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Member Profile: The Junction Foundation

10 May, 2012

Background - Making a positive difference to the lives of children young people and their families The Junction aims to make a positive difference to the lives of children, young people and their families in the Tees Valley area.

New support service for Youth Access members

07 March, 2012

Providing advice on housing and homelessness? The National Homelessness Advice Service (NHAS) can now offer free support to advisers working in Youth Access member agencies Access telephone support when dealing with complex cases from housing experts Make use of up-to-date information on housing and homelessness law and policy Attend free training delivered across the country Get help in your efforts to liaise productively with local housing providers NHAS's expertise is second to none, drawn from the housing and advice specialisms of partner organisations Citizens Advice and Shelter.

Member Profile: Youth Start

27 February, 2012

Background Youth Start is a Rotherham Youth Service project, offering accessible support for young people aged 11 to 25, with a particular emphasis on sexual health, mental health and emotional well being.

Young people’s views and experiences of using health service and GP complaint systems

21 February, 2012

The Children’s Commissioner for England wants to improve complaints systems for young people using mental health and sexual health services, including services offered by GPs.

Free Workshop for Managers

07 February, 2012

Introduction to Quality Standards in the New Commissioning Context Aim: In a challenging funding environment, in which new funding and commissioning structures are emerging for youth counselling services, this workshop aims to explore some key issues in the relationship between new structures and priorities and the quality of youth counselling services.

Youth unemployment putting strain on NHS

19 December, 2011

Thea’s story highlights an urgent need to improve advice and support for young people to avoid health costs mounting Research published today by Youth Access, the youth advice and counselling charity, shows the strain on the NHS budget from illness brought on by youth unemployment.

Advice improves young people’s lives

18 December, 2011

A major new report launched today by Youth Access demonstrates the critical difference that getting good advice can make to young people’s health and well-being.

Youth Access and Barclays Money Skills ‘champions’

13 December, 2011

Youth Access is working with Barclays, the National Youth Agency and a consortium of four other youth and information charities to deliver the Barclays Money Skills ‘champions’ project.

Member Profile: Off Centre

11 November, 2011

Get help or support, get info or advice, get involved Background Off Centre supports the mental health and wellbeing needs of young people aged 11-25 in Hackney and surrounding boroughs.

Legal aid cuts set to fuel youth crime

07 November, 2011

A group of leading charities has today warned that planned cuts to civil legal aid will fuel youth crime and leave young victims of crime unprotected, calling on the Government to join up their civil and criminal justice policies.

Youth Policy must recognise crucial role of YIACS

26 September, 2011

Youth Access has been working to influence the Government’s forthcoming Youth Policy.

75,000 young people set to lose legal aid

21 September, 2011

New report by JustRights and Sound Off For Justice shows 75,000 children and young people are set to lose legal aid JustRights, the campaign co-ordinated by Youth Access and the Law Centres Federation for fair access to legal advice for children and young people, has published a joint report with the Law Society’s Sound Off For Justice campaign.

Member Profile: Barnabas Housing Association

18 September, 2011

Background Barnabas Housing Association is celebrating 25 years in operation this year.

Member Profile: Bucks Youth Counselling Alliance (BYCA)

21 July, 2011

A New Partnership Celebrating 30 Years of Outstanding Delivery in Buckinghamshire.

Youth Access’ Making Tracks Project significantly raises GPs’ awareness of YIACS and the complex needs of 18 to 25 year olds

07 July, 2011

These are some of the findings of an independent evaluation of Youth Access’ Making Tracks Project funded by the Department of Health.

Replacing the EMA

28 June, 2011

Some groups of young people will continue to be eligible for financial support to help them stay on in education at 16-19 years.

Member Profile: SOLVE IT

09 June, 2011

SOLVE IT provides a unique holistic and specialist service tackling all issues in relation to Volatile Substance Abuse.

