Section 52 Outturn statements 2008-09 - Local authorities are expected to provide expenditure on: positive activities for young people; positive activities controlled or shaped by young people; positive activities for young people on Friday and Saturday nights; youth work; and all expenditure on the delivery of Connexions services.
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Hidden Talents: re-engaging young people – Paper published by the LGA about the number of NEET Young People not reaching their potential and how to rectify this.
Implementation of 14–19 reforms, including the introduction of Diplomas – Report published evaluating progress made in 14-19 reforms, since the last report in 2007, with particular focus on how successful the introduction of the diploma has been.
CBI has proposed a 5 point plan to tackle youth unemployment. Under the CBI’s apprenticeship proposal, £125m of the government’s £500m recruitment subsidy fund to help the unemployed would be used to subsidise 50,000 new apprenticeships, read more.
NEET Statistics quarterly brief released with latest statistics available on NEET young people in England from the DCSF 16-18 Participation SFR, the Labour Force Survey, regional NEET figures and a segmentation using Connexions data.
Second chances: re-engaging young people in education and training - Barnardos report on experiences of NEET young people who have used their services, highlighting good practice in working with NEET young people.
DCSF 14-19 Reform Case Studies – Search function on the DCSF website is allowing 14-19 reform case studies by category. If you have a case study you would like to submit,
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NI 51- Effectiveness of child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) - New Indicator in the NI Set; measuring key aspects of service provision that should be in place locally to effectively meet the needs of children and young people with mental health problems.
Impact of ContactPoint will be tracked by annual survey - Launched to track the progress of the government's controversial children's database ContactPoint. The £224m database, which will hold the records of 11 million children, is due to launch nationally in the autumn.
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