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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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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.
Open Access Youth Work
Join us for a discussion on Wednesday 14 October 2 - 4pm, about Open Access Youth Work and the report A Narrative Review of Impact. Our recent research report looking at the available evidence on the impact of open access youth work has added to the strong narrative emerging from other research (particularly in Scotland). This narrative highlights the role of open access youth work in young people’s lives, including their learning and development, health and wellbeing, safety, and relationships. It also draws out the ‘features’ of open access youth work that contribute to impact. But how should we use this narrative? How can it support and improve the quality of practice? How can it influence future investment into open access youth work? What does it mean for how we evaluate open access youth work in the future?
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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NYA Youth Sector Guidance
NYA have secured an exemption from the new social gatherings laws for youth sector activities. This news means the youth sector can continue unchanged and with no additional measures or requirements as long as venues and activities meet COVID Secure requirements. No changes are needed if venues and activities implement the NYA’s latest guidance in full. Contact guidance@nya.org.uk.
Coronavirus: Young people and home workers scapegoated, says TUC boss
The government must stop "scapegoating" young people and home workers for its own failings in handling coronavirus, the leader of the TUC has said. From next week there will be a ban on gatherings of more than six people, Meanwhile, coronavirus cases in young people are rising, with Health Secretary Matt Hancock telling them to follow social distancing rules more carefully, saying: "Don't kill your gran by catching coronavirus and then passing it on." But Ms Frances O'Grady accused ministers of giving "confused and sometimes contradictory" advice since the beginning of lockdown. "What people resent is politicians and government scapegoating parts of the population when some would say they haven't been top-class in terms of their own competence and capability."
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The Ironmongers' Company - Grants to Organisations
The Ironmongers’ Company wishes to support projects that provide opportunities for disadvantaged children and young people to fulfil their potential. The Company is looking for projects that deliver clearly defined educational benefits to a specific group of children or young people. Deadline is Tuesday 15 December.
Comic Relief – Change Maker
Comic Relief has launched a new funding programme to support changes in the way which community and voluntary sector organisations work. Funding of between £150,000 and £600,000 will be available for projects lasting up to 3 to 5 years. The focus is on work in areas that are of particular interest to Comic Relief. This includes addressing homelessness, forced migration, gender justice, mental health, and early childhood development. The deadline has been extended to Friday 25 September.
Tesco - Bags of Help COVID-19 Communities Fund
The programme will provide a single payment award of £500 to organisations who are supporting vulnerable groups, as part of their emergency response in supporting local communities. The deadline is on Friday 18 September 2020.
The Theatre Support Fund
The Theatre Support Fund is currently raising funds for those who work in theatre and have been impacted by the COVID-19. Since launching, they have raised over £300,000 for the ‘Acting for Others’, ‘Fleabag Support Fund’ and ‘NHS COVID-19 Urgent Appeal’. The entire project is being run, staffed and orders packed by a group of volunteers from within the theatre community.
Music for All
Music for All have extended their Autumn deadline for individual grants and community project funding. The deadline is on Sunday 1 November.
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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.
Children’s Commissioner for England – Unregulated report
This report by Anne Longfield, Children’s Commissioner for England, reveals how thousands of children in care are living in unregulated independent or semi-independent accommodation, ranging from a flat to a hostel or bedsit, and in the worst cases caravans, tents and in one case even a barge. These looked after children are entitled to ‘support’ but not ‘care’, and as a result are too often being left to fend for themselves, with minimal support, for all but a few hours a week.
As well as calling for the use of semi-independent and independent provision to be made illegal for all children in care, the report makes a number of recommendations, including:
- Increasing capacity across the care system. It is critical that the forthcoming Government Care Review promised in the Conservative manifesto addresses the challenge of sufficiency of appropriate care across the care system as a whole – especially capacity in the residential care sector.
- Clarification of what care looks like for children of different ages, including older teens.
- Strengthening the role of Independent Reviewing Officers (IROs).
