Look our for the upcoming Strategy release and opportunities to discuss and explore in more detail over the next few months.  Starting 13th January - ...

The £725 million package of reforms to the apprenticeship system will help to tackle youth unemployment and drive economic growth, with thousands mor ...

Almost one million young people will benefit from learning or employment opportunities as a result of a major £820 million funding package. Read more ...

Whether it's paying for a decent place to live, struggling with student debt, or finding a suitable job, one leader in the youth sector warns the gov ...

Young people will be stripped of their right to claim benefits if they refuse a taxpayer-funded job after 18 months without a job, the work and pensi ...

People aged 18 to 25 could face tighter evaluation process amid calls to raise minimum age Read more here ...

Trans girls will no longer be able to join Girlguiding, the organisation has announced, saying it has made the decision after seeking legal advice as ...

The government’s Child Poverty Strategy sets out the steps we are taking to reduce child poverty in the short term, as well as putting in place the b ...

Woodcraft Folk stands in solidarity with every trans child, young person and volunteer who faces exclusion from Girlguiding UK following the announce ...

The European Parliament suggests banning children under 16 from social media unless parents allow it. MEPs passed the age restriction resolution, rai ...

On Wednesday, Chancellor Rachel Reeves unveiled the Autumn Budget, setting out major changes to welfare, wages, and education. Several measures are e ...

As National Care Leavers Month comes to an end, we finish with an event Addressing the Criminalisation of Care Leavers at the Old Bailey which was ho ...

Welcome  to the third in a series of bulletins where we will be updating you on news from the national youth voice project Authoring Our Own Stories. ...

Co-op’s Levy Share has already unlocked £40m for training; new £70m commitment comes as apprenticeship starts have fallen 31% since 2017 and apprenti ...

TTTHT Autism Act 2009 is a law for and about autistic people in England. The Act says the Government must produce an autism strategy, backed up by st ...

The brain goes through five distinct phases in life, with key turning points at ages nine, 32, 66 and 83, scientists have revealed. Around 4,000 peop ...

Centre for Youth Voice November Newsletter Read more here ...

The Pan London Children in Care Council is funded by the Association of London Directors of Children’s Services in partnership with the City of Londo ...

Centrepoint has unveiled a powerful new installation in London, filled with personal objects that helped young people survive their darkest moments. ...

The Government will review care for vulnerable children to prevent them from ending up in prison. They will explore how local authorities, schools, a ...

A new government-backed research initiative aims to transform how schools identify and support children with special educational needs and disabiliti ...

A Bill to make provision about the safeguarding and welfare of children; about support for children in care or leaving care; about regulation of care ...

More than 300 charities and voluntary organisations have signed a letter to the home secretary, saying they will refuse to comply with her “immoral a ...

Despite increased global attention, there is no dedicated UN resolution addressing the mental health of children and youth as a distinct priority. Th ...

The National Youth Agency invites youth workers across England to join the 2025/26 Workforce Survey. This survey is vital for shaping the future of y ...

The government plans AI to set minimum attendance targets for schools to meet this year in the latest bid to crackdown on absence. The targets will n ...

Sir Keir Starmer has strongly hinted the two-child benefit cap will be scrapped at the budget after the Chancellor did the same. On Monday, Chancello ...

Former Labour health secretary Alan Milburn will review how mental health and disability affect youth unemployment. Nearly a million people aged 16 t ...

Coram Voice Managing Director Brigid Robinson appeared alongside children in care, care leavers and campaigners on a special feature on Sky News this ...

Children across England are set to gain millions more days of learning as the government launches an urgent drive to restore school attendance to pre ...

Government to set out plans to bring the curriculum into the modern day and help young people step into the future Children and young people will lea ...

by Louisa Foyle There’s a moment in every care experienced person’s life when you stop surviving as someone’s story and start rising as your own. For ...

Warning - this story contains distressing content and discussion of suicide Megan Garcia had no idea her teenage son Sewell, a "bright and beautiful ...

Youth Work Week is an annual event celebrating youth work. It showcases the impact it can have on children and how it can help inspire them to achiev ...

An independent review into the rising number of young people not working or studying is being launched by the government. Former Labour Health Secret ...

The audit threshold for charities in England and Wales is rising from £1m to £1.5m, following government consultation. The change is expected to save ...

