by Institute for Youth Work | Feb 14, 2019 | YOUTH WORK NEWS
Home Office-backed youth advocates to take on knife crime The new Home Office-backed youth advocates programme is already equipping local role models in London with key skills, according to a statement. Topics including safeguarding, defusing conflict and…...
by Institute for Youth Work | Feb 14, 2019 | YOUTH WORK NEWS
Fire cadets receive £1.1m from London mayor The investment will more than double the number of cadets in London, from 235 to 500 and ensure every borough has a fire cadet unit. In total 15 new London Fire Brigade run units will be created over… February 14,...
by Institute for Youth Work | Feb 12, 2019 | YOUTH WORK NEWS
EU study opportunities for disadvantaged young people at risk, warn Lords A report by the House of Lords European Union select committee is calling on the government for clarification on post-Brexit funding and UK involvement in the EU’s Erasmus+ youth study and...
by Institute for Youth Work | Feb 1, 2019 | YOUTH WORK NEWS
No-deal Brexit threatens EU youth scheme A Department for Education technical notice published this week states that if the UK leaves the European Union (EU) with a deal in place then funding for the current programme, which runs from until 2020,… February 1,...
by Institute for Youth Work | Feb 1, 2019 | YOUTH WORK NEWS
UK silent on UN youth strategy The central message of the United Nations Youth Strategy 2030, launched last September, is that young people are “an essential asset worth investing in”. Young people want and can contribute to their… February 1,...
by Institute for Youth Work | Jan 30, 2019 | YOUTH WORK NEWS
Decade of cuts: the policies that have dismantled youth work The draft report of the all-party parliamentary group (APPG) on youth affairs, published in October 2018, was blunt: “Open-access youth services have all but disappeared in some areas”. Where...
