The VCS offer a range of services to children, young people and families (CYP&F). This section brings together news, best practice and resources on this CYP&F.
The Cabinet Office's new Centre for Social Action has opened a £14million Innovation Fund, managed by NESTA, to fund programmes that encourage people to create positive change through social action.
The Centre for Mental Health has published a report, which states that on average, young women involved in gangs had a threefold greater risk of health and social difficulties compared with average youth justice entrants and over double the number of vulnerabilities of other females being screened.
The Children and Young People’s Health Outcomes Forum has published a report containing recommendations and a new strategy to improve health results and care for children and young people.
Legacy Trust UK, set up to create a lasting cultural legacy from London 2012, has published London 2012: Have We Inspired A Generation?, a report looks at the impact that the Games had on young people across the UK.
The End Youth Homelessness Alliance, made up of 12 social care charities and major private sector organisations, has been launched to combat youth homelessness.
Young prisoners in secure training centres believe more activities for young people would help stop youth crime, according to Keeping out of trouble, a report by the Children’s Rights Director for England.
The Children's Society has published Hidden from View: The experiences of young carers in England, a study of 15,000 young carers examining the long-term impact of caring responsibilities.
A legal duty to support care leavers until they reach 25 must be introduced if outcomes among the group are to improve, a coalition of charities has stated.