Skip to content
first magazine for councillors
  • Menu
first magazine for councillors
  • Menu

Children and young people

Young person with their hood up facing a graffitied brick wall

Helping disadvantaged young people

by The Editorial Team

Councils can make a difference when it comes to helping young people at risk of dropping out of school or work.

Categories features Tags Children and young people

Local youth services ‘need more funding’

by The Editorial Team

The Government is to review its programmes supporting youth services in the spring, after announcing £100 million to deliver the National Citizen Service and invest in youth services in last month’s Spending Review.

Categories miscellaneous Tags Children and young people
Two students in a science lesson being taught by a teacher

Young people ‘missing out on full-time education’

by The Editorial Team

More than a million young people in England could be missing formal full-time education, fuelled by significant gaps in education legislation, rising child support needs and a lack of funding, according to a new LGA report.

Categories news Tags Children and young people, education
Young mother swinging a little girl on the sofa while playing

LGA: ‘Restore £1.7 billion early intervention funding’

by The Editorial Team

The LGA has called for £1.7 billion in government cuts to early intervention funding to be reversed, as councils prepare for a surge in demand for support for children and young people who have “disappeared” during the pandemic.

Categories news Tags Children and young people
A family of four sit laughing together

A child-centred recovery

by Councillor Judith Blake

Local safety nets and early help services need to be properly funded to avoid children and their families falling into crisis

Categories features Tags Children and young people, Covid-19
Child wearing a yellow jumper reading a story on his father's lap

Funding for early help ‘critical’

by Dr Jo Casebourne

As we re-enter a difficult period of rising COVID-19 infections, it’s a good time to look back at what lessons we can learn from the first wave of coronavirus for the delivery of services to vulnerable children and families.

Categories comment Tags Children and young people

LGA: Action needed to save ‘lost generation’

by The Editorial Team

Today’s young people face becoming a “lost generation” unless the Government develops a COBRA-style response to boost skills and job opportunities, the LGA has warned.

Categories news Tags Children and young people

Support for children’s services

by The Editorial Team

The LGA’s sector-led improvement offer has helped support improvements to local leadership of children’s services in England.

Categories features Tags Children and young people, sector led improvement
Young people playing pool at a youth club

Youth clubs: promoting community engagement

by Councillor Paul Maginnis

When I was first elected to the council last year, one of my goals was to set up and run a youth club in my local area.

Categories comment Tags Children and young people

Free school meals extended

by The Editorial Team

More than a million young people entitled to free school meals will get free meal vouchers over the summer holiday, after a campaign by Manchester United and England footballer Marcus …

Read moreFree school meals extended

Categories news Tags Children and young people
Post navigation
Older posts
Page1 Page2 Next →

Information

  • Advertise
  • Contact us
  • Download
  • eBulletins
  • Privacy policy
  • Subscriptions

Archives

Who we are

Find out more about the Local Government Association by visiting our website.

www.local.gov.uk

© Local Government Association 2021
Local Government Association | Company number 11177145
Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government | Company number 03675577
  • home
  • news
  • interview
  • features
    • parliament
  • comment
    • lga chairman
    • group leaders
  • councillor
  • local by-elections
This website uses cookies to improve your experience. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish. Accept Read More
Privacy & Cookies Policy

Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience.
Necessary
Always Enabled

Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.

Non-necessary

Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.