CYPL News - April 2012
National Citizen Service recruitment for 2012This summer all 16-year-olds are being offered the opportunity to get involved with the second year of the National Citizens service (NCS). They will gain valuable life experience and new skills, make friends from all walks of life and prepare themselves for their futures – while playing a part in making their communities better. |
Children and Young People's Trust - NewsNew model for integrated working in Lancashire. On 29 March 2012 Lancashire CYP Trust Board and the Lancashire Safeguarding Children Board came together for the first time and agreed a model to significantly enhance and embed integrated working in Lancashire. The model will bring together a number of new and existing developments including Multi Agency Safeguarding Hubs, Working Together with Families, Early Support and the refresh of CAF/Continuum of Need. For the lastest news from Lancashire's Children and Young People's Trust, please visit: CYPT E-Bulletin |
Positive for Youth (PfY) Partnership funding successThe tender submitted to Lancashire County Council's Targeted Youth Support and Youth Work by Greater Together under the project title 'Positive for Youth (PfY)' has been successful in all areas of Lancashire. The consortium has been awarded £215,986.80 for Targeted Youth Support (TYS) and £170,938.38 for Youth Work for the period 2012-13. |
Transforming Local Infrastructure - success for LancashireWe are delighted to announce that the Lancashire bid to the Transforming Local Infrastructure fund has been successful. The bid will bring £600K of government funding into Lancashire. The aim of the programme is to help support organisations (like Young Lancashire) to become more coherent, efficient, and provide a high quality service. |
Youth Action - Business Development ManagerYoung Lancashire member Youth Action is now recruiting for a Business development Manager. Youth Action isan independent community organisation working with young people aged 8 to 24 years old across Blackburn and Darwen and Lancashire, established in 2003, they now have over 5,000 youth members and over 130 volunteers and mentors. The charity supports the belief that with the right leadership and guidance, young people are the solution to many of the region’s problems, not the cause of them. Salary from: £27,000 to £32,000, flexible depending on experience. |
Lancashire Active Participation Forum's AuditLancashire is committed to children and young people being empowered; participating in the services they receive and communities in which they live. This audit forms an important part of the delivery of Lancashire's Active Participation Strategy. It will ensure that there is a strong evidence base to determine how participation work is developed across Lancashire. To complete the survey visit: Participation Audit |
Young Lancashire MembershipAny youth group which would like to become a member of Young Lancashire can now sign up online - visit: Join Today! |
Open Public ServicesThe Cabinet Office has published Open Public Services 2012, a progress report on the implementation of its White Paper (July 2011) on the reform of public services. It includes details on areas including: increasing parental choice in schools; extending personal budgets so people can choose how they spend money on services; and increasing the transparency of public service performance and user satisfaction. |
Slight recovery in voluntary sector employmentEmployment levels in the voluntary sector experienced a slight recovery during the final quarter of 2011 according to latest analysis of the Labour Force Survey. An additional 36,000 employees entered the voluntary sector’s paid workforce between October and December 2011, the latest date for which we have accurate information. This represents an increase of around 5% on the previous quarter and takes the sector’s workforce to a total of 759,000 individuals (2.6% of total UK employment). |
Event for young people with the Dalai LamaNCVYS is supporting Tibet House in helping to get young people to a landmark event with the Dalai Lama. Stand Up and Be the Change: Make this the Century of Dialogue will affirm the Dalai Lama's message that, in order to build a peaceful world, there is an urgent need to foster a culture of non-violence and dialogue. It will take place at Manchester Arena on Saturday 16 June, 1.30pm. The Dalai Lama will give an address and this will be followed by a Q&A session. |
Rethink on Somerset youth services leads to £100,000 boostAn additional £100,000 has been set aside to fund voluntary groups to provide youth services in Somerset following a consultation. A revised plan for Somerset County Council’s youth and community service has been agreed, with a new focus on supporting community groups running their own clubs. Source: www.cypnow.co.uk |
Social network for volunteers launchesA new social network which connects volunteers to each other and local projects has launched. |
Tesco smashes fundraising target for Alzheimer's charitiesAlzheimer's Society and Alzheimer's Scotland are celebrating a windfall of £7.5m from last year's charity of the year partnership with Tesco, which set a new record for funds raised through the supermarket chain's scheme. |
April 2012 - Employment Law ChangesApril 2012 has brought some significant changes to employment regulations, which will have an impact upon how employers treat their staff, with particular reference to new staff.
