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Charities and councils unite to save youth services

Monday, March 11, 2013

| CYP Now

A coalition of charities, police and local authorities in West Sussex has raised £153,000 to ensure youth services continue in their area.

Gove confirms DfE could relinquish responsibility for youth policy

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Friday, March 1, 2013

| CYP Now

The government is considering shifting responsibility for youth policy from the Department for Education to the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG), Education Secretary Michael Gove has confirmed.

Youth services seek advice on setting up mutuals

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Monday, February 25, 2013

| CYP Now

Professionals in 36 youth services across the country have expressed an interest in branching out from local authority control and setting up a mutual, it has emerged.

Campaigners fail to stop youth service overhaul in North Lincolnshire

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Friday, February 22, 2013

| CYP Now

North Lincolnshire Council is to press ahead with a radical shake-up of youth services, resulting in the loss of more than 70 part-time posts after the failure of a last-ditch attempt to reverse the decision.

MP backs youth work training to tackle eating disorders

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Monday, February 18, 2013

| CYP Now

Youth workers and school staff should be trained to spot the signs of eating disorders and how to offer basic help and support, an MP has said.

Young people call on Gove to invest in youth services

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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.

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Charities and councils unite to save youth services

Gove confirms DfE could relinquish responsibility for youth policy

Youth services seek advice on setting up mutuals

Campaigners fail to stop youth service overhaul in North Lincolnshire

MP backs youth work training to tackle eating disorders

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

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