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Pay deal for youth service bosses

21 November 2007, Young People Now

Youth service managers could be in line for a salary hike under a deal offered by employers. Youth and community officers are currently being consulted on whether to accept a final...

Ministers release £75m to fund national volunteering scheme

21 November 2007, Young People Now

A national volunteering programme to get thousands more young people in England giving up their time for good causes will be launched by ministers tomorrow (22 November). The £75m "vinvolved" programme...

NYA warns integrated services could see youth work diminish

21 November 2007, Young People Now

The future of youth work could be under threat if local authorities do not recognise its value, the chief executive of the National Youth Agency (NYA) has warned. Fiona Blacke said...

Better branding will attract young to services, says Mori

21 November 2007, Young People Now

Youth services need to treat young people as consumers, not citizens, and start branding themselves and their facilities to get teenagers interested in what is on offer, a leading pollster...

Vodafone's £5m to tackle exclusion

21 November 2007, Young People Now

A group of charities led by online organisation YouthNet are to spend £5m over the next three years helping young people who face social exclusion. The money has come from Reach,...

Woodcraft Folk wins the right to carry on camping in Sussex

14 November 2007, Young People Now

A two-year battle between residents of Lurgashall, West Sussex, and the Woodcraft Folk has concluded in victory for the youth organisation. The Woodcraft Folk has been prevented from using land in...

Compacts stifle voluntary groups

14 November 2007, Young People Now

Agreements between local authorities and voluntary youth groups are biased in favour of the government and are stifling innovation, voluntary sector workers have claimed. Several delegates at last week's National Council...

Quality check for Leeds youth clubs youth services

14 November 2007, Young People Now

Leeds has become the first council to sign up to use a quality assurance framework developed by the charity 4Children. The youth service will use the Aiming Higher Quality Improvement Framework...

Occupational standards due

14 November 2007, Young People Now

Revised occupational standards for youth workers will remove the distinction between skills that should be held by practitioners at different levels when they are published early next year. The old standards...

Connexions jobs in jeopardy as councils take control, says union

14 November 2007, Young People Now

Hundreds of jobs stand to be lost and budgets slashed as local authorities take control of Connexions, a report by the trade union Unison has warned. The survey, seen exclusively by...