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International Citizen ServiceDevelopment Secretary Andrew Mitchell has launched the International Citizen Service (ICS) scheme. The government-funded programme will send 7,000 young people from the UK over the next 3 years to work in partnership with young people in developing countries, on projects to fight poverty where help is most needed. The scheme follows a pilot year in which over 1,000 young people participated. ICS is led by VSO, in partnership with Restless Development, International Service, Raleigh International, Tearfund and Progressio. |
Survey of Youth CentresDaniele Morciano, a Ph.D. student at the University of Bari in Italy, at the moment I am a guest of De Montfort University in Leicester, Youth and Community Division, is conducting a survey called "Youth participation and empowerment in youth centres". |
United FuturesA new programme called United Futures has been established in partnership between Business in the Community (BITC), National Children's Bureau (NCB) and UK Youth which is supported by NCVYS. It aims to break down barriers between businesses and the youth sector and develop new initiatives which support young people in local areas. The programme has produced short survey for youth sector organisations to help shape their thoughts. |
CYPNow AwardsThe Children & Young People Now Awards are open for entries. The awards are now in their seventh year, and entries are invited from across the public, voluntary and private sectors. As ever, the work entered must be able to demonstrate its impact. Awards are available across 19 categories. |
Most charities reduced labour costs in 2011, Charity Finance Group survey findsMost charities took steps to reduce their labour costs in 2011, according to a survey of finance professionals by the Charity Finance Group. |
Innovation in GivingThe Cabinet Office and Nesta have announced the second round of the £10 million Innovation in Giving Fund, which aims to find and back innovative ideas for increasing levels of volunteering and charitable giving. The second round will include a search for established charities that want to use their expertise, networks, assets and capabilities to find new ways to engage people in giving. Approximately 10 charities will be selected to receive a share of £1.5 million. |
Rural community enterprisesThe Big Lottery Fund has announced a new round of Village SOS funding totalling £4million to support rural community enterprises across the UK. Grants of between £10,000 and £50,000 will be available for projects in rural villages or small rural towns with fewer than 3,000 people. Voluntary and community groups or organisations are eligible to apply, as are parish, town or community councils, provided local residents have clearly shaped the project. The deadline for applications is 12 September. |
Canoeing for young peopleThe Canoe Foundation makes awards to groups to promote canoeing ventures for young and/or disabled people. They will fund equipment which can be used by a range of individuals, but won't fund revenue costs such as salaries, transport, or pool hire. Most grants are awarded through the Charity's Small Grants Panel which meets four times a year. The maximum grant awarded by them is usually £2,000, although in special cases this can be increased to £2,500. |
Youth outdoor participationThe North Face Explore Fund supports organisations that encourage youth outdoor participation, focusing primarily on creating more connections of children to nature, increasing access to both front and backcountry recreation, as well as providing education for both personal and environmental health. Financial support will be given up to €2,500. The deadline for applications is 2 July 2012. http://explorefund.eu/ |
CES Training bursary schemeRegistered charities that are based outside of London in England, and who fall into one of the categories below are now eligible for a bursary to attend a CES training course at our training venue in London. The bursary can be used to attend either a one-day or a two-day course. |
The Peter Cruddas FoundationThe Peter Cruddas Foundation aims to benefit disadvantaged and disengaged young people in the UK. The Foundation gives priority to programmes designed to help disadvantaged young people to pursue their education (including vocational) and more generally develop their potential whether through sport or recreation, voluntary programmes or otherwise. http://www.thepetercruddasfoundation.org/ |
The Hedley FoundationThe Hedley Foundation is a charitable foundation which supports young people, disabled people and the terminally ill. Currently about 70% of their budget goes to young people. Few grants exceed £5,000 and most go to charities where they can make an impact. They do not support large or national appeals. The Trustees meet six times a year. The closing date for a meeting is three weeks beforehand. The next meeting dates for 2012 are: 18 July; 26 September; 21 November. |
HomelessnessThe second round of the Homelessness Transition Fund is now open. Funding is available for projects that prevent and reduce homelessness and rough sleeping in England. The Main Grants are for frontline services rolling out ‘No Second Night Out' and other initiatives and offer funding of up to £200k over two years. The Small Grants are for organisational development and offer funding of up to £25k over one year. |
Comic ReliefComic Relief awards grants for proects that will benefit refugees, the young, the elderly and the disadvantaged in a wide variety of relevant fields across the UK. Grants on average vary between £25,000 and £40,000 and rarely exceed the upper limit. The 2012 deadlines aree 12pm on 8 June for Sport for Change and 12pm on 29 June for: Young people and mental health; Sexually exploited and trafficked young people; Domestic and sexual abuse; Mental health; Young people and alcohol; Refugee and asylum-seeking women. |
Aspirations and educationThe Joseph Rowntree Foundation has published The role of aspirations, attitudes and behaviour in closing the educational attainment gap. The research, which includes three reports, challenges the view that raising aspirations and changing attitudes to school are a key way to improve attainment of poorer children. The research confirms that most young people (and their parents) attach great importance to education and want to go to University or to attain professional, managerial and skilled jobs. |
Forthcoming Events from Young LancashireFor details about enrolling on future youth work training opportunities and participation in a variety of Youth Support Events in Lancashire, please visit... |
International VolunteersRaleigh International Citizen Services Places is looking for volunteers for its new overseas opportunity. Raleigh International Citizen Service (ICS) is open to UK citizens aged 18 or over. ICS brings young people from different countries together to fight poverty. Volunteers will spend 10 weeks on an overseas community placement in India or Nicaragua and could be out as early as this summer. Raleigh has 36 places available for this summer and is encouraging volunteers to apply as soon as possible. |
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