Electronic Youth Policy Update (eYPU)

Here you will find the current and back issues of The NYA's regular electronic policy update. This brings together key issues that the organisation has identified concerning youth work, youth policy and youth affairs.




eYPU Issue 235, 17 December 2008
17 Dec 2008This issue includes details of a series of new initiatives to improve child welfare and the launch of a consultation on the government's 2020 Children and Young People's Workforce Strategy.
eYPU Issue 234, 10 December 2008
10 Dec 2008This issue includes details of new funding for the Preventing Violent Extremism strategy and the launch of a National Play Strategy.
eYPU Issue 233, 03 December 2008
3 Dec 2008This issue includes details of the government's legislative programme for the coming parliamentary session, plus fast track funding for youth facilities.
eYPU Issue 232, 26 November 2008
26 Nov 2008Issue 232 includes details of new DCSF guidance for Children’s Trusts as well as more information on the government’s consultation on the roles and responsibilities of the Director of Children’s Services and Lead Member for Children’s Services.
eYPU Issue 231, 19 November 2008
19 Nov 2008This issue includes details of a new Young Inspector Service which will involve young people in evaluating local activities and youth services.
eYPU Issue 230, 12 November 2008
12 Nov 2008This issue includes details of additional funding for local authorities to provide additional activities for young people on Friday and Saturday nights and a change in the law to place a duty on schools to consider the views of children and young people.
eYPU Issue 229, 05 Nov 2008
5 Nov 2008This issue includes findings from an evaluation of the Empowering Young People Pilots and new announcements relating to young people and crime.
eYPU Issue 228, 29 October 2008
29 Oct 2008This issues includes details of a report into the effectiveness of Children's Trusts and an announcement to make Personal Social and Health Education a compulsory part of the curriculum.
eYPU Issue 227, 22 Oct 2008
23 Oct 2008This issue includes a newly updated implementation plan for Aiming High and recent announcements as part of the Youth Crime Action Plan.
eYPU Issue 226, 15 Oct 2008
15 Oct 2008This issue includes details of a new consultaton around measuring schools' contribution to pupils' well-being.
eYPU Issue 225, 08 Oct 2008
8 Oct 2008This issue includes recent developments on community cohesion, with details of a Young Muslim Advisory Group and the first funding round of the Community Leadership Fund.
eYPU Issue 224, 01 October 2008
1 Oct 2008This issue includes details of a government scheme designed to keep young people safe online and a child poverty map compiled by the Campaign to End Child Poverty.
eYPU Issue 223, 24 September 2008
24 Sep 2008This issue contains details of the tender for the DCSF’s National Body for Youth Leadership.
eYPU Issue 222 – 17 September 2008
17 Sep 2008This issue includes details of new funding announced as part of the Youth Crime Action Plan.
eYPU Issue 221, 10 September 2008
10 Sep 2008Issue 221 contains information on the latest round of Joint Area Reviews and two major workforce reform tenders from the Children’s Workforce Development Programme.
eYPU Issue 220 – 03 September 2008
3 Sep 2008This issue includes findings from the call for evidence on youth sector support arrangements.
eYPU Issue 219 - 27 August 2008
27 Aug 2008Includes findings from the second phase evaluation report on the Youth Opportunity and Youth Capital Funds.
eYPU, Issue 218, 20 August 2008
22 Aug 2008
eYPU Issue 217 - 13 August 2008
14 Aug 2008Includes announcement that ECOTEC is the successful bidder to act as the managing body for the government's £100 million Youth Sector Development Fund (YSDF).
eYPU Issue 216 – 06 August 2008
6 Aug 2008Includes findings from a new Play England report that finds 77 per cent of children want more opportunities to play adventurously.
eYPU Issue 215 – 30 July 2008
30 Jul 2008This issue includes details of a progress report published by The NYA on budget devolution and findings from the interim report from the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS).
eYPU Issue 214 - 23 July 2008
23 Jul 2008This issue outlines recent developments on apprenticeships and details of the second round of bidding for the Youth Sector Development Fund.
eYPU Issue 213 – 16 July 2008
16 Jul 2008This issue outlines key measures contained in the government's Youth Crime Action Plan, along with recent statistics on young people and crime.
eYPU Issue 212 - 09 July 2008
9 Jul 2008The issue features the Peer Support Fund announcement and details about a consultation to engage young people regarding the identity card.
eYPU Issue 211 - 02 July 2008
3 Jul 2008Issue 211 contains details of local authority areas’ priorities – the top two are reducing number of 16-18 not in education, employment or training, and reducing the under-18 conception rate.
eYPU Issue 210, 25 June 2008
25 Jun 2008Electronic Youth Policy Update bringing together key issues concerning youth work, youth policy and youth affairs.
eYPU Issue 209 - 18 June 2008
18 Jun 2008Issue 209 includes findings from Ofsted’s latest Annual Performance Assessment of local authorities as well as news of v’s Match Fund.
eYPU Issue 208 - 11 June 2008
11 Jun 2008Issue 208 of eYPU includes details on new government resources designed to prevent violent extremism.
eYPU Issue 207 - 4 June 2008
4 Jun 2008Issue 207 of eYPU includes details of the government’s new youth alcohol action plan as well as initial findings from The NYA’s recent research into social networking and youth work.
eYPU Issue 206 - 28 May 2008
28 May 2008Issue 206 of eYPU offers detailed information on The NYA’s Annual Audit of local authority youth services including average expenditure on youth services, workforce and the number of young people contacted.
eYPU Issue 205, 21 May 2008
21 May 2008Issue 205 includes details of the DCSF’s tender to work with local authorities to promote the local youth offer as well as an update on the government’s Aiming High for Disabled Children.
eYPU Issue 204, 14 May 2008
14 May 2008Issue 204 of eYPU contains details of Gordon Brown’s draft legislative programme including a new Education and Skills Bill as well as a information on new guidance for the Youth Opportunity and Youth Capital Funds.
eYPU Issue 203 - 07May08
7 May 2008Issue 203 of eYPU contains details of the new Family Pathfinder pilot programme, a number of new funding opportunities as well as details of our new updated website.
eYPU Issue 202, 30 April 2008
30 Apr 2008Issue 202 of eYPU includes links to new research by the Fabian Society in conjunction with The NYA into the contribution of non-formal learning to young people’s personal and social development as well as details of our new health strategy.



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