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Partnership for Young London's weekly policy update is a collection of policy news, opportunities, and an update on our events and work in London's youth sector. If you have any opportunities or work that you want to promote, please email update.pyl@gmail.com
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A New Peer Led Research Initiative Exploring Identity
A national project is now running across Youth Focus North East, Youth Focus North West and Partnership for Young London in collaboration with the University of Huddersfield. This is a youth-led initiative investigating how young people from different social groups and varied regions of the UK define their identities. The findings will inform the youth sector’s current and future policy and practice. A key part of this work involves an exploratory survey on identity with youth workers. It should take approximately 15 minutes to complete. https://younglondon.typeform.com/to/Hivl28. Your views, knowledge and expertise are highly valued and integral to shaping the programme of work. If you would like to know more please click this link for briefings on the programme.
Calling all organisations working with young people: at a time of crisis (not just pandemic related) who do you turn to?
Survey alert – Funders want to hear from organisations working with young people – how can you make sure you get the support you need? Please complete this survey to support what infrastructure is needed across the youth sector.
https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/JMYQGHK
- Where do youth sector delivery organisations get their infrastructure support from? Complete this survey to help funders get it right.
- What do you need and value? Who do you reply on? What’s missing?
- Help funders improve – they want to hear from you so they fund the right infrastructure support for the youth sector.
Trauma informed practice training series
Partnership for Young London is working in collaboration with Nicola Lester Psychological Trauma Consultancy to deliver a series of webinars on trauma awareness, trauma informed practice, developing therapeutic skills for practice and developing trauma informed organisations. Each session is 1.5 hours and will be delivered online, presentation time is approximately 1-hour with time for discussion and questions in the remaining 30 minutes
TRAINING AND ONLINE EVENTS
Upcoming Young Londoners' Fund training sessions.
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.Concerns Covid could cause rise in serious youth violence
The social and economic devastation caused by Covid-19 could lead to an increase in serious youth violence in the UK, MPs have warned. A Youth Violence Commission report says incidents of unemployment, homelessness and trauma sparked by pandemic could impact on vulnerable young people. It fears 18 Violence Reduction Units in England and Wales could lose funding. According to the cross-party Youth Violence Commission, long-term investment is needed in youth services and VRUs, but the funding is at risk because of the "economic devastation" caused by the coronavirus pandemic. "Given the potential for the impact of Covid-19 to create the types of social conditions in which one might reasonably expect to see increased rates of serious violence, it is imperative that support for these units is not only maintained, but increased," the report says.
The largest study of trans and non-binary youth reveals more than half have seriously contemplated death by suicide
More than half of trans and non-binary youth have seriously considered suicide with in the last year, according to a new study from The Trevor Project. The survey is the largest-ever of its kind, representing more than 40,000 LGBT+ youth between the ages of 13 and 24 across the United States. Tragically, the survey found that more than 40 per cent of LGBT+ youth had seriously considered suicide within the last year, and that number jumped to more than 50 per cent among trans and non-binary young people. Amit Paley, CEO and executive director of The Trevor Project, says “We strongly urge public health officials and policymakers to make significant investments in mental health research and support programs that take an intersectional approach to meet the unique needs of diverse communities across the country.
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London Community Response Fund
A new wave of funding has been announced from the London Community Response. Enable grants supports work that helps to prevent difficulties arising from the crisis escalating, and that enables people to emerge from crisis. Adapt grants help organisations to restart, adapt or collaborate for the future.Organisations can apply for up to £50,000 for grants lasting for up to six months, though it can be for a shorter period.
Family Action - Family Action's Educational Grants Programme
Family Action are awarding grants to individuals over the age of 14, looking to unlock their educational potential by participating in further education. The programme helps individuals to begin their studies as well as supporting existing students to continue and complete their studies.
The Screwfix Foundation
The Screwfix foundation offers grants of up to £5,000 for projects that relate to the repair, maintenance, improvement, or construction of homes, community buildings, and other buildings in deprived areas or for those in need.
