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Youth work institute to launch in autumn

Friday, April 26, 2013

| CYP Now

The Institute for Youth Work will open to qualified, non-qualified and student youth workers in September, it has been confirmed.

Young people embrace online campaigning

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Monday, April 22, 2013

| CYP Now

Nearly a third of young people believe online campaigning is more effective than street protests, a survey by youth volunteering charity vInspired has found.

Overseas experience strengthens youth work, says volunteering group

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Monday, April 22, 2013

| CYP Now

Youth workers who have volunteered abroad are better able to meet young people's multicultural needs, the head of a global volunteering programme has claimed.

CYP Now investigates the state of youth work provision

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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

| CYP Now

Children & Young People Now is calling on youth project managers to take part in an important study looking at how their work is bearing up in the tough economic climate.

Girl Guides to tackle inequality in social action campaign

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Friday, March 8, 2013

| CYP Now

Girl Guides across the country are set to take action to promote gender equality worldwide as part of a new advocacy and campaigning project.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Youth participation central to plans of new BYC chair

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Friday, September 7, 2012

| CYP Now

The new chair of the British Youth Council (BYC) has pledged to concentrate on ploughing ahead with plans to further involve young people in shaping services.

Charities seek guarantees on compulsory work experience

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Thursday, August 30, 2012

| CYP Now

Young people's charities have called on the government to guarantee that young people will be offered meaningful placements under plans to force 6,000 unemployed young people to carry out three months of unpaid work experience.

Pioneering youth service mutual gets green light

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Monday, July 23, 2012

| CYP Now

A London borough is poised to launch the first employee-led youth services mutual after the concept was rubberstamped by politicians.

Tool to help youth sector prove its worth unveiled

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Tuesday, July 17, 2012

| CYP Now

Moves to boost investment in youth work have taken a step forward with the publication of a guide to help the sector measure outcomes.

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Youth work institute to launch in autumn

Young people embrace online campaigning

Overseas experience strengthens youth work, says volunteering group

CYP Now investigates the state of youth work provision

Girl Guides to tackle inequality in social action campaign

Gove confirms DfE could relinquish responsibility for youth policy

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

Specialist youth work roles under threat, claims NYA

Children's commissioner for Wales attacks youth service cuts

Youth participation central to plans of new BYC chair

Charities seek guarantees on compulsory work experience

Pioneering youth service mutual gets green light

Tool to help youth sector prove its worth unveiled

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