Strengthen your counselling organisation, complete the On the Right tracks survey today

24 May, 2011

Complete the OtRt survey today and tell Youth Access about the opportunities and challenges your agency expects to face in the new NHS reforms and identify any training and support needs you have that would help strengthen your counselling organisation’s position over the next 18 months.

Cuts leave 45,000 young people without vital support

27 April, 2011

As youth unemployment reaches record levels, funding cuts to youth advice and counselling services mean that thousands of the most vulnerable young people, including those with mental health problems, will not be able to get the help they need this year.

Royal Wedding Couple Choose Youth Access

26 April, 2011

Today St James's Palace have announced the setting up of a charitable gift fund for those who very generously wish to donate to charity to help Prince William and Catherine Middleton celebrate their wedding.

Youth Access Launch New Project

31 March, 2011

‘On the Right tracks’ (OtRt) On the Right tracks is a 2-year project funded by Comic Relief that aims to enable youth counselling agencies to: Improve their knowledge and understanding of quality frameworks Strengthen their understanding and capacity to measurecounselling outcomes Support the building of strategic relationships with funders And: Increase funders and commissioners understanding of the quality and effectiveness of youth counselling agencies in meeting the mental health needs of young people To support this initiative Youth Access will offer a package of information, training, tools and support.

The first ever qualification in providing legal advice to young people

25 March, 2011

The Unit ‘Providing initial advice to young people on their rights under the law’ is now included in the Vulnerable Young People qualifications awarded by ABC.

Financial capability initiatives launched

08 March, 2011

Youth Access is prominent in two major new initiatives aimed at developing young people’s financial capability.

Legal aid cuts will leave young people defenceless

15 February, 2011

Youth Access has responded to the Green Paper on legal aid by warning that the proposals will lead to highly vulnerable children and young people not receiving the help they need and being denied access to justice.

Member Profile: The Young People's Centre, Brighton and Hove

14 February, 2011

The Young People's Centre has its origins in a meeting that took place in the summer of 1982 in which fifteen people met for a conference on the increasing needs of young people and young adults in Brighton and Hove.

Youth Access submits evidence to Select Committee

16 December, 2010

Youth Access has made a detailed submission of evidence to the House of Commons Education Select Committee inquiry into services for young people.

Youth Access spells out the case for YIACS

07 December, 2010

Youth Access today publishes a comprehensive, survey of the evidence of the effectiveness, value and outcomes of young people’s information, advice, counselling and support services (YIACS) showing conclusively that they can ease the strain on young people and on service commissioners.

Leading charities warn of mental health time-bomb

29 November, 2010

Invest today for a better tomorrow Media Release Leading charities warn of mental health time-bomb The UK is sitting on a mental health time-bomb,says the Children and Young People’s Mental Health Coalition [CYPMHC]– a coalition of the top 14 charities that serve children and young people with mental health concerns.

Youth Access puts MP’s on the spot

03 November, 2010

Youth Access was in central London yesterday to press a panel of MPs and leading figures from the youth sector on the need to respond to young people’s complex inter-related needs in the current economic climate Our intervention came during Children & Young People Now’s event on The Future of Youth Services, part of the magazine’s For Youth’s Sake campaign to save services for young people.

Member Profile: Camden Under 25s Advice Centre Celebrates its 20th Anniversary

03 November, 2010

Camden Under 25s Advice Centre is a London Borough of Camden service and part of the Integrated Youth Support Service.

Advice Week coalition highlights discrimination advice gap

12 October, 2010

Public feel unable to challenge discrimination, says leading advice coalition Press release 11th October 2010 Discrimination is the problem people are least likely to seek help with says the Working Together for Advice Coalition (Advice Services Alliance, AdviceUK, Age UK, Citizens Advice, Law Centres Federation and Youth Access) as they launch Advice Week 2010.

Policy Digest 19 (October #1)

05 October, 2010

Get all the latest news and developments affecting our sector, including this month's Sector Watch, in the October #1 Policy Digest.

