VYON Updates
VYON Kirklees is the Voluntary Organisations Network for Kirklees, which aims to help voluntary and community organisations who are working with young people aged 0-19 year olds, to share information, work together and influence decision makers.
Learn How to Work Creatively with Children & Young People' (27/08/10)
Northorpe Hall is pleased to announce details of its new programmes of training courses. Each one day course will be held in the beautiful and peaceful surroundings here at Northorpe Hall. More details: Northorpe Hall Training Programme
'Working with Neglect in the Context of Resistant Families' (27/08/10)
Kirklees Safeguarding Board invites you to be part of an innovative piece of work looking at the challenge of working with neglect in resistant families. This workshop is for frontline practitioners. More details: Safeguarding Board
Senior Lib Dems Oppose Spend on Tory National Citizen Service (27/08/10)
The party agreed to the Conservatives' plan to set up a personal development programme for 16-year-olds as part of the coalition agreement published in May. But with the coalition making larger public sector cuts than anticipated, a source close to the party has said that opposition to spending Treasury money on a largely unproven scheme remains. Read more: National Citizen Service
UK Youth Enterprise Challenge Programme (20/08/10)
An Enterprise Grant Scheme & a toolkit of enterprise learning are available from UK Youth to help youth workers develop young people’s entrepreneurial skills. Find out more: Enterprise Toolkit
Government Adviser Andrew Povey Questions Efficacy of Safeguarding Boards, YJB and Cafcass (20/08/10)
A government adviser has suggested Local Safeguarding Children Boards and the Youth Justice Board are unnecessary, and that the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) should be scrapped. Read more: safeguarding boards
Liberal Democrats to Ask Members to Back Youth Service Investment (20/08/10)
Members of the Liberal Democrats will be asked to support investment in youth services, and post-16 training and education at the party's conference next month. Find out more: youth service investment
Surveys Reveals That Three-quarters of Young People Volunteer (20/08/10)
A survey of more than 6,000 young people has revealed that three-quarters make a positive contribution to society by regularly volunteering. Read more: Survey reveals
Jobs Challenge to Help School & College Leavers Secure Work (20/08/10)
Young people are being urged to sign up to an online jobs challenge programme aimed at giving school and college leavers a head start in the current challenging employment market. Read more: Jobs challenge
