Quality youth work is key to preventing crisis for young people – Centrepoint
Many thanks to Centrepoint for this guest piece on youth work and youth homelessness. At Centrepoint, we see young people at the sharp end of a crisis every day. Family breakdown, struggles with mental health, and problems with gangs and youth violence are all factors too commonly wrapped up with youth homelessness. These struggles have … Continued
Commissioning Workshops – Training for Local Authority Commissioning Managers
National Youth Agency has been commissioned by the Local Government Association in partnership with the Centre for Youth Impact to run free training for local authority commissioning managers. These workshops will focus on how to commission with and for young people using a refreshed national outcomes framework to improve local youth services and outcomes for … Continued
A promise from the nation to the next generation: We must do better by young people
A new national survey of Brits shows that 8 in 10 (79%) believe the next generation should be left better off than the last (and just 2% think they should be worse off). Yet the majority (59%) believe the current generation of young people will be worse off for jobs, housing, health and the environment … Continued