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Can good services remain standing?

    Opinion
  • Monday, June 21, 2010
  • | CYP Now
Like the suffocating drone of vuvuzelas, cuts continue to dominate the atmosphere in the children's services arena and in public services more generally.

Protect the youth opportunity fund

    Opinion
  • Monday, June 14, 2010
  • | CYP Now
As CYP Now predicted last week, the Department for Education has removed the ringfence around the remaining 40.8m of the youth opportunity fund. The ringfence guaranteed that money went to local grant-making youth panels to spend on projects requested by local young people.

Less money, but much more purpose

    Opinion
  • Friday, June 4, 2010
  • | CYP Now
The Association of Directors of Children's Services' (ADCS) policy paper, which outlines some priorities to Education Secretary Michael Gove, is compelling and constructive in how the sector can do more with less while meeting government objectives.

Yell out about youth work's success

    Opinion
  • Friday, May 28, 2010
  • | CYP Now
The New Labour years were hardly characterised by profligacy in spending on young people's services. It was generally only the most deprived areas that received more than 100 a head to spend on providing youth services.

Youth participation is more than a luxury

    Opinion
  • Friday, May 28, 2010
  • | CYP Now
Youth participation has become a core element of the youth sector over the past five years. But, in the five years ahead, there is likely to be a shift from providing positive activities, where it is relatively easy to build youth participation into schemes, to offering employability programmes.

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