Member Profile: The Matthew Project Under 18 Service, a new Norfolk based drug and alcohol service

08 September, 2010

The Matthew Project Under18 Service is a multi-agency team which has been running since October 2009.

Policy Digest 18

02 September, 2010

Get all the latest news and developments affecting our sector, including this month's Sector Watch, in the August/September Policy Digest.

Policy Digest 17

28 July, 2010

Get all the latest news and developments affecting our sector, including this month's Sector Watch, in the July Policy Digest.

Advice services primed to open their doors to young people

27 July, 2010

New Youth Access guidelines present an opportunity for all advice services to follow the example of the only specialist CAB for young people as it reaches a remarkable landmark Coinciding with the launch of new guidelines for making advice services young person-friendly, The Cabin, the UK’s only local Citizens Advice Bureau targeted solely at young people, announces that it has just dealt with its 20,000th enquiry – less than two years since it opened.

Youth Access calls on councils to ‘look at the evidence’

20 July, 2010

Youth Access has written to the Association of Directors of Children’s Services to set out the national evidence of YIACS effectiveness and tells councils not to see them as easy targets for cuts.

Member Profile: The Beck, a new service for 13 to 19s in East Leeds

14 July, 2010

The Beck was launched in October 2009 with funding from the Youth Sector Development Fund, phase 2.

Member Profile: The Beck, a new service for 13 to 19s in East Leeds

14 July, 2010

The Beck was launched in October 2009 with funding from the Youth Sector Development Fund, phase 2.

Youth Access Launches Accredited Counselling Training Programme

08 July, 2010

Launch Release Statement 8th July 2010 – for immediate release Launch of Youth Access’s Accredited Training Programme for Counsellors working with young people As a result of an exciting collaboration with the University of East London (UEL), Youth Access launches its new Masters level youth counselling training programme.

Youth Access responds to IAG consultation

22 June, 2010

Youth Access has responded to the consultation on the draft Statutory Guidance and Directions on the implementation of the Information, Advice and Guidance Strategy by local authorities.

NCVYS launches new youth work information sheets

17 June, 2010

NCVYS has produced 7 new career information sheets for individuals interested in paid or voluntary work connected to working with young people in the voluntary sector.

Policy Digest 15

19 May, 2010

Get all the latest news and developments affecting our sector, including this month's Sector Watch, in the May Policy Digest.

Policy Digest 14

22 April, 2010

Get all the latest news and developments affecting our sector, including this month's Sector Watch, in the April Policy Digest.

Grave threat to vital services for young people

19 April, 2010

Youth advice and counselling services, described by an influential MPs’ report as ‘more cost-effective than current structures’, are overwhelmed by demand and fearing for their future.

Vacancies for Youth Access Chair and Trustees

16 April, 2010

Be a champion for young people’s information, advice and counselling.

Launch of the Children and Young People’s Mental Health Coalition

29 March, 2010

Youth Access is working with other leading charities in the children and young people's sector to launch a new Coalition for Children and Young People's mental health.

Policy Digest 13

25 March, 2010

The latest Policy Digest is now here, including our new 'Sector Watch' feature highlighting how the public expenditure squeeze is hitting our sector.

Member Profile: One Stop Shop, Coventry - 'invaluable'

09 March, 2010

The One Stop Shop has been providing information, advice, counselling, sexual health services and other support since November 2000.

A response to Quality, Choice and Aspiration

04 March, 2010

Youth Access has launched a joint response to the Government’s IAG strategy with the Confederation of Heads of Young People’s Services and the National Connexions Network.

Advice News - Youth Access Agencies Test the New Quality Standards

12 February, 2010

Youth Access members, Mancroft Advice Project (MAP), Camborne Share and the Bridge Doncaster have successfully finished piloting the New Quality Mark standards, developed by the Advice Sector as part of the lottery funded Working Together for Advice Project.

