Youth Work Unit https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html YWU – Trustee, Treasurer Home YWU’s Annual Conference Sadistic online exploitation: five warning signs for parents – and how to keep young people safe New £1m trial launches to help young people find education, work and training BDA new report – Pathway interrupted Report Don’t dismiss ‘Woke 1.0’ – young people’s activism should be encouraged 100,000 young people fear they’ll never work or train DBS Annual Conference 2026. Number of young people with no close friends has soared since 2014 in England Children as young as six going to A&E in mental health crisis Metal For Good One Stop Community Partnership Programme Leathersellers’ Small Grants Programme YSENDA Activity, Policy Development and White Paper Consultation Report Yorkshire SEND Alliance  Authoring Our Own Stories (AOOS) Year 5 report – available now Youth Voice in Yorkshire and The Humber The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health – Mentalising and Emotion Regulation in Children and Families YouGov, Department for Work and Pensions – Survey of Young People Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET): Young People and Work Report Veolia – Sustainability Fund Mayor of London Announces New Funding to Help Londoners Stand Up to Hate And Extremism Following Rise in Antisemitic and Anti-Muslim Hate Building Collaborations between the Y&H Regional Ethnic Majority Youth Group (REMY) and Authoring Our Own Stories Department for Education – Review of Early Deaths of Care Leavers Standing Together In Solidarity space – Friday 4th September at 10-11.30am. More than 23,000 children live in temporary accommodation in rural areas Sunrise Medical Community Fund Let’s Celebrate Towns Competition Opens for UK Entries Morrisons Foundation Connecting Communities Grants for Capital Projects Commonweal Housing Launches Call for New Ideas Sainsbury’s launches major new Modern Work Experience programme to help 10,000 young people into work £25m investment unveiled to tackle isolation among care leavers You’re invited to a Belong Collective event! Fat Beehive Foundation Regional Youth Climate Assembly Authoring Our Own Stories Youth Strategy Manager – YFNE NSPCC – The Government Must Be Tougher on Social Media Platforms to Keep Children Safe House Of Commons Library – Youth Unemployment Statistics Imperial – Introduction of London’s ULEZ Linked to Improved Lung Growth In Children Centre for Young Lives – Meeting the Needs of Young Women and Girls In the Implementation and Delivery of Young Futures Hubs Children’s Commissioner demands reform of Prevent as report reveals children referred and sent back with no support Sported – Postcode Lottery Community Grants Programme OpenAI Makes ChatGPT Less ‘Human’ For Teens in New Safety Update Understanding Vicarious Trauma Session Wednesday 9 December – Reflective Practice Wednesday 25 November – Signs and Symptoms of Mental Health Difficulties Wednesday 28 October – Attachment Wednesday 30 September – Adverse Childhood Experiences The Yorkshire and Humber RYCA Awards 2026