A consultation on the national occupational standards (NOS) impacting the youth justice sector is underway. Workers employed ...

I cut my professional youth work teeth in my early 20s at a youth club in Bedford. Our centre was open access, five nights a ...

This week I was thrilled to attend the annual CYP Now Awards dinner. Respect to CYP Now (and their sponsors!) for continuing ...

The government’s flagship youth crime initiative Young Futures needs to target the most at-risk children if it is to succeed, ...

I read a report called Transforming Talent in Local Governmenton the same day that national fertility figures fell to their lowest level on record. Based on responses from 57 local authorities, this ...

I celebrated my 50th anniversary of working in youth justice a month ago. It’s been a real privilege to be engaged in this work for such a long period. While I am not stopping quite yet, this is my ...

The rise in the number of children with mental health conditions has prompted policymakers to develop services to support ...

Tree of Life in Schools is a narrative-based mental health programme delivered to secondary school pupils of African, ...

The Centre for Emotional Health has trained staff at a struggling Oxfordshire school in techniques that help meet students ...

Leaders from two major youth organisations have different interpretations on whether funding for the proposed National Youth ...

The government is to create a £250 million Children’ Prevention Grant to boost local authority investment in early help and ...

The LGA is calling for the tens of millions of pounds previously spent on the National Citizen Service (NCS) to be devolved ...