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Who says teens don't do politics?

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, May 5, 2009
    • | CYP Now
"Only" 24 per cent of young people aged 18 to 24 say they are certain to vote at a general election, compared with 57 per cent of those over 25, according to a recent report from the Hansard Society.

Joined-up thinking on mental health

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, October 9, 2007
    • | CYP Now
The physical support needs of teenagers give only half of the picture relating to health and wellbeing needs. The teenage years are a notoriously difficult period, with many people feeling alone and unable to rely on their friends or parents for support. Often, teenagers feel self-doubt as they grow up through this experimental period, throughout which they are in search of identity and independence. But concerns about the emotional wellbeing should not just be limited to teenagers.

Youth work should be in the limelight

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, March 23, 2010
    • | CYP Now
The Benefits of Youth Work initiative, targeted at local decision-makers and purse-string holders to persuade them of youth work's value, is sorely needed.

Why size isn't everything for youth centres

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, April 29, 2008
    • | CYP Now
With all the talk about super youth centres, to be partly financed by dormant savings accounts, it might be time for some reflection on the question of size. Of course, in the past couple of years, there has been considerable celebration of places such as the Bolton Lads' and Girls' Club and an honour for its leader Jeremy Glover.

Free travel opens doors for young people

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, January 15, 2008
    • | CYP Now
As we begin the year, the minds of both policymakers and practitioners will turn to the delivery of new reforms. This is especially the case with the Children's Plan and, for those in the youth sector, the 10-year Aiming High strategy.

Break the shackles of New Labour's policy

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, September 1, 2009
    • | CYP Now
As youth workers struggle with their target-driven agendas, they can take heart from the gathering backlash against the New Labour project for public services - and the high-profile names it is attracting.

Policy into practice Litter and recycling

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, March 31, 2009
    • | CYP Now
THE ISSUE: April is traditionally time for a thorough spring clean. But with mounting landfills it is important to look for environmentally friendly ways of parting with our rubbish.

Make weekends fun for the young

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, July 7, 2009
    • | CYP Now
It's official: young people overwhelmingly believe more activities should be available for them at the weekends - 79 per cent - and 65 per cent say they would attend a Friday or Saturday night youth project regularly. What's more, 69 per cent of youth workers say increasing the number of weekend projects would be possible.

Weekend working comes at a price

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, January 6, 2009
    • | CYP Now
I don't know how true it ever was, but over the years, youth and community work lecturers have often reported to me the first-year students who are keen to do the work but unwilling to work in the evening.

When high finance fails it affects us all

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, January 13, 2009
    • | CYP Now
The few hundred pounds that can be so important to a local youth project might appear to have very little connection with the multi-billion pound dealings about which we have become accustomed to reading over the past few months.

Time for 21st-century youth workers

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, February 3, 2009
    • | CYP Now
What are youth workers for? It might be a difficult question - but it's time we asked it again. And you know me, I'm always happy to bring an elephant into the room.

'Moment of madness' is in danger of recurring

    Opinion
  • Monday, November 14, 2011
    • | CYP Now
Basing policy on evidence seems straightforward. But we continue to see politicians speak out on issues with the scantest of evidence and with particular audiences in mind. The most extreme example of late was the coverage about gangs after the summer unrest.

Sector must influence the coalition

    Opinion
  • Monday, May 17, 2010
    • | CYP Now
They say that a week is a long time in politics. Quite. As predicted in these pages for many months, the new Tory Secretary of State Michael Gove has renamed the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) as the Department for Education.

Young people and religion

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, August 31, 2010
    • | CYP Now
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair has been pontificating recently about the importance of improving dialogue, communication and understanding between people of different faiths.

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