The world’s first museum of youth culture is set to open in London, the only exhibition space to be dedicated solely to the lives of young people. In ...

In response to Professor Becky Francis's Curriculum and Assessment Review, The government has announced measures to ensure all young people master re ...

The Hacking Games is a UK-based social impact business working in partnership with Co-op to help prevent cybercrime at its source. They identify unco ...

Mr Farage gave a wide-ranging news conference setting out Reform UK's economic plans, and defending claims of U-turning on 2024 election manifesto pl ...

Beyond the lazy stereotypes that young people are work-shy and entitled, what can the therapy profession and employers learn from the Youth Voice Cen ...

Suicide rates among children and young people in England have risen by 50% in the last decade. The Office for National Statistics analysed data on ne ...

Between August 2024 and July 2025, Centrepoint's helpline recorded 449 cases of 'gatekeeping', where local authorities failed to perform homelessness ...

Support for children with special educational needs in England is fundamentally flawed, a major new report says. The Institute for Public Policy Rese ...

Labour has been urged to break a manifesto pledge to scrap youth rates of the minimum wage amid a dramatic rise in the number of young people out of ...

But the spike in Neets is more complex than simply personal choice. The perfect storm of the pandemic, worsening mental health and the demise of yout ...

Young first-time buyers in the UK are being forced into areas that are starved of nature, research has found.  Experts say young people are moving in ...

Almost 100 young peer mediators from across South Wales came together in Cardiff Bay on 15 October to celebrate their shared commitment to resolving ...

A teen live-streamed his suicide on Instagram while users watched and sent messages encouraging him to go through with the act. The case thrust inves ...

Our findings from three roundtables on the impact of transport in people’s lives and the priorities for change. England’s first integrated national t ...

New vocational courses called V-levels will be rolled out for 16-year-olds under government plans to simplify a "confusing landscape" of qualificatio ...

Undergraduate university tuition fees in England will rise in line with inflation from next year, the education secretary announces.  Bridget Phillip ...

The number of children with special educational needs (Send) who have been home-schooled has more than doubled since the pandemic, ITV News can revea ...

A record £10.5 billion investment in flood defences will defend nearly 900,000 properties in England, with new rules to get defences built more quick ...

These vital spaces have been the first targets of cuts in a nation that favours age over youth – despite being the remedy for blights such as social ...

Expert Report for the UK Covid-19 Public Inquiry by Dr Terry Segal and Professor Elizabeth Whittaker, titled Module 8 – Children and Young People Lon ...

A record of Every Story Matters, detailing Children and Young People's experiences during the pandemic, The pandemic touched the lives of so many chi ...

The government will consult on whether children aged between 13 and 16-years-old should be included in the digital ID roll-out. Nearly three million ...

Civil Service Chief Operating Officer and Race Champion Cat Little reflects on this year's powerful theme and what it means for our organisation and ...

Keir Starmer has said Labour will scrap the current university target and replace it with a new one for two-thirds of young people to go to universit ...

Rachel Reeves has announced a plan to offer guaranteed paid work placements to young people out of work or education for 18 months. This builds on la ...

Information about the Local Youth Transformation Pilot (LYTP) including its aims, delivery model and participating local authorities. Read more here ...

The government plans to introduce a mandatory reading test for year 8 pupils amid concerns that poorer children are disengaging early in secondary sc ...

NHS England has ordered its 42 Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) to halve running costs, aiming to save money as part of a national financial “reset”. Up ...

Vulnerable young people are increasingly reliant on youth services that are themselves at risk of closure, the latest annual National Youth Sector Ce ...

Digital ID will be mandatory for work in the UK to tackle illegal migration. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said it would make working illegally har ...

Thousands more young people are to receive life-changing support into work or training – with football clubs across the country signing up to help th ...

MPs on the Education Select Committee say individual Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs) must remain, warning they are a vital legal safeguard f ...

Campaigners have published a roadmap to help nearly one million young people move from unemployment to work or training. This strategy comes after a ...

Former social worker Janet Daby has been replaced by ex-Frontline chief executive Josh MacAlister as children’s minister in the government reshuffle. ...

The campaign launched with The London Standard's print edition and podcast highlights Gina's inspiring story. Once serving in HMP Holloway, she turne ...

The TUC said the number of 16- to 24-year-olds who were not in education, employment or training (NEET) had risen sharply since the pandemic, to almo ...