Policy Digest 12

10 February, 2010

The first bulletin of 2010 is a bumper edition, featuring key information on G v Southwark, New Horizons and much more.

Advice has key role to play in improving mental health

21 January, 2010

Ground-breaking study reveals strong links between social welfare problems, mental health and youth Youth Access today launches the results of the first ever study focussing on the relationship between social welfare problems, mental health and youth.

Member Profile: The Bridge Doncaster - 'a great place to come'

19 January, 2010

The Bridge has been offering information, advice, counselling and other support to the young people of Doncaster since November 2005.

New free member resource: Guide to induction for counsellors in YIACS

15 January, 2010

We are pleased to bring you a new Guide to Induction for counsellors in YIACS.

Funding News January 10

13 January, 2010

BBC Children in Need give grants for projects delivered by organisations working with disadvantaged children and young people, who must be 18 years and under, living in the UK, the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands.

Funding News January 10

13 January, 2010

Funding News February 10

13 January, 2010

Government funding for support to victims of sexual violence.

Funding News February 10

13 January, 2010

Government funding for support to victims of sexual violence.

Policy Digest 11

15 December, 2009

Don’t forget that the last Policy Digest of 2009 is now on line with features on our continuing work to make the IAG Strategy relevant, youth homelessness, health and children’s rights among other important issues for YIACS.

Youth Access responds to Select Committee on NEETs

15 December, 2009

Youth Access has responded to the call from the House of Commons Select Committee on Children, Schools and Families’ call for submissions to their enquiry on NEETs.

Funding News December 09

15 December, 2009

OTS Hardship Fund is a £16.

Funding News December 09

15 December, 2009

OTS Hardship Fund is a £16.

Off the Record, Croydon: what’s it like being 15?

06 November, 2009

On Friday 23rd Youth Access joined staff, the management team, young people and their families, the deputy Mayor of Croydon and a host of friends and well wishers, to celebrate Croydon Off the Record’s 15th anniversary.

Youth Access responds to major mental health consultations

06 November, 2009

The Health Professional Council (HPC), the regulator which protects the interests of service users, has consulted on the recommendations of its Psychotherapists and Counsellors Professional Liaison Group (PLG) on potential statutory regulation of psychotherapists and counsellors.

Youth Access response to the DCSF’s IAG Strategy

28 October, 2009

The DCSF has launched a new strategy for Information, Advice and Guidance - Quality, Choice and Aspiration - A strategy for young people's information, advice and guidance.

JustRights campaign seeks better access to advice

26 October, 2009

Press Release Children and young people denied their rights as over one million fail to get legal advice every year Over one million children and young people annually are not getting the legal advice they need, warns a campaign launched today by four leading advice charities.

Young people’s access to advice ‘disturbingly poor’

26 October, 2009

Young people need more community-based advice services that are independent and young person-centred Young People’s Access to Advice – The Evidence is a major new research report published today by Youth Access to coincide with both the release of a new Government strategy for information, advice and guidance services and the launch of a new campaign seeking improved access to legal services for children and young people.

Youth Access’ members response to the quality standards consultation

13 October, 2009

Along with advice providers and other relevant stakeholders, Youth Access members have responded to a survey carried out for the 'Working Together for Advice' project on building and developing a new advice sector led quality standard to replace the Legal Services Commission's (LSC) General Help Quality Mark (GQM).

Policy Digest 9, October 09

09 October, 2009

Advice Policy: Youth Access to launch major campaigning coalition26th October will see the launch of JustRights, the campaign for fair access to legal services for children and young people.

Member Profile: The Market Place, Leeds

08 October, 2009

The Market Place is 'a benchmark of excellence' - Sir Al Aynsley-Green, Children's Commissioner for England 2009.

Targeted Support Fund success for Youth Access members

06 October, 2009

Youth Access members The Haven from Hartlepool and The What@ Centre from Stourbridge were 2 of the successful organizations who applied to the Government’s Targeted Support Fund designed to meet additional needs of the recession.

