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Social action: Step Up To Serve fails to reach most disadvantaged young people
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Analysis
- Tuesday, November 24, 2020 | CYP Now
As the government’s flagship youth social action initiative Step Up To Serve prepares to close, figures show participation among disadvantaged young people has fallen, prompting questions over its effectiveness.
Queen's Speech: £1.2bn set aside for NCS expansion
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News
- Wednesday, May 18, 2016 | CYP Now
The government has set aside a total of £1.2bn to expand its flagship National Citizen Service (NCS) programme, it has emerged.
Youth groups honoured with Queen's voluntary service award
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News
- Thursday, June 2, 2016 | CYP Now
Youth groups across the country are among nearly 200 recipients of the Queen's highest award for voluntary service.
Charity targets construction of 100 youth zones
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News
- Thursday, July 7, 2016 | CYP Now
A charity that aims to provide young people with "21st century youth clubs" wants to establish 100 within the next generation.
Council rejects community attempts to reopen youth centre
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News
- Friday, September 6, 2013 | CYP Now
Worcestershire County Council has come in for criticism after rejecting bids that would have seen a former youth centre reopened.
Government injects £6m to support youth volunteering
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News
- Monday, October 28, 2013 | CYP Now
The Cabinet Office has launched a £6m fund in a bid to encourage more young people to take part in volunteering and social action.
Forms of business support for youth sector identified
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News
- Friday, May 4, 2012 | CYP Now
A range of different types of support that businesses can provide youth organisations have been identified as part of a project to strengthen links between commerce and the youth sector.
Mentoring scheme found to improve school behaviour
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News
- Tuesday, May 22, 2012 | CYP Now
A youth mentoring scheme in London schools is making a significant difference to the academic achievement of pupils, an independent evaluation has found.
National agency needed to co-ordinate youth media work
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News
- Thursday, May 24, 2012 | CYP Now
The creation of a national agency for youth media work would drive up standards, and co-ordinate local and regional provision, a report by The Media Trust has found.
Legal challenge over youth cuts gets underway
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News
- Wednesday, June 13, 2012 | CYP Now
A judicial review into youth services in North Somerset has launched to decide whether cuts were made lawfully.
UK Youth seals partnership with Microsoft
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News
- Monday, July 9, 2012 | CYP Now
The multinational corporation Microsoft is to adopt 30 youth clubs across the UK, providing each with a mentor and a technology makeover, it has been announced.
Services for young people 'more important than ever' after riots
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News
- Thursday, August 11, 2011 | CYP Now
Leading youth figures in London and Liverpool have spoken of the immediate need to preserve services for young people, as communities begin to rebuild themselves in the aftermath of riots across England.
Requirement to do voluntary work is an 'oxymoronic' policy
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Other
- Tuesday, March 17, 2015 | CYP Now
It is quite incredible that governments persist in their punitive "workfare" policies towards unemployed young people.
National youth scrutiny group to advise ministers as Positive for Youth policy is unveiled
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News
- Monday, December 19, 2011 | CYP Now
A national scrutiny group of young people will advise ministers on how government policies affect them and their families, as part of the government's youth policy.
Sport England launches £3m youth volunteering fund
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News
- Monday, December 5, 2016 | CYP Now
Sport England has launched a £3m package of funding to create more volunteering opportunities for young people.
Young people embrace online campaigning
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News
- 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.
Ministers will not interfere with NCS Trust, says body's chair
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News
- Monday, September 16, 2013 | CYP Now
The independent body set up to run the government's flagship youth volunteering scheme the National Citizen Service (NCS) will operate free from political interference, its chair has said.
Think-tank wins EU backing for youth participation project
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News
- Monday, July 28, 2014 | CYP Now
A London-based think-tank has been awarded €50,000 to encourage youth participation among disadvantaged young people.
Ministers urged to back full-time youth volunteering programme
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News
- Thursday, November 16, 2017 | CYP Now
Creating a national full-time youth volunteering programme similar to ones in the USA and France could boost the UK economy by up to £119m a year, a report commissioned by youth charity City Year UK has estimated.
Daily roundup: Disability payments, Youth Work Week and SEN support in Bromley
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Other
- Tuesday, October 16, 2012 | CYP Now
Fears that the new disability payment system could hamper independent living for young people, MPs urged to spend time with local youth workers, and Bromley berated over delays in SEN support, all in the news today.
Daily roundup: Care leavers' charter, missing children in Kent, and homeless families in B&B accommodation
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Other
- Tuesday, October 30, 2012 | CYP Now
Children's minister Edward Timpson launches a Charter for Care Leavers, concerns over missing children in Kent, and the number of homeless families in temporary accommodation in Westminster rises again, all in the news today.
Hurd hails young generation at CYP Now Awards but says some youth services are 'ok to lose'
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News
- Thursday, November 28, 2013 | CYP Now
Civil society minister Nick Hurd has said some local authority youth services closed in recent years because they were not good enough.
Rally to protest at 'targeted vandalism of youth services'
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News
- Friday, July 22, 2011 | CYP Now
Hundreds of young people are expected to turn out for a demonstration against cuts to youth services at an event being held in London tomorrow (23 July).
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