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Youth review suggests new-style youth clubs
Submitted by cedric on 18 December 2006 - 1:25pm.Young people want places to go where relevant services can be delivered together straight after school, emerging findings from the Make Space Youth Review reveal.
A spokesperson for the review said that young people were not interested in old-style youth clubs but wanted somewhere they could access all the services they needed in a single location.
With much antisocial behaviour occurring during the early part of the evening between the end of the school day and parents arriving home from work, young people also stressed the need for services to be available from 4pm, rather than just later in the evenings.
Services and rights for young people
Submitted by cedric on 14 December 2006 - 12:10pm. rights of ypA survey of voluntary and community sector providers of services for children and young people (C&YP) has been launched by umbrella bodies NAVCA, NCVCCO and NCVYS. As well as wanting to get an overall picture of what’s happening to such services in the regions and at local authority level, they are also interested in the local experiences of smaller delivery organisations in communities.
Deadline 14th December. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=291892651557.
Youth Clubs Hants & IoW Training Programme
Submitted by cedric on 13 December 2006 - 1:05pm. trainingThere's a whole range of good and affordable training available from Youth Clubs Hants and IoW.
Criminal Records Bureau and trustees
Submitted by cedric on 12 December 2006 - 3:04pm.
The Charity Commission is to launch a public consultation in the New Year on the requirement for registered child care charities to obtain CRB checks for their trustees.
Hampshire Teenage Pregnancy Partnership December Newsletter
Submitted by cedric on 12 December 2006 - 2:56pm.The latest issue of Newsbites is attached to this post.
Inadequate volunteer insurance creates problems
Submitted by cedric on 11 December 2006 - 10:41pm. volunteeringInadequate volunteer insurance creates problems - Volunteering England's risk blog reports on a case where a volunteer car driver had to pay his own costs to defend an action against him from a charity client. [Voluntary Sector news]
Training opportunities
Submitted by cedric on 11 December 2006 - 1:18pm. trainingInformation about some interesting looking traing courses has landed on my desk.
Organised by the Trust for the Study of Adolescence they cover
- building resiliance in young people,
- the effects of neglect and abuse, d
- eveloping positive self esteem in young people,
- the prevention of suicide and young peopleÂ
- self harm.
Details of these and other course may be otained from the Trusts web site - or by downloading the documents attached to this post.
Computer and internet for local groups
Submitted by cedric on 8 December 2006 - 6:33pm. technologyComputer and internet for local groups - Next round of applications open for BT Community Connections, the scheme which has awarded more than 4,600 internet-ready PCs to local community and voluntary organisations. [Voluntary Sector news]
Mr Brown's talking about us again....
Submitted by cedric on 7 December 2006 - 11:27am.In his Pre-Budget report yesterday, Gordon Brown talked about the future role of the third sector (don't like that term) following the review which has been carried out by his office, in consultation with the sector. He is particularly concerned with the future role of the third sector in social and economic regeneration.
The main points he made are -
Amending Freedom of Information
Submitted by cedric on 6 December 2006 - 3:33pm.Amending Freedom of Information - Government proposals on changes to the Freedom of Information Act could have a serious impact on obtaining official documents. [Voluntary Sector news]