Young people need better qualified advice workers

17 September, 2009

PRESS RELEASE, 17th September 2009 Youth Access report argues the time is right to professionalise the youth advice workforce Every year, over 2 million young people experience serious social welfare problems, such as debt and homelessness.

Policy Digest 8, September 09

07 September, 2009

Advice Policy: Youth Access meet with LSC and MoJ Youth Access met with both the Legal Services Commission and the Ministry of Justice in August.

Policy Digest #7 August 09

05 August, 2009

Advice Policy Reports on recession and young people's advice needs create interest st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } Youth Access new reports on The impact of the recession on young people and on their needs for advice and counselling services and The Advice Needs of People have attracted considerable interest from across the sector and in the media.

Member Profile: Young Devon

13 July, 2009

Who are Young Devon? Young Devon (Formerly Devon Youth Association) is a charity that was established in 1949 to support and deliver services to young people living in Devon.

Streetwise win major prize

11 June, 2009

Congratulations to Streetwise, Youth Access member from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, who have been named overall winner of the 2009 GSK IMPACT Awards.

Youth Access calls for no discrimination against Children and Young People

30 April, 2009

Youth Access has joined with a coalition of children’s and young people’s charities to call upon the Government to fully protect children and young people from age discrimination.

Member Profile: Streetwise, Newcastle

08 April, 2009

18 years of Streetwise services Streetwise Young Peoples Project is based in Newcastle upon Tyne's city centre and was established in 1991 in response to the health needs of homeless young people in the city.

Read Latest Policy Digest

07 April, 2009

From February 09, we will be bringing all the eBulletin policy content on advice, counseling and other areas of interest into a monthly Policy Digest.

Member profile: MAP, Norwich

06 March, 2009

MAP: safety, uncertainty and showing young people the way Behind Norwich’s historic buildings, leafy avenues and ordered lives, 30% of the city’s young people are living below the poverty threshold (on means tested benefits), significantly less likely to leave full time education with even adequate exam results.

New Youth Access Project!

20 February, 2009

Making Tracks project aim The MtP aims to improve services for young adults with complex needs by developing better partnership working between GPs, Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) and Young People’s Information, Advice and Counselling services (YIACS) operating in the VCS.

Leading from the Frontline - new training resources

12 February, 2009

Youth Access is urging its members to take part in the opportunities presented by this substantial investment in the leadership and management of the youth sector.

Member profile: 42nd St, Manchester

10 February, 2009

How does Manchester’s 42nd St provide therapeutic mental health and other support services to over 700 new referrals per year, whilst finding time to develop a highly rated online selfharm resource, AND keeping young people’s voices at the heart of its work? Read a profile of this outstanding Youth Access member: The 42nd St mission Since 1980 42nd Street has been providing services to young people under stress in: Manchester Salford Trafford And some projects have a national reach.

Counselling Workforce Key Findings - briefing published

06 January, 2009

The briefing provides an overview of a national survey and consultation with Youth Information, Advice Counselling and Support Services (YIACS) and young people mapping the counselling workforce and gathering information about young people’s experience of counselling.

Counselling Workforce: Young people's consultation findings and recommendations

06 January, 2009

The briefing summarises the results of a consultation with young people accessing Youth Information, Advice, Counselling and Support Services (YIACS).

Youth Access call for investment in advice in future housing policy

06 January, 2009

Youth Access has made a submission to the Communities and Local Government department ahead of the publication of a green paper on housing reform this autumn.

Coordinators Event 14-15 October 2008

06 January, 2009

This residential event for managers of YIACS will focus on the development of high quality advice services for young people presenting with rights-based issues, such as housing, homelessness, welfare benefits, debt and employment problems.

Information on new draft NOS skills unit

06 January, 2009

New draft NOS skills unit: Engage with Young People receiving/requiring Legal Advice This new draft unit describes, for the first time, the skills we believe are essential for advisers working with young people.