Morrisons - COVID-19 Homeless Support Fund
The fund is designed to support charities caring for the homeless during the coronavirus outbreak and ensure help gets to those who need it most. Awards up to £10,000 are available.
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Partnership for Young London – COVID – 19 Updates
As well as the Weekly Update mailing list we have created a COVID-19 updates section on our website, and we aim to keep these pages posted on any specific updates that are relevant for the youth sector and young people. Including information on funding, online training and guidance. Please contact Rianne.Williams@cityoflondon.gov.uk if you’d like to add any resources.
The Edge Foundation – The Impact of COVID-19 on Education report
The impact of the coronavirus will be one of the defining features of a whole generation of British children. The Impact of Covid-19 on Education summarises published evidence on the early impacts of lockdown including on the youth labour market, disadvantage, schools, further education and higher education.
Carers Trust – Survey on the impact of Coronavirus on young carers and young adult carers
Carers Trust has conducted a survey of young carers (aged 12 to 17) and young adult carers (aged 18 to 25) in the UK to find out how they have been impacted by Coronavirus. The findings are important and represent the only base of evidence on how young carers and young adult carers in the UK have been impacted by Coronavirus. The results are extremely concerning. They show significant increases in the amount of time young people are spending on caring for family members or friends. And the survey also shows increases in stress, and a steep decline in mental health among young carers and young adult carers. Headline findings:
- 67% of young carers are more worried about the future since coronavirus.
- 66% of young carers are feeling more stressed.
- 59% of young adult carers say their mental health is worse.
- 52% of young adult carers feel overwhelmed by the pressures they are facing now.
Leaders Unlocked - Young people's experience of policing during the pandemic
Leaders Unlocked have published a youth-led study of over 3,900 young people's experiences of policing during the pandemic and how they think it can be improved. The research uncovered a wide range of positive and negative experiences, including criticism of the police response to Black Lives Matter protests and receptive engagement with the police on social media. Young people have also observed increased tensions between people in their local area, and increased use of drugs and alcohol, sometimes as a way of coping.
Amongst many great recommendations they say:
- Work with local areas to make sure people are well informed including on police powers and young people’s rights, as well as more health-focused information.
- Change the narrative to prevent young people from being demonised.
- Take a clear stance on Black Lives Matter and police brutality.
- Develop police training to challenge bias and stereotypes around race and age.
- Develop police training on empathy and vulnerability.
- Find alternatives to fines, as fines disproportionately punish the poor.
ADCS - Building a country that works for all children post Covid-19 report
The Association of Directors of Children's Services has published a discussion paper to to put children, young people and their lived experiences of Covid-19 front and centre in national recovery planning; to articulate what is needed to restore the public support services they rely on; and, to capture the positives and gains made during a very complex national, and indeed, global emergency. Noting the huge pressures on children, families and the children's workforce, it makes several recommendations for immediate and longer-term government action.
Youth & Policy - The Albemarle Report, 1960 A story of its full transcription 60 years later by Adam Muirhead
It started in 2018 with a question on my blog; ‘Where did the 4 Cornerstones of Youth Work come from’? Not the Albemarle Report is the answer. However, this was the first suggestion I had back at the time from someone who seemed fairly sure; I decided I needed to investigate. My probing started with a Google search for ‘the Albemarle Report’, hoping to find a copy.
Barnardos - Young people call on government to prioritise mental health in UK's coronavirus recovery
Young people are demanding action from politicians to tackle mental health issues, as data released today reveals feeling ignored by the Government during the COVID-19 crisis has increased their emotional distress. In the national survey, more than half said they were unhappy with the information available to them, citing reasons such as sources being confusing, negative (exacerbating their mental health needs) and often untrustworthy. Only 17% were satisfied.
To improve things as lockdown gradually lifts Barnardo’s and the young people who co-authored the report have come up with seven demands for the UK government and devolved nations:
- Involve children and young people in ‘recovery planning’ and give them a role in national decision making on the policies that affect their lives.
- Rebalance the educational system so that it prioritises child welfare and wellbeing alongside academics.
- Guarantee all young people aged 16-25 an opportunity in education, employment and training - ensuring schemes are accessible for the most disadvantaged young people.
