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Airport windfall set to save Manchester youth services

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.

Councils slash youth and children's centre spend by £200m

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Friday, December 12, 2014

| CYP Now

Spending on children's centres and youth services has been slashed by more than £200m in the space of a year, government figures show.

YMCA detached youth work project bridges gap left by youth cuts

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Tuesday, December 9, 2014

| CYP Now

Cuts to local authority youth services are putting increasing pressure on street-based services, YMCA England has warned.

Rob Wilson's commitment to young people questioned

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Friday, December 5, 2014

| CYP Now

Youth sector figures have questioned Cabinet Office minister Rob Wilson's commitment to young people after he refused to back an early day motion (EDM) calling for youth services to be made statutory.

Youth minister Rob Wilson rejects statutory services motion

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Thursday, December 4, 2014

| CYP Now

Minister for civil society Rob Wilson has refused to back an early day motion (EDM) calling for youth services to be made statutory.

OnSide reveals plans for Chorley youth zone

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Wednesday, December 3, 2014

| CYP Now

Youth zones operator OnSide has unveiled plans for a new £4.15m purpose-built youth centre in Chorley, Lancashire.

Hampshire plans to halve youth service spend

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Monday, December 1, 2014

| CYP Now

Hampshire County Council is consulting on plans to slash its youth services budget by almost half.

Youth club user campaigns against Oldham cuts

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Monday, November 24, 2014

| CYP Now

A 15-year-old youth centre user from Oldham has set up a petition against council plans to close all the centres across the Lancashire town.

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.

Devolve youth service decisions to young people, says Nandy

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Friday, November 7, 2014

| CYP Now

Powers for commissioning some youth services should be devolved to young people, the shadow minister for civil society has said.

Ambition boss: Chyps merger 'will improve youth service quality'

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Wednesday, November 5, 2014

| CYP Now

A merger between the Confederation of Heads of Young People's Services (Chyps) and Ambition will lead to improved outcomes for young people, according to the chief executive of the youth charity.

Lisa Nandy questions return of youth policy to DfE

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Tuesday, November 4, 2014

| CYP Now

Labour's plans to move youth policy back to the Department for Education could be undermined by civil service cuts, the shadow minister for civil society has warned.

Youth service boss quits Chyps over merger plans

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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.

Call for action on pressures faced by young people

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Friday, October 10, 2014

| CYP Now

Young people are facing increasing pressure as a result of bullying, stress at school, anxiety and the impact of online pornography, a major study has found.

Forty youth worker posts to go at Bournemouth Council

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Monday, September 22, 2014

| CYP Now

Up to 40 posts are set to be cut from Bournemouth's youth service department after the council approved plans to overhaul its provision.

Doncaster launches review into child sexual exploitation 'failings'

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Thursday, September 18, 2014

| CYP Now

A review has been launched into the way social services in Doncaster and South Yorkshire police deal with children at risk of child sexual exploitation (CSE), CYP Now can reveal.

County councils call for 'devolution' to boost children's services

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Wednesday, September 17, 2014

| CYP Now

County councils should be given five-year finance settlements and more power over budgets as part of a "devolution" package that would help improve children's services, a local authority group has said.

Youth workers must be more vocal, says ‘undercover' boss

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Thursday, September 4, 2014

| CYP Now

Youth workers need to be more vocal about their impact and the financial challenges they face in order to gain public support, a senior director of YMCA England has said.

Rotherham abuse scandal: one week on

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Wednesday, September 3, 2014

| CYP Now

It is now one week since an independent report by Professor Alexis Jay estimated that approximately 1,400 children were sexually exploited in Rotherham between 1997 and 2013. CYP Now looks at what has happened since publication last Tuesday.

Campaigners seek statutory status for youth services

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Friday, August 29, 2014

| CYP Now

A group of youth workers who recently lost their jobs due to council cuts have started a campaign to put youth service funding on a more sustainable footing.

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Airport windfall set to save Manchester youth services

Councils slash youth and children's centre spend by £200m

YMCA detached youth work project bridges gap left by youth cuts

Rob Wilson's commitment to young people questioned

Youth minister Rob Wilson rejects statutory services motion

OnSide reveals plans for Chorley youth zone

Hampshire plans to halve youth service spend

Youth club user campaigns against Oldham cuts

Parliamentary motion calls for statutory youth services

Devolve youth service decisions to young people, says Nandy

Ambition boss: Chyps merger 'will improve youth service quality'

Lisa Nandy questions return of youth policy to DfE

Youth service boss quits Chyps over merger plans

Call for action on pressures faced by young people

Forty youth worker posts to go at Bournemouth Council

Doncaster launches review into child sexual exploitation 'failings'

County councils call for 'devolution' to boost children's services

Youth workers must be more vocal, says ‘undercover' boss

Rotherham abuse scandal: one week on

Campaigners seek statutory status for youth services

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