Edge survey finds three quarters of 14-19 year olds want their education to be relevant, giving them the tools and skills they will need in their career
New research commissioned by the Edge Foundation over the summer found that 62% of 14 – 19-year-olds think that coronavirus has changed teaching and learning in schools forever. Many feel that their school or college needs to incorporate some of the ‘lessons from lockdown’ into the long term, with 84% of 14 – 19-year-olds having the opinion that schooling needs to be more flexible and adapt more quickly as a result of the pandemic and 64% thinking that the future of schooling should include both classroom and online learning. As the impacts of lockdown are felt in the wider economy, 70% of 14 – 19-year-olds think the education system needs to catch up with the real world and 76% want their education to be relevant, focused on giving them the tools and skills they will need in their career.
Edge Foundation - A journey to employment for young people with additional needs
The latest report published by the Edge Foundation studies three case studies and how each supports young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) on their journey into employment. The aim of this report is to breakdown some of these barriers and help young people with disabilities transition into the world of work, to ensure their backgrounds do not further disadvantage their life chances.
The findings show that:
- In 2019 approximately half of disabled people were in employment (52%) compared with just over four out of five non-disabled people (82%) (ONS, 2019). Additionally, people with disabilities who are in employment are more likely to be in part-time positions and in elementary roles compared to their peers without a disability.
- Prior to the pandemic, the Youth Census Survey (Youth Employment UK, 2020) highlighted that young people with additional needs faced additional barriers in receiving information, advice and guidance in terms of career support. With 23% of those with additional needs being ‘not very confident’ or ‘not very confident at all’ in being able to move into meaningful employment.
- However, there are also considerable benefits for workplaces to employ people with disabilities, and these are often not recognised. Benefits include increased diversity of the workforce which brings in, for example, more creativity and attention to detail, as well as a diverse set of unique yet equally valid skills and perspectives.
National Audit Office - Childhood obesity
The NAO has published a report Examining the effectiveness of the government’s approach to reducing childhood obesity in England by considering the evidence base and progress so far. In 2018/19, nearly one tenth of 4 to 5 year olds and more than one fifth of 10 to 11 year olds were classified obese. The NAO estimates that roughly 1.4 million children aged from 2 to 15 years old were classified obese in 2018.
National Children's Bureau – #GiveUsaCHANCEllor
National Children's Bureau has been supporting a group of children and young people to plan a campaign calling on the Chancellor to put all babies, children and young people at the heart of the government’s spending decisions. They have launched the first strand of this campaign, which involves asking all children and young people, and the parents of babies and very young children, to join by signing an open letter to the Chancellor and adding in what they want the government to prioritise in the Spending review and sharing the letter with other children, young people and parents.
Tech Pathways London - Free Courses
Tech Pathways London offers free training and resources for educators of 11-24-year-olds. They have released new training sessions, such as an introduction to using online collaborative tools which shares tips on how to collaborate and engage with young people remotely, and an introduction to film making with what’s in your pocket, covering how you can make and support others to make high-quality films using mobile devices.
Bates Wells – Crisis Decision Tool
Bates Wells, a charity and non-profit legal firm, has created a decision tool to support charities facing financial difficulty due to Covid-19. The free guide can be used by charities and social enterprises to help them through next steps on insolvency, merger, collaboration, cost cutting, and raising finance. The tool provides tailored guidance on what options are available. The user must answer up to six questions to receive a report on the options.
Click here to see more COVID -19 related resources and guidance (updated weekly).
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Rinova - Good Guidance Stories: from Peer to Peer
This online event provides an opportunity to find out more about a training course and resources developed from Information, Advice and Guidance, Employability Practitioners and Youth Workers coming together as a Community of Practice (CoP) to improve employability provision for young people. This free course blends online learning with opportunities to apply learning within in the workplace, whilst developing guidance skills and know-how. The online event will be held on Tuesday 22 September 2020, 11am to 12.30pm.
