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Young people call on Gove to invest in youth services

Monday, February 11, 2013

| CYP Now

Young people representing youth projects across the UK have written to Education Secretary Michael Gove calling for greater investment in youth services.

Young people to probe Gove's dismissal of youth policy

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Friday, February 8, 2013

| CYP Now

Education Secretary Michael Gove's assertion that youth policy is not a government priority is to come under the scrutiny of a group of young people, who will take up their grievances with children's minister Edward Timpson.

National action plan urged for young runaways

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Tuesday, February 5, 2013

| CYP Now

Dedicated early intervention services must be set up in every local authority area to protect young runaways from abuse, a charity has said.

Councils slash youth services spending by a quarter

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Tuesday, January 29, 2013

| CYP Now

Local authority spending on youth services has dropped by more than 25 per cent in the space of just a year, government figures have revealed.

Sector raises 'huge concerns' over government approach to youth policy

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Monday, January 28, 2013

| CYP Now

A lack of government interest in youth services is marginalising young people and risks triggering social unrest, leading figures in the sector have warned.

Gove ‘fails to visit any youth project' during time at DfE

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Monday, January 21, 2013

| CYP Now

Education Secretary Michael Gove has failed to visit a single youth project in his two and a half years in charge of the Department for Education, a list drawn up by civil servants has revealed.

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.

Youth charity welcomes construction investment

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Thursday, December 6, 2012

| CYP Now

Government plans to invest in construction projects will provide vital opportunities for young people to get into work, a youth charity has claimed.

Youth organisation mergers vital in face of dwindling budgets, DfE official warns

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Friday, November 30, 2012

| CYP Now

Voluntary and community youth organisations must contemplate merging in the face of funding cuts in order to sustain services, a senior civil servant has said.

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.?

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.

Labour pledges to make statutory youth services an election promise

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Monday, November 19, 2012

| CYP Now

Labour has confirmed plans to make youth services statutory if the party gains power at the next general election.

BYC reports rising turnout at youth elections

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Thursday, November 15, 2012

| CYP Now

Youth elections in the UK are becoming increasingly popular with rising numbers of young people voting, according to British Youth Council (BYC) statistics.

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.

Training pledge for volunteer youth workers

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Wednesday, November 7, 2012

| CYP Now

Voluntary youth workers are to receive extra training and support as they increasingly take on roles that would have previously been carried out by professional staff, a charity has announced.

Ofsted to advise on youth inspections

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Wednesday, November 7, 2012

| CYP Now

Efforts to enable young people to audit local authority youth services are to be supported by Ofsted and the British Youth Council (BYC), it has been confirmed.

Public toilets to become youth club

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Friday, October 26, 2012

| CYP Now

Disused public toilets are to be converted into a drop-in youth centre after the idea was given the green light by planners in Dorset.

Youth workers urged to help universities recruit disadvantaged young people

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Monday, October 22, 2012

| CYP Now

Youth workers should be given in key role in helping universities to attract young people from the most disadvantaged backgrounds, leading figures in the sector have said.

NYA considers funding Institute for Youth Work

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Monday, October 22, 2012

| CYP Now

Proposals for an Institute for Youth Work have been given a boost after it emerged that the National Youth Agency (NYA) will consider funding its creation.

Government urged to tackle rising unemployment among young black men

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Thursday, October 18, 2012

| CYP Now

Government must develop a co-ordinated strategy to get young black men into work or risk unemployment continuing to spiral, the man heading the Mayor of London's inquiry on education has warned.

Specialist youth work roles under threat, claims NYA

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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.

Police commissioner candidates asked to sign youth charter

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Friday, October 12, 2012

| CYP Now

Police and crime commissioner (PCC) candidates are being asked to commit to taking young people's views into account by signing a pledge.

Children's commissioner for Wales attacks youth service cuts

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Thursday, October 4, 2012

| CYP Now

The children's commissioner for Wales has called for urgent action to protect youth services, amid fears that young people are suffering as a result of swingeing cuts.

Labour conference: Taskforce to tackle youth unemployment

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Tuesday, October 2, 2012

| CYP Now

The Labour Party has unveiled a Youth Jobs Taskforce to focus on turning around the lives of young people in 10 youth unemployment hotspots across the country.

University of Manchester to ditch youth work degree

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Monday, October 1, 2012

| CYP Now

The University of Manchester is planning to axe its community and youth work studies programme, it has emerged.

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Young people call on Gove to invest in youth services

Young people to probe Gove's dismissal of youth policy

National action plan urged for young runaways

Councils slash youth services spending by a quarter

Sector raises 'huge concerns' over government approach to youth policy

Gove ‘fails to visit any youth project' during time at DfE

Small investment in youth advice 'could save millions'

Youth charity welcomes construction investment

Youth organisation mergers vital in face of dwindling budgets, DfE official warns

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

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

Labour pledges to make statutory youth services an election promise

BYC reports rising turnout at youth elections

Councils ‘must re-build youth services'

Training pledge for volunteer youth workers

Ofsted to advise on youth inspections

Public toilets to become youth club

Youth workers urged to help universities recruit disadvantaged young people

NYA considers funding Institute for Youth Work

Government urged to tackle rising unemployment among young black men

Specialist youth work roles under threat, claims NYA

Police commissioner candidates asked to sign youth charter

Children's commissioner for Wales attacks youth service cuts

Labour conference: Taskforce to tackle youth unemployment

University of Manchester to ditch youth work degree

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