Ten leading children's charities and organizations, including the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) and the NSPCC, have written a letter to the Home Se ...

OpenAI will introduce new protections for children using ChatGPT next month, including alerts for parents if their teenagers show acute distress. Thi ...

A major new study has found that over 10% of vapes seized from schools contain the synthetic drug spice. Nearly 2,000 vape liquids confiscated from 1 ...

Hundreds of thousands of children across England are set to benefit from calmer classrooms, improved attendance, and stronger government support as t ...

Some Black parents have said they are home schooling their children because of racist behaviour and bullying in school A RECORD number of children ar ...

New analysis shows almost 5.5 million children in England, over half, live in homes at risk of overheating. Over a million are in London, mostly in s ...

With the Supported Housing Act due to be implemented, the LGA warns that councils already face significant financial pressures in running licensing s ...

Vijay Rangarajan, the chief executive of the Electoral Commission, said democratic education would be rolled out at first to those aged over 14 in pr ...

£600 million is being invested to extend the Holiday Activities and Food programme for another three years. This supports children from lower-income ...

The news that all young people are to be removed from the UK’s first secure school less than a year after it opened due to inadequate security measur ...

Gender and deprivation continue to strongly influence GCSE outcomes, according to Sky News analysis released as over one million students received th ...

From 24 July to 8 August 2025, spanning the introduction of the Online Safety Act’s age-verification rules, daily visits to Pornhub fell by 47%, from ...

The 18-month Collage project will examine barriers and resources for 13–25-year-olds seeking mental health support. Co-produced with young people “as ...

Vulnerable children in England will be better protected from harm as the government accelerates its children’s social care reforms, investing an addi ...

Land in south London owned by Prince William will be turned into new homes for young people who have experienced homelessness. The Duchy of Cornwall ...

Keir Starmer has announced a major expansion of youth services and real-world opportunities for young people across the UK, encouraging greater parti ...

with the aim of re-connecting young people with their communities and the world around them. The package of announcements, the latest step towards th ...

the updated Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025 July 2025 (for information) version was released 7th July, pending publication of the final versi ...

Vulnerable young people who are at risk of being drawn into gangs, violence or knife crime will be given the help they need when the first Young Futur ...

Modernisation of UK democracy will see 16 and 17 year olds able to vote in next general election Voter ID to be extended to include bank cards to help ...

John Lyon’s Charity (JLC), which operates across nine London boroughs, says changes introduced under the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act (2024) desi ...

MPs have warned of a “long road ahead” to improve the children’s social care sector amid rising need and a “severe” shortage of appropriate placements ...

Time to accelerate the local transformation we have pioneered in ICSs: A statement from England’s 42 ICS-VCSE Alliances on the 10-Year Health Plan. 1. ...

This year marks a remarkable milestone for Woodcraft Folk: a 100 years of empowering young people through co-operative education rooted in equality, p ...

The Alliance for Children in Care and Care Leavers has written to Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall, urging an exemption for care leavers from a ...

More than 400 young people each day approached their council for special needs support last year, as new figures show record-breaking demand for those ...

Children in England face some of the poorest health outcomes in Europe, with widening inequalities and growing concern about the long-term impact. Thi ...

In the last 30 years, the chances of young adults - aged between 20 and 39 - in the US developing colorectal cancer (cancer of the intestines, colon a ...

For generations, young adulthood has been defined by moving out of the family home. It's the first big step on our path towards an independent life. I ...

A new community and sports hub in one of England's most health-deprived areas is having a "dramatic effect" on the lives of young people, according to ...

What do people who got – and one who didn’t get – internet-connected phones in their adolescence actually think about the impact they had on them? Deb ...

UK Youth is delighted to announce the appointment of Rosie Ferguson OBE as its new Chief Executive Officer, from 26 August 2025. Rosie brings over 15 ...

Young campaigners from Bite Back have accused the advertising industry of “outright censorship” after JCDecaux and Global blocked their award-winning ...

Two Metropolitan Police officers have been dismissed for gross misconduct after strip-searching a 15-year-old Black schoolgirl, known as Child Q, at h ...

A new education system for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) has been praised as a step forward to meet growing demand, ...

Government moves to create a statutory definition of child criminal exploitation (CCE) have been welcomed by charity The Children’s Society. ...

