by Institute for Youth Work | Aug 10, 2018 | YOUTH WORK NEWS
Loneliness a big issue among young people, say youth workers Charity UK Youth polled youth workers and found that 82 per cent felt loneliness was a big issue for the teenagers and young adults they worked with. Despite this almost three quarters (73 per cent)…...
by Institute for Youth Work | Aug 10, 2018 | YOUTH WORK NEWS
Civil Society Strategy: Council leaders welcome youth work focus The strategy, published by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) on Thursday, includes a commitment by the government to undertake a review of statutory guidance for councils to...
by Institute for Youth Work | Aug 9, 2018 | YOUTH WORK NEWS
Government to review council youth work statutory duties as part of Civil Society Strategy The strategy, Building a future that works for everyone, published today, states that a review of the guidance for councils to provide “appropriate local youth...
by Institute for Youth Work | Aug 9, 2018 | YOUTH WORK NEWS
Civil Society Strategy: UK Youth’s response UK Youth welcomes the strong commitment from the Civil Society Strategy in valuing the contribution of young people to society. In our Civil Society Strategy submission back in May 2018, we called for young people to be...
by Institute for Youth Work | Aug 9, 2018 | YOUTH WORK NEWS
82% of youth workers believe loneliness is a problem for young people A new report published today suggests that youth loneliness is a ‘common experience’ that could affect all young people Young people seem to face barriers when talking about feeling lonely with 73%...
by Institute for Youth Work | Aug 8, 2018 | YOUTH WORK NEWS
Youth projects share £1.5m to tackle knife crime The latest round of funding from the Home Office’s Anti-Knife Crime Community Fund was originally set at £1m when it launched in May, but has been increased by a further £500,000 due to the number and…...
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