- Provide long term, sustainable funding for the redesign of local support for children, young people and families’ mental health and wellbeing, including by reviewing the ‘tiers’ system in CAMHS that locks out those who don’t meet the threshold for treatment, and ending the ‘cliff edge’ in support at age 18.
The Food Foundation – Children’s Right2Food charter
The Children’s Right2Food Campaign’s Young Food Ambassadors have published their new Children’s Right2Food Charter, which has been updated in light of the problems exacerbated by the Covid-19 lockdown, and provides an evidence-based road map for the government to ensure that every children has access to a healthy diet. The Charter is accompanied by a new report from the Food Foundation which points to a lack of action, slow progress and Covid-related delays in children’s food policy across all four UK nations despite two million children experiencing food insecurity since lockdown. In the report, young campaigners call on the government to acknowledge that the Covid-19 lockdown has made existing problems with children’s food insecurity worse, and that these issues are likely to get more serious with a recession and rising unemployment on the horizon. Increasing financial and social instability for many families will mean that further delays to policy developments could be all the more devastating for children living in poverty in the UK.
RCPCH - COVID-19 - research studies on children and young people's views
The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health has compiled studies from across the UK that are gathering the voices of children and young people up to the age of 25 during Covid-19 and lockdown. Already including finished and ongoing studies by organisations such as Girl Guiding UK, Young Minds and a Year 6 student at a school in Sheffield, the collection is valuable and wide-ranging.
Click here to see more COVID -19 related resources and guidance (updated weekly).
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Centre for Youth Impact - Data Standard
This is the second version of a standard set of questions designed specifically for organisations working with and for young people across the UK. This includes charities, social enterprises and local authority youth services. The aim is build a simple process to gather consistent data, generate shared insight across the youth sector as a whole, and reduce the number of surveys by making more use of this shared source of information. To make this a reality, they need as many organisations as possible to take part. Click on this link and fill in the form, which should take 15-20 minutes.
Young Citizens – Social Action in Community Spaces, online training course
This free one hour CPD certified online training course is an introduction to using social action to improve community spaces, and aims to support adults working with groups of children and young people to help them make positive changes to the places where they live, in order to make them more welcoming and accessible to all.
Hackney CVS and Child Bereavement UK - Bereavement Awareness Training
Child Bereavement UK are hosting a series throughout July and the beginning of August of their ‘Bereavement Awareness Training’ webinar for professionals working with children, young people and families in City & Hackney. The training has been designed to provide an introduction to grief and bereavement. Its aim is to enable staff to reflect on the grieving process, to recognise how this might impact on the work they do and strategies for managing this.
Child Poverty Action – Online training courses
Child Poverty Action recently launched a programme of online training courses to help advisers stay informed and up-to-date during the current public health crisis. They have a wide variety of courses already available, ranging from Benefits for EEA Nationals to Universal Credit Problem Areas.
Job Advert – Iconic Steps, Youth Progression Officer
The role of the Youth Progression Officer is to ensure the smooth transition of each young person we support into employment and ensuring this information is captured for monitoring and evaluation purposes. Through the role they will be providing 1-2-1 support to young people, managing volunteers as they do the same and sending out evaluation forms for the impact report. Previous experience as a youth worker or in another capacity looking after pastoral care is essential.
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SALTO Youth - Bodies of Change training course, in Croatia
The Embodied Arts Laboratory is a meeting point for the Embodied Arts Facilitators and Youth Workers to share ideas, approaches, techniques and experiences with colleagues working with body methods and in the field of Social Change. The training course is from 10 - 20 September 2020. Deadline is on Monday 27 July 2020.
SALTO Youth - InnoCamp - develop your digital youth work services in Ljubljana, Slovenia
This training course aims to contribute to the development of digital youth work in Europe by encouraging and helping youth organisations innovate their youth work services and add a digital dimension to them. InnoCamp is based on the Innobox toolkit developed by Verke and it provides a structured approach and support for (re)developing operations and creating something new. This course is from 18-22 January 2021. Deadline is Monday 30 November.
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