Currently, many leavers aged under 25 must prove a local link to get housing, leaving them vulnerable to homelessness. Plans to change the rules, whic ...

Read our response in full here: https://www.ukyouth.org/2025/06/uk-youth-response-to-the-2025-spending-review/ and engage on our social channels here: ...

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has published its Dormant Assets Scheme Strategy and announced £440 million that would otherwise be sittin ...

Any child in England whose parents receive Universal Credit will be able to claim free school meals from September 2026, the government has said. Pare ...

A scheme aiming to steer children arrested for violence away from crime has claimed remarkable success, with up to nine out of ten diverted from furth ...

Sector leaders make the case for reclassifying SEND colleges, student maintenance support and avoiding dangerous devolution Read more here ...

Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) have today published the outcome of a review of the way local area services for children and young peopl ...

First ever Dormant Assets Scheme Strategy unlocks £440 million funding for people and communities who need it most - redirecting money from long-unus ...

The National Youth Agency (NYA) welcomes the Government’s announcement of £132.5m in Dormant Assets funding allocated to provision of services, facil ...

The Labour government is spending less on youth work in England than the Conservatives did after a decade of cuts, despite the prime minister’s commi ...

The government is "refocusing funding away" from advanced master’s level apprenticeships towards lower-level opportunities for young people. It belie ...

Thousands of young people across England will receive targeted support into work, under a new £45 million scheme launched by the Work and Pensions Se ...

'I've applied for hundreds of jobs': One in eight youths not in work or education Read more here ...

Many graduates are struggling to find work due to a lack of entry-level roles.  For generations, young people have been told the path to opportunity ...

New Policy Updates for 2025/26 The Department for Education has recently announced changes that simplify and clarify apprenticeship delivery: Flexibl ...

Over £28 million to increase access to more and better enriching activities, to ensure that young people can continue to access opportunities, no mat ...

DfE have published areas of research priority for April 2025 interesting indications around influencing routes for government missions. Best Start in ...

Turnaround is a youth early intervention programme led by the Ministry of Justice. It is a c.£71 million programme providing multi-year funding to Yo ...

Fantastic news for young people coming out of today’s EU-UK Summit 2025 as a commitment in principle is agreed for the UK to re-join the Erasmus+ pro ...

Become have launched their new 5-year strategy, it was shaped by care-experienced young people. Through focus groups and surveys, they helped to set ...

A collective of more than 150 organisations supporting young people experiencing homelessness staged a protest outside parliament this week calling o ...

The Department for Education has announced a funding boost of up to £49 million to provide 900,000 more pupils with mental health support in school t ...

Parliament debated Youth Work, Backbench Business - What's on - UK Parliament, highlighting the benefits of youth work On the Purpose and Power of Yo ...

Naomi Thompson, Christine Smith, Simon Williams, Tina Salter, Lara Paquete Pereira, Jess Achilleos and David Woodger are a group of youth and communi ...

The youngest local authority member on the Isle of Man has said she would like to "be a voice" for her age group.   Gabriella Corkish, 19, was electe ...

Twice as many girls in secondary school said they had problems relating to social media use compared with boys, a survey has found.   One in five gir ...

Their preventative approach focuses on early identification of risk, and information sharing with agencies such as schools, colleges, Careers Wales a ...

Former Conservative minister Dame Andrea Leadsom was accused of giving evasive answers during questioning by an influential group of MPs over her rol ...

The right-wing party's chair says young people are being taught to "hate their country" and has vowed to end "all this woke nonsense" if Reform gain ...

Some 74 per cent of young people said they didn't know financial literacy was part of the curriculum, according to the study of 1,000 people aged bet ...

Ann Young wasn’t sure whether she would ever be a mother. She was 32 years old, married and completing a fellowship in paediatric emergency medicine ...

Britain’s trains could soon have 18-year-olds in the cab, with the government likely to cut the minimum age to plug a shortage of drivers. Currently ...

The EU is prepared to make major concessions in negotiations to allow British and European 18-to 30-year-olds to travel and work freely, potentially ...

Researchers find 89% of people around the world want more to be done, but mistakenly assume their peers do not Activate climate’s ‘silent majority’ t ...

Parents and schools have been alerted to the dangers of vapes containing illicit drugs after a child became ill. Schools across West Yorkshire have r ...