Healthy London Partnership - #AskAboutAsthma
Healthy London Partnership and NHS England London are running their fourth public awareness campaign #AskAboutAsthma to encourage small steps to improve the quality of life for children and young people living with asthma in London. Keeping children’s asthma under control is particularly important this year due to the coronavirus and any potential second wave. Running from 14-20 September, it will include a weeklong schedule of webinars, podcasts, blogs, social media activity and a virtual conference on Wednesday 16 September (am).
Clarion Housing Group - William Sutton Prize: Applications Now Open
Clarion is seeking applications from individuals or organisations presenting an innovative concept, product or service. There is a prize fund of up to £20,000 on offer for each of the two categories: The William Sutton Prize for Social Innovation will be awarded to an individual or organisation that has developed a ground-breaking new product, concept or service that will make a positive social impact on disadvantaged groups or communities. The William Sutton Prize for Placemaking and Affordable Housing Design will be awarded to an individual or organisation that has developed a ground-breaking design concept that will improve the quality of life and support the wellbeing of residents and communities. Deadline to apply is Wednesday 30 September.
Homeless Link: Youth Homelessness Online Network
This online event is an opportunity to connect with peers supporting young people who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless during the pandemic. They will create a space to share information, considering successes and challenges, as well as solutions. Register in advance for this meeting here. This will take place on Tuesday 15 September from 10.30am-12.00pm. please email: lauren.page-hammick@homelesslink.org.uk.
NCS Groundwork London - Autumn Programme
This autumn, NCS Groundwork London will be delivering 2 and 5-day programmes from October until December. This will include bespoke term-time programmes for schools and colleges. However, the majority of the Autumn Programme and allocated work will be in October half term. They also have three new job opportunities: Compliance Officer, Wave Leader and Team Leader.
Opportunities for Young People
Iconic Steps - Online Course in Mindfulness and Media
This free Mindfulness, Mental Health and Media course is open to Lambeth residents aged 19 to 21. Taking place on 9 to 13 November, they will learn how to develop a positive mental health and ways to navigate entering the media industry. After the course there are opportunities to join the Iconic Steps alumni network and receive access to job opportunities from media partners (Disney, ITV and 20+ more) and a mentor from the industry and 1-2-1 life skills support.
BBC – Young Reporter Competition
The BBC is looking for young people aged 11-18 who want to report on a story or issue which is important to their life or the world around them. The Young Reporter Competition gives young people a unique chance to tell their story on TV, radio, online or on social media with the help of BBC journalists, producers and programme makers. To enter they need to send in an outline of the story idea by Saturday 31 October 2020.
Standing Committee for Youth Justice: Young Advocates Project
SCYJ have created the Youth participation project and will take a totally youth-led/ co-productive approach to getting young people closer to the decision-making. The project is for 14-20 year olds with youth justice experience. It will include each Young Advocate taking part in ongoing discussions with justice professionals and decision-makers, gaining new skills and an AQA accreditation. Please fill in the application guidance and application form . Please send applications to rose@leaders-unlocked.org The deadline is Friday 18th September.
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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.
Youth Citizen Entrepreneurship Competition
The Goi Peace Foundation, Stiftung Entrepreneurship and Digital experts united have launched the Youth Citizen Entrepreneurship Competition, providing a global platform for young entrepreneurs who aspire to create positive change in their communities. Participants worldwide should: be between 13 and 29 years old for the Youth Citizen Entrepreneurship category; have an innovative idea for an enterprise which champion and implement one or more of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals or be operating such an enterprise in the form of a business, a non-profit organisation or an informal programme; be able to submit their entries in English. Deadline is Wednesday 30 September.
FUTURE DESIRES
FUTURE DESIRES is an online space for young people to express their thoughts and wishes for the future, followed by an exhibition and a conference. From May 7 to November 12 2020, young people from all over the world, aged between 15 and 25, will be able to share their desires for the future on an open website.
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