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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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Partnership for young London, Superhighways - The Changing Face of London: open data session
In May 2020 Partnership for Young Londoners collaborated with the Museum of London to engage young people via Instagram to complete 'The Changing Face of London' survey. Join us to explore this open data set of over 3000 responses and learn some valuable Excel skills to enable you to analyse the responses and find answers to questions you may have e.g. delving into the data based on postcode, ethnicity or optimism for the future. This event is on Tuesday 8 September, 10 – 12pm.
London Policy Network
The next Policy Network Meeting is on Friday 25 September at 2pm on Zoom.
Agenda
- Update on the Youth Investment Fund, Paul Schofield DCMS
- Youth Recovery – overview of the youth recovery process for London, Sharon Long
- Data and research – Young Londoners Feedback, Matt Walsham and Troy Norbert
- Service Development for Local Areas – focus group with London Borough of Islington
click here to book on to the meeting.
TRAINING AND EVENTS
Detached Youth Work Series
Young Londoners' Fund - Safeguarding training series
Trauma informed practice training series
*NEW* Trauma informed practice series ( please sign on to these sessions if the above sessions are full)
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Kickstart Scheme Opens for Employer Applications
As part of the government’s Plan for Jobs, a new £2 billion Kickstart Scheme will create hundreds of thousands of new, fully subsidised jobs for young people across the country. The 6-month placements are open to those aged 16-24 who are claiming Universal Credit and at risk of long term unemployment. They will be available across a range of different sectors in England, Scotland and Wales. The first placements are likely to be available from November. Applications are being accepted now from employers or groups of employers.
Local Authorities Participating in Scale-Up of Social Workers in Schools Announced
What Works for Children’s Social Care (WWCSC) has announced that 21 local authorities in England will receive funding to place social workers in their schools to help reduce referral rates to children’s social care. The funding is part of an expansion of the promising Social Workers in Schools pilot study, which took place in Lambeth, Southampton and Stockport. The scale-up of this project is part of a wider programme of work announced by the Department for Education in May of this year, to provide up to £9.9 million to fund research by WWCSC to improve the lives of children and young people in England who have had a social worker.
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Catalyst and The National Lottery Community Fund COVID-19 Digital Response
This fund is aimed at organisations whose work has been affected by COVID-19 and who need emergency funding to continue to deliver essential services. It will support them to develop the digital, data and design capabilities that allow them to address urgent issues and serve the most vulnerable. They are offering funds of £5,000 and £60,000.
Shout Out Loud – Reverberate project
Reverberate is a new funding scheme by Shout Out Loud, English Heritage’s national youth engagement programme, in partnership with Sound Connections. Up to £2,000 grants are available for grassroots organisations to run local projects that empower young people aged 11-25 to rediscover, reimagine and recreate their local heritage through creativity. Deadline to apply is Monday 21 September.
Masonic Charitable Foundation
This programme is open to charities helping disadvantaged children and young people to overcome the barriers they face. Small grants from £1,000 to £15,000 Large grants from £20,000 to £60,000.
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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 Children's Society - Good Childhood Report 2020
The Children's Society have produced the 9th annual edition of the Good Childhood report looking at well-being of children in the UK. As well as presenting predominant trends in well-being, the report seeks to understand the experiences of children who have low well-being - what enhances and hinders children’s happiness, including a true reflection on children’s own views. Some findings include:
- There has been a continued decrease in average happiness with life among 10-15 year olds in the UK.
- There are an estimated 132,000 children aged 10-15 in this country have no close friends.
- 15-year olds in the UK were among the saddest and least satisfied with their lives in Europe.
- The Coronavirus pandemic affected children’s happiness due to the lack of choice they had in life.
National Youth Agency - Young people's health and wellbeing report
The National Youth Agency has published a report on young people’s mental and physical health and wellbeing in response to the coronavirus crisis. The report finds that pandemic has had a disproportionate impact on young people’s health including: a decline in vulnerable young people’s mental health almost three times the national average; the loss of wrap around support and access to age appropriate health services; lack of group activities in schools and youth services; and the loss of access to services provided by youth services.
Just for Kids Law – Excluded, exploited, forgotten: Childhood criminal exploitation and school exclusions
Just for Kids Law has published new research which highlights how vulnerable children are being excluded from school for behaviour resulting from being criminally exploited by gangs and drugs traffickers. They found that
- Children who are outside of mainstream education are more vulnerable to becoming the victim of childhood criminal exploitation,
- and children who have experienced exploitation will be more vulnerable to exclusion and may be disproportionately impacted by exclusion.
They recommend that in the Department for Education's rewrite of the statutory guidance, it should include provisions that mitigate the risk that victims of exploitation will be excluded and protect the children most vulnerable to exploitation in the future.