The new anti-terror legislation, known as Martyn’s Law, has now passed through Royal Assent. It’s designed to help keep the public safer at venues an ...

A group of 325 care-experienced young people are calling on Children’s Minister Janet Daby to prioritise improvements to mental health support—highli ...

New figures from the Department for Education (DfE) show school suspensions rose by 12% in the spring term of 2023/24, with 295,559 recorded, up from ...

Over 40 organisations have criticised the government's decision to extend the use of PAVA spray—typically used in adult prisons—into young offender i ...

It’s been revealed that around 1,700 children are referred to children’s social care services every day in England, underlining the need for an adequ ...

Sadiq Khan has urged the government to agree a youth mobility scheme with the European Union, saying it could save Britain from the “economic storm” ...

Esther Ghey has voiced frustration at the government's "weak" approach to online safety, warning that "young people are losing their lives." Her daug ...

The government will fund any further local inquiries into the grooming gangs scandal that are deemed necessary, Sir Keir Starmer has said. It follows ...

Record numbers of Britons are going to the gym, In all, 11.5 million people aged 16 and over– a new high – now belong to a gym in the UK, a rise of 1 ...

Councils are putting homeless children at serious health and safeguarding risk by housing them in unsuitable temporary accommodation, an inquiry by M ...

The government needs to do more to protect young people from violent and harmful content online, a report by teenagers suggests. The Youth Select Com ...

The National Children’s Bureau (NCB) has warned that the government’s ambition to improve the lives of disadvantaged children risks being derailed by ...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has set out her plans for the UK economy during her Spring Statement in the House of Commons. It came as the Office for Budg ...

Offenders in online communities collaborate and compete to cause harm online and offline through cyber-attacks such as launching malware, ransomware ...

A record 4.5 million children are living in poverty in the UK, according to official statistics. The data, released on Thursday, shows that a further ...

NPC have announced a new £145,000 project to identify where charities and funders can focus their work to reverse the alarming rise in children and y ...

The government has immediately implemented the first recommendation of Susannah Hancock’s independent review into girls in the Children and Young Peo ...

The government is promising young people greater access to high-quality arts education, wider creative and sporting activities as well as opportuniti ...

The government has announced plans for major changes to the benefits system aimed at cutting the growing amount the UK spends on welfare. Key changes ...

The government balked at protecting children from the perils of social media. TV has made the issues plain; now politics must do its job Prime Minist ...

The UK government's new digital inclusion plan aims to tackle growing exclusion risks as AI adoption rises. It emphasises collaboration, funding loca ...

Tesco is to begin a trial giving expiring food to customers for free at the end of the day as it tries to cut food waste. The supermarket will give a ...

Teenagers with incurable conditions are among hundreds a week being stripped of disability benefits after their 16th birthdays. Nearly a third of tho ...

The government has amended its Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill to expand corporate parenting responsibilities of councils across the public sec ...

Medics at the country's first NHS vaping clinic for children say some are so addicted to their vape that they are taking them to bed. The clinic open ...

Over 60% of young people believe social media does more harm than good, with three-quarters of 16-to-24-year-olds calling for stricter rules to prote ...

The free school meal (FSM) system in England is blighted by flaws in its design that mean children in poverty are missing out, a think-tank has warne ...

Young voices to be at the heart of policymaking as government breaks down barriers to opportunity through Plan for Change Read more here ...

In response to a written question, Minister Steph Peacock tells House of Commons that Youth work is estimated to have an indirect economic value of £ ...

New data shows 18 to 39 year olds account for almost 3 quarters of rental fraud reports as phase 2 of nationwide ‘Stop! Think Fraud’ campaign launche ...

More young people than ever are refusing to answer phone calls, with 23% ignoring them entirely. Many say calls feel intrusive, stressful, and unnece ...

On a side street, in a cafe above an office, more than 70 young people are playing chess, to a thumping DJ soundtrack. Read more here ...

An employment programme, inspired by initiatives in the US to offer paid work placements to young people at risk of violence, is to expand across Eng ...

Campaigners are urging the government to take urgent action to tackle the "stark" overrepresentation of young people from black and ethnic minority b ...

Over half of councils that support children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) have warned they will become insolvent when a temp ...

In a decisive move to protect young people from the scourge of knife crime, the UK government has announced stringent new regulations for online reta ...

Select committee hearings typically involve experts answering questions from MPs. Last week there was a strikingly different session, as four care-ex ...

