Young Offenders - trial and error?

Youth workers given resources to promote sector

The National Youth Agency has launched a series of materials to help youth workers promote the positive impact their work has on young people's lives, in preparation for Youth Work Week in November.

CYP Now and NCVYS Survey

CYP Now and NCVYS are calling on voluntary youth organisations to help them establish the size of cuts facing the sector by taking part in a short survey.

Participation Works publish new guide for involving children and young people in formal meetings

Participation Works is pleased to announce the launch of its new guide, ‘Children and young people’s involvement in formal meetings: a practical guide’

Cabinet launches national survey of charities and social enterprises

The second wave of the largest sector survey ever conducted has been launched by the Office for Civil Society today.

CYP Now magazine has reported that prominent figures within the Liberal Democrats fear the coalition government's plans to allocate tens of millions of pounds to the National Citizen Service (NCS) in this autumn's Comprehensive Spending Review could undermine the party's commitment to fairness.
http://www.cypnow.co.uk/news/1023542/Senior-Lib-Dems-oppose-spend-Tory-National-Citizen-Service/

Victorious Girls Brigade win a Wii!

The Girls Brigade are about to get very fit now they have been succesful in winning a Nintendo Wii Sports Package. Janet Turner (of the Girls Brigade, Hyndburn) won the prize as a result of completing Young Lancashire's Big Sector Survey.

Celebrities join trustee awareness campaign

Newsreader Jon Snow and cricketer Andrew Flintoff are among the names lending their support to the first annual Trustees’ Week, designed to increase awareness of the role. Other celebrities on board include journalists Eve Pollard and Martyn Lewis, model Natalia Vodianova and actresses Brooke Kinsella and Jenny Seagrove.

Third Sector Event To Mark The Start Of Big Sector Lancashire

A Lancashire based organisation is hosting a high profile event, aimed at third sector and public sector organisations, to discuss the sectors’ futures under the new Government.

The event is organised by Third Sector Lancashire, a consortium of voluntary organisations dedicated to improving the effectiveness of the voluntary sector by providing information, support, advocacy and an online network to encourage joined up working.

Consultation extended on the new CAMHS Service - Have Your Say!

The draft Lancashire wide CAMHS service specification is now out for consultation. The final version once agreed, will serve the basis of the new service specifications across Lancashire. The transition document into adult mental health services is also available for consultation. The CAMHS PIG (Project Implementation Group) was assigned the task of redesigning the CAMHS specification in response to the Joint Area Review.

Invitation to tender: Lancashire County Council CYP Appropriate Adult Services

Expressions of interest are invited by Lancashire county council from suitably experienced agencies to provide appropriate adults services for children and young people. Contract period 01/10/10 to 30/09/13 (with option to extend for a period not exceeding 2 years).