Hundreds of young people living in the UK’s most disadvantaged areas are to be offered extra-curricular skills in a charity ...

A critical shortage of trained youth workers is leaving young people vulnerable to escalating violence, exploitation and poor ...

Understanding emerging government policies on youth work and the impact they could have on services for young people is the ...

Half of councils fear they will not be able to fully fund statutory services in 2026/27, according to latest research that ...

A campaign to remove ‘no ball games’ signs across London’s council estates has launched in a drive to encourage play.

The government has launched its Families First Partnership (FFP) programme, backed by £500 million in funding over the next ...

It felt wrong, as a director of children's services of a wave one Families First for Children (FFC) Pathfinder authority, not ...

A key feature of Parliament’s select committees is our ability to examine how government policy is actually operating in ...

Parents of the youngest disadvantaged children pay £105 a week more for early education and care than better off families, ...

Practitioners are being given the chance to influence government early years policy as a parliamentary inquiry launches into ...

It is Social Work Week – an event close to my heart as a former child and families social worker and manager. Around one in ...

If you had asked me in my youth, I would have said I was the typical teen going about my everyday life.