Since the start of 2020 almost 800 children aged between 13 and 16 have been given an IN10 endorsement – the code used by the police for “using a veh ...

The government is backing a new study to track the long-term effects of vaping on young people – and launching an anti-vaping campaign aimed at teena ...

Lib Peck, the former Lambeth Council leader who has headed up the mayor’s VRU since 2019, said the lack of “belonging and identity” that comes with b ...

Across the UK, 118,000 young people aged 16-24 faced homelessness in the year to March 2024—a 10% rise—based on FOI data from English councils, the N ...

Leading children’s charity, The Children’s Society and major high street restaurant chain, Chicken Cottage, are partnering to tackle exploitation and ...

YMCA George Williams College trustees said the decision to close the organisation, which opened in 1970, followed an "extended period of careful cons ...

Young people and councillors in Croydon are raising concerns over the council’s decision to restructure its Youth Engagement Team (YET), fearing it c ...

The Conservative government put out formal guidance on how to ban mobile phones in schools almost exactly a year ago. But 12 months later, a new stud ...

n ambulance service has launched a campaign to reduce the number of people dying as a result of knife crime. Read more here ...

Youth Worker Nathan Dennis gives his reaction to the reports about knife crime in the news. He runs workshops on tackling the issue with faith leader ...

Around 20% of eight to 16 year olds in the UK had a probable mental health disorder in 2023, according to NHS statistics. This is up from 12.5% in 20 ...

An impression - or possibly a fear - that 20-somethings are still hanging about in the family home is based on fact, an influential think-tank has co ...

A quarter of young people leave secondary school without basic personal finance knowledge, reporting that they did not receive any financial educatio ...

Loneliness was one of the main reasons that young people contacted Childline last year, according to‘heart-breaking’ data. The NSPCC, which runs the ...

Jane Graham has been a school nurse for nearly 20 years – and during this time the nature of her work has completely changed. "When I started, the ma ...

Special educational needs and disabilities (Send) is the "biggest issue" affecting schools in England, Ofsted's chief inspector has said. Sir Martyn ...

A Cambridge professor says the interests and voices of children and young people should be respected after they were "dropped down the agenda" during ...

In a letter this week addressed to sector partners, Starmer said that he was “proud of the way we have worked in partnership with civil society over ...

The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill was debated in Parliament on Wednesday. The bill includes measures to reform children’s social care and hel ...

New priorities for Ofcom and launch of study into effects of social media on children Technology Secretary Peter Kyle has set out his priorities for ...

Meeting a manifesto pledge to crack down on anti-social behaviour, the new Respect Orders will give the police and local councils powers to ban persi ...

The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) is launching its new annual notification service for volunteer subscribers to the Update Service, allowing s ...

Fresh research from Unmind, a leading workplace mental health solutions provider, reveals that 30% of British Generation Z workers—equating to roughl ...

ECPAT UK and the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner have published a new report providing an overview of child trafficking in the UK between 2022 ...

The Observer has found large brands, including Urban Outfitters, Lush, Gymshark and Uniqlo, are recruiting “freelance” shop assistants through gig ap ...

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has told the BBC that the introduction of a "landmark" children's bill "will seek to keep children safe". The ...

The UK government is unveiling plans for a significant redesign of local government, which could see the abolition of district councils and the intro ...

The introduction of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill in Parliament, is a pivotal step in safeguarding children at risk of abuse and ensuring ...

Addressing members of the parliamentary committee yesterday, Nandy said she had asked the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) to work up a ...

The CEO of EveryYouth, a network of 12 youth homelessness charities, has written to Angela Rayner to warn they will lose £1.73million due to employer ...

Campaigners and MPs advocating for care-experienced young people have formed a new cross-party group in Parliament. The group is urging the governmen ...

It’s a surprising sight for anyone passing by an empty Arsenal football ground, on a blustery Sunday afternoon - a group of around a dozen men on bik ...

The ban on giving puberty blockers to under-18s questioning their gender identify is to be made permanent, Health Secretary Wes Streeting has announc ...

with many relying on medical advice from social media sites such as TikTok... Read more here ...

"You can't afford to have showers every single day. You can't afford to keep clean - and then people make fun of you for not being clean enough." Tho ...

youth work discussed in at the DCMS select committee, along with access to the arts, sport, at 14.00 the national youth strategy is discussed Read mo ...

