Youth Work Unit https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Historic England Grants Open for Youth-led Local History Projects Home Virtual learning Café event to launch the Youth Sector System Guidance. Disability Pride Celebration for young people Emergencies Partnership – Youth Board Department for Education – Enrichment Strategy Framework for Schools and Colleges The Reading Agency, The Booksellers Association – Mood Boosting Books Young Adults Panel Four in Five Australian Under-16s Still Using Social Media Despite Ban, Study Finds Children as young as four locked away for hours in school ‘seclusion rooms’ Grimsby first in region to launch new DWP Youth Hub White Working Class Young People Deserve Better: Landmark Inquiry Demands Overhaul of Apprenticeships, Careers Advice and Post-16 Pathways Reversing UK employment tax rises ‘would do little to help young people find jobs’ Children’s and Young People’s Mental Health Services: 2024-25 Homes, not harm We Keep Each Other Safe Community Climate Conference 2026 – York and North Yorkshire Culture Change: How to achieve and measure it Yorkshire Building Society: Small Change Big Difference Fund Cardfactory Foundation – The Community Fund York and North Yorkshire launch one-million-pound programme to drive inclusive employment Charity Digital information, top tips and resources Charity Commission: celebrating the impact of small charities Celebrating the power of small charities West Yorkshire launches ‘promise’ of work experience for young people Marine Conservation Society – Free event in Leeds Authoring Our Own Stories (AOOS) now have their own YouTube Channel The Women’s Diversion Fund Grant KYA to launch it’s first grants for members Young NCB – Advisory Group New report warns early intervention could keep thousands more children with their families Government to rebalance skills system and tackle low value degrees app to support funding applications to Erasmus + #DiscoverEU UK Youth Work practitioners can access The European Training Calendar – take a look The Department for Education – Fostering for the Future: Improving the Foster Care System Government Call for Evidence Response NSPCC Learning – Children’s Services Spending Reports White Working-Class Pupils Missing Out on the ‘London Effect’ Youth Groups Make Case for Young People to Shape Social Media Ban Department for Education – Children’s Screen Use Consultation The Hugo Burge Foundation – The Creative Communities Fund HM Revenue & Customs – Voluntary and Community Sector Grant Funding Programme New Podcast from The Youth Work Common Room: “YOUNG PEOPLE AS INDICATOR SPECIES” Government Announces ‘New Deal for Young People’ to Tackle Degree Culture and Boost Apprenticeships shaping the future of citizenship education Adolescence studios handed degree course powers Minimum age of 11 set for UK puberty blocker trial Young people reject Government’s social media ban approach and call for stronger protections for all ages The UK will ban social media for children under 16. It won’t work, here’s why. ‘SENDing Voices’ wins our Time for Action award Home Office – New Plans to Stop Children Taking, Sharing or Viewing Nude Images