Children, Young People & Families

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The VCS offer a range of services to children, young people and families (CYP&F). This section brings together news, best practice and resources on this CYP&F.

Young people and employment

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.

Hold the date – EMVY Network Forum Event on youth unemployment

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.

Funding opportunities for young people

Children and Young People Now has an online funding finder listing over 100 funding sources and grants that support work with children, young people and families.

Other youth related news and resources

The Children and Families Act 2014 has received royal assent. The legislation includes an entitlement for children in care to remain with their foster families until they turn 21 and clarification of young carers' and parent carers' rights to support from councils.

Board Academy young trustees and host organisations

Board Academy is a six month programme of active and experiential learning, which supports young trustees to gain the knowledge, skills and confidence necessary to govern and develop arts and cultural organisations.

Rainbow Parents Carers Forum

The Rainbow Parents Carers Forum is hosting an event on Tuesday 1 April from 9.30am to 4.30pm at Nottingham Voluntary Action Centre, 7 Mansfield Road, Nottingham NG1 3FB.

Embridge Arts Award Grant Programme 2014-2015

As the East Midlands Bridge organisation, The Mighty Creatives has been working with Trinity College London to develop Arts Award within our region.

Young people and animals

DEFRA, the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, have funded project a project to investigate the attitudes of 12 to 17 year olds and their behaviour to animals.

Young people, the care system, welfare system and child protection

Barnardos has published Someone to Care, a report based on face-to-face research with 62 care leavers regarding their emotional experiences of leaving care and some of the ways the charity is supporting care leavers.

Young people and the internet

The NSPCC has published research on the experiences of over a thousand 11 to 16 year olds using social networking sites and the strategies they use to deal with things that upset them online.

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