Marks and Spencer has pledged to train and support nearly 2,000 hard to reach young people through its Marks & Start programme over the next thre ...

Five young people seeking support for their emotional health and wellbeing are being referred to The Youth Commission for Guernsey and Alderney every ...

TikTok plans to ban the use beauty filters by under 18s.They said it is to combat the normalisation of altered images which distort people’s views of ...

Three-quarters of 11 to 21-year-olds believe Christmas will be stressful for their families due to financial worries, according to a survey by Action ...

Minister for Homelessness, Rushanara Ali MP, was joined by more than 45 MPs at a parliamentary event calling for decisive action to end youth homeles ...

Two-thirds of councils have not increased spending on youth services in the past five years, according to a new survey by the Local Government Associ ...

Thousands of pupils are to benefit from a £740 million cash injection from the Government to pave the way for more pupils with special educational ne ...

For the past 10 years, LandAid has worked with its property industry partners with a sole focus to end youth homelessness in the UK. But we haven’t a ...

Under-25s ‘bombarded’ with media coverage portraying them as victims, lazy, weak and unpatriotic, analysis finds Read more here ...

In response, the NSPCC are launching their annual Christmas campaign to remind young people Childline is available throughout the festive season. The ...

Campaigners welcome IOPC’s recognition of adultification as racial bias but say guidelines to address it do not go far enough Read more here ...

The announcement by Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall also outlines plans for a growth and skills levy, backed by £40 million to expand opportu ...

to raise more money to encourage small donations at restaurant kiosks, allowing customers to support vital youth work. Pennies facilitates small, imp ...

How did one single social media post, taken down within hours for being false, still end up being viewed millions of times and presented as credible ...

NSPCC Learning has published a Why language matters blog on using child-first language when talking about children who have disabilities. The blog ex ...

Charities including The Scout Association, UK Youth and the National Youth Agency have formed a ‘shadow review’ to ensure young people’s opinions can ...

“I felt really scared to be honest,” says James, describing an incident on Snapchat that left him questioning whether it was safe to go to school. Th ...

The government is exploring the option of a subsided jobs programme to help get young people into work, Sky News understands. The idea is being looke ...

Young voices must be part of the government’s considerations in the development of their employment measures. Here’s what they think good work looks ...

More than 3,000 young people across Merseyside will be taking part in a new project this week, aimed at early intervention and education around knife ...

A powerful new campaign has been launched across Scotland to help protect young people from harmful sextortion. The initiative is funded and supporte ...

Youth organisations have acted amid concerns that young people’s views will not be heard during the Department for Education’s review of the school c ...

A charity which helps young people to gain the skills needed to find a job has been given £249,000 to expand its service. The funding for Young Somer ...

Plans for a new National Youth Strategy designed to put the views of young people at the centre of decision-making on policies that affect them has be ...

Today the Secretary of State for DCMS has confirmed several updates relating to the youth sector including launching the first phase of the new Youth ...

The Local Government Association has called for council tax and health costs exemptions for care leavers. They said this is because they are more “mor ...

The government has announced plans to make it illegal to smoke outside schools and in children's playgrounds in England. They also want to ban smoking ...

ICO Our new research has shown that children see sharing their personal information as necessary to keep in touch with their friends and to avoid bein ...

UK Youth are delighted to announce a new partnership with Primark, with the retailer pledging £175,000 to support youth organisations across the count ...

The Government has published a policy paper laying out a framework for the development of a UK-wide child poverty strategy. Key areas of the strategy ...

Malachi Nunes runs Ambitious Lives, a youth mentoring programme supporting ‘at risk’ young people in the city. He fears grassroots organisations will ...

Budget 2024 Chancellor Rachel Reeves has delivered Labour’s first Budget since 2010, after the party’s return to power in July’s general election. She ...

Research by City Hall reveals a 'postcode lottery' in London’s youth services, with Lewisham children receiving nearly half the funding of those in ne ...

A Freedom of Information (FOI) request made by the National Youth Advocacy Service (NYAS) to all local authorities in England revealed that, although ...

The sale of disposable vapes will be banned in England and Wales from June next year, the government has confirmed. Ministers in England said the move ...

The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Lisa Nandy, has announced the Government’s commitment to co-produce a National Youth Strategy .Th ...