is likely to be wasting millions of pounds, a report has claimed.

Council plans to cut £1.6m from youth services budget

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Monday, November 16, 2015

| CYP Now

A council in London has announced plans to cut £1.6m from its youth services budget, blaming reductions in funding from central government.

Youth services mutual to take on child protection work

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Monday, November 30, 2015

| CYP Now

An employee-led youth work mutual is to launch a child protection initiative, it has been announced.

Government urged to clarify future of PE and sport funding for primary schools

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Friday, June 12, 2020

| CYP Now

The government is being urged to provide clarity to primary schools over whether £320m of funding for PE and sport will be made available for the next academic year.

Back schools with funding or risk ‘spike in youth violence’, report warns

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Friday, July 17, 2020

| CYP Now

Schools need to be backed by the government with extra funding to avert a spike in school exclusions and youth violence as the UK recovers from coronavirus pandemic, a report has warned.

NYA calls for youth workers in every secondary school catchment area

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Tuesday, July 21, 2020

| CYP Now

Two youth workers should be assigned to every secondary school to support vulnerable and disadvantaged young people unable to access youth work during the coronavirus crisis, the National Youth Agency (NYA) has said.

#Chances4Children: Council leaders praise ‘commitment’ of Northumberland youth workers

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Tuesday, August 4, 2020

| CYP Now

Council leaders in Northumberland have hailed the efforts of youth workers for maintaining support for young people in the county during the pandemic.

Care Leaver Covenant launches further education partnership

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Friday, September 18, 2020

| CYP Now

A new partnership between the Department for Education’s Care Leaver Covenant and education group NGC is set to support care leavers into further education and training.

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Youth service boss quits Chyps over merger plans

Parliamentary motion calls for statutory youth services

Airport windfall set to save Manchester youth services

Young politicians call for all parties to canvass youth views

Casey savages Rotherham CSE response: the key failings

New Rotherham children's chief slams schools over continuing failure to tackle CSE

Funding for children's charities cut by £150m

In Profile: Camila Batmanghelidjh

Researchers highlight benefits of uniformed youth work project

First London youth zone to open in 2018

£1.3m youth fund opens for applications

Young people get chance to shape health services

Corbyn appoints shadow youth minister

Dorset young people have say over future of youth services

Lack of support to blame for care leaver housing problems, report finds

Call for university-style entry system for apprenticeships

Youth work spending in Wales falls 14 per cent

Troubled Families programme ‘wastes millions of pounds'

Council plans to cut £1.6m from youth services budget

Youth services mutual to take on child protection work

Government urged to clarify future of PE and sport funding for primary schools

Back schools with funding or risk ‘spike in youth violence’, report warns

NYA calls for youth workers in every secondary school catchment area

#Chances4Children: Council leaders praise ‘commitment’ of Northumberland youth workers

Care Leaver Covenant launches further education partnership

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