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View from the Chair
There are some positive economic stories creeping into the headlines, general employment numbers have been positive and at least as I write it isn’t raining.
However as the recent news about the increased demand on food banks illustrates not all is well and as the latest figure from the Department of Education illustrates (see below), although youth unemployment figures are dropping slightly and youth unemployment rates in the UK are certainly better than some of our continental neighbours, there are still over 100,000 young people (16 to 24 years old) who have been unemployed for over two years (and near ¼ million unemployed for over a year).
There is plenty of evidence that the longer you are unemployed the harder it is to get back (or even start, if you have been unemployed since leaving education) into work, therefore I am delighted that the next EMVY Network Forum event will be on youth unemployment.
We need to ensure that we provide an education that not only helps every young person to develop into a positive (both socially and economically) member of our communities but also provide a work environment that is welcoming of young people – without trying to sound trite, they are our future – and without them in meaningful employment, who is going to pay the taxes that funds my pension?
Simon Worsley, Chair of EMVY, Part of One East Midlands
Please hold the date of Thursday 5 June for the next EMVY network forum event, which will focus on youth unemployment and will be free for EMVY members.
Skills Effect has published Voluntary Sector Employers’ Perspectives on the Recruitment of Young People, a report based on analysis of a survey of 15,000 employers, including 1,300 from the voluntary sector.
The Department for Education has launched a call for evidence on education, vocational training and youth for the government’s review of the balance of competences between the UK and the European Union.
StreetGames and the Centre for Economics and Business Research have published The Inactivity Time Bomb, a report quantifying the economic and social costs associated with physical inactivity specifically among young people in the UK.
The Centre for Mental Health has published a briefing on the needs of young adults, aged 18 to 24, in contact with mental health/learning disability services and the criminal justice system.
The Office for National Statistics has published Measuring National Well-being - Young People's Wellbeing.
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published guidance on Contraceptive services with a focus on young people up to the age of 25.
Children’s Minister Edward Timpson has announced that the Sainsbury’s School Games’ volunteer leaders and coaches grant will be extended for a further year to recruit and train more than 1,400 extra volunteers and coaches.
The former Children's Rights Director for England, Dr Roger Morgan, has published his final report on the views and experiences of children and young people with regard to rights, welfare and safeguarding issues.
Ditch the Label has published the results of the Annual Bullying Survey 2014, the UK’s most comprehensive report into the bullying of young people,
The Centre for Social Justice and urban youth charity XLP have published Girls and Gangs, a report which states that girls face brutality and exploitation in gang underworld.
EU Kids Online has published a briefing on children’s perspectives on problematic situations online and what they do to avoid them.
The Youth Select Committee has announced an inquiry into lowering the voting age to 16, which will explore the issues and arguments around votes at 16.
Community inc. have produced a resource documenting black community activism in the East Midlands over the last year, copies of which are available to order by organisations working with young people.
The Fashion & Textile Children’s Trust have a number of education and wellbeing grants to distribute, typically starting at £500 each, between now and the end of June 2014.
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