FE News - The challenges facing the youth employment arena in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, article
There is already evidence that young people are being disproportionately impacted by the economic and labour market impacts of the pandemic – through the furlough scheme, unemployment and a dramatic tightening in apprenticeship opportunities. We want to work with colleagues to closely monitor and take action to address the youth employment challenge in the months – and potentially years – to come. We want to ensure that young people receive the support they need to find, stay and progress in work despite the context.
Parent Info - Coronavirus: children returning to school
Parent Info has published tips for parents and carers to help their primary and secondary school children and young people cope when returning to school.
Family Action – Our response to the Challenges of COVID
Since lockdown began in March, Family Action have been providing a broad range of support; from useful resources and information for those needing support, to working intensively with the most vulnerable families. They have produced a report highlighting their response to this pandemic, including information on their Listening Works service, which launched successfully in April, providing support for young people aged between 18-27 who have previously been in local authority care.
NESTA - Classroom Changemakers
This report presents key findings from the Classroom Changemakers award programme. It brings together 15 ideas from teachers across the UK on how to give young people the opportunity to get creative and solve problems in maths and computer science.
Key Findings include:
- A survey conducted as part of the programme found that a ‘lack of time’ was the greatest barrier to teaching creativity and problem-solving skills across subjects.
- Despite little encouragement or clear reward, many teachers still choose to innovate in the classroom and find new ways to deliver these skills.
- A step-change in continuing professional development (CPD) is probably the most obvious way of giving teachers an avenue to share innovative practice, as well as learn new skills.
Recommendations
- CPD should be available for all teachers.
- There should be permanent structures to share innovation among teachers.
- Students need the tools to benefit from innovation.
Royal College of Psychiatrists: calls for the suspension of fines for children who can't attend school- The Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsych) has written a letter to the Secretary of State for Education, calling for the suspension of fines for children who don’t attend school. The letter, signed by more than 250 child and adolescent psychiatrists, expresses concern about the impact on children’s mental health, if parents are forced to send them back when they are suffering from anxiety and are asking for a focus on mental health support in schools.
Research in Practice - How social work and child protection are being creative and helping children and families during COVID-19 and can do so beyond it
Research in Practice has shared a reflection on how social work and child protection are being creative and helping children and families during the pandemic - and how this could continue beyond lockdown, with potential to ‘renew practice for the better’.
Click here to see more COVID -19 related resources and guidance (updated weekly).
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Cranfield Trust - Free essential webinar series for charity leaders.
Learning with Leaders by Cranfield Trust, is a series of webinars featuring guest speakers, all of whom are leading experts and practitioners within their fields. Topics for this series include leadership through turbulent times, the benefits of working with a mentor or coach after a crisis, and promoting organisational agility and innovation to navigate uncertainty.
Job Advert - Brook Street, Youth Employment Coach
Brook street are passionate about the mentoring and development of hard to reach young people achieving through study programmes and employment coaching amongst this age range. The ideal candidate must: have a PTTLS or equivalent teaching qualification and have proven knowledge based around working with 16-25 year olds. Salary is £22,000-£25,000
Opportunities for Young People
Bromley by Bow Centre, Spotlight - Healthy Influencers, YMCA Introduction to Lifestyle Management
The Healthy Influencers training programme is designed to give participants the skills, knowledge and confidence to become more physically and socially active within their communities, build their self-esteem, and move on to further training and education and move away from negative influences in their lives. Participants can gain the Level 1 Award in Introduction to Lifestyle Management certificated by YMCA Awards. The course starts on Tuesday 6 October. Contact Colin.King@bbbc.org.uk for more information.
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Eurodesk UK
Eurodesk UK provide information for young people aged 13-30 on the different opportunities available and an insight into what it’s like to take part in European youth projects. For adults working with young people, there is support including resources, and information and training linked to youth work. They also support young people directly through the European Youth Portal which includes an ‘Ask a question’ service.
British High Commission - High Commissioner for a Day Challenge
The British High Commission invites applications from Indian women aged 18 to 23 to be ‘High Commissioner for a Day’ – a chance to oversee the UK’s largest overseas network. The winner will experience a wide range of UK-India work. Participants need to record and upload a one-minute video on ‘what global challenges and opportunities do you see for gender equality in the age of COVID-19’. The video must be shared on either Twitter, Facebook or Instagram by tagging ‘@UKinIndia’ and using the hashtag ‘#DayoftheGirl’. Deadline is Sunday 13 September 2020.
EPALE UK Star Supporter’ Photo Competition
The theme of the competition is "Celebrating the Impact of Adult Learning" and how it is benefiting the community, and the prizes are Instax Cameras with built-in printers. All UK individuals and organisations working in the field of adult education are welcome to participate. Young adults are welcome to take part as well. Participants must submit a photo with a short (100-200 word) caption that aligns with the theme of Celebrating the Impact of Adult Learning. Deadline is Tuesday 20 October 2020 at 12pm.
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