Youth Access response to the CAMHS Review’s Call for Evidence

06 January, 2009

Advice outcomes consultation

06 January, 2009

Youth Advice Outcomes Monitoring – consultation with Youth Access members As part of the Working Together For Advice[i] project, Youth Access is developing our work on outcomes monitoring in the youth advice sector.

Access to Counselling Key Findings1

06 January, 2009

10 July 2006 About the a2c project Access to Counselling (a2c) is a two year project funded by the Department of Health.

Information Sharing and Confidentiality: making sense of the implications

06 January, 2009

13 February 2006 Information Sharing and Confidentiality: Making Sense of the Implications of Recent Government Proposals Since the publication of the Every Child Matters policy in 2004, the Government has issued a number of consultation documents relating to the theme of information sharing.

What Youth Access Asks of a Green Paper for Young People 1

06 January, 2009

5 April 2005 The following speech was delivered by Barbara Rayment, Director of Youth Access to the recent Young People Now Conference on the Green Paper held 18th March 2005.

YPN Emotional Health Conference

06 January, 2009

Promoting the Emotional Health and Wellbeing of Young People 10 November 2005 Young People Now present Delivering Accessible Quality Services to Promote The Emotional Health and Wellbeing of Young People 25 January 2006 One Whitehall Place, London Barbara Rayment, Director of Youth Access, has been invited to speak at a One-Day Conference held by Young People Now on The Emotional Health and Wellbeing of Young People being held on 25 January 2006.

Member Profile: Info-Nation Swansea

04 December, 2008

Info-Nation provides young people with the resources to make informed decisions about their lives, not just now or in the next few months, but indefinitely.

Youth Access welcomes ‘The Cabin’

02 December, 2008

A pioneering young person’s advice service, ‘The Cabin’, was formally opened in Stockton-on-Tees by local Youth MP Elizabeth Shearer on 26 November 2008.

Profile of Youth Access member, YPAS, Liverpool

06 November, 2008

We are pleased to bring you a profile of Liverpool’s YPAS.

The Marketplace shows its worth

04 November, 2008

How do you rate your life at the moment? Measuring the impact of one to one support services for young people.

A profile of Youth Access member, YES, Jersey

10 October, 2008

In June 08 Youth Access’s Advice training expert Helen Stollar delivered 3 days of training to staff and volunteers in Jersey in preparation for the opening of their new YES project.

A profile of Youth Access member, No Limits, Southampton

08 October, 2008

No Limits has been going strong since 1993, with strong links to and support from the voluntary & statutory sector, especially the PCT & Southampton City Council.

YIACS Counselling Workforce Mapping Report

23 September, 2008

This report presents the findings of the Youth Access Counselling and Workforce Development project’s (funded by CWDC) mapping of the current counselling workforce in YIACS.

Youth Access featured in September's Youth Work Now: Youth Counselling remains on the periphery

05 September, 2008

We at Youth Access recently pulled together a response to the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) Review’s Call for Evidence.

YIACS Quality Mark Consultation

29 July, 2008

Youth Access members have responded to a survey carried out for the ‘Working Together for Advice’ project on building and developing a new advice sector led quality standard to replace the Legal Services Commission’s (LSC) General Help Quality Mark (GQM).

Youth Access seeks members to pilot Youth Advice Outcomes Toolkit

17 July, 2008

Over the next few months we will be revising our Youth Advice Outcomes Toolkit, which enables YIACS to monitor ‘soft’ personal outcomes as well as ‘hard’ advice outcomes and to demonstrate your contribution to the Every Child Matters outcomes.

Streetwise Capacity Building Project Evaluation Report

23 May, 2008

Vacancies on Youth Access National Advisory Group

23 May, 2008

Do you want to be more involved in helping to steer national developments in young people’s information, advice and counselling services? Youth Access is looking for new members to join its National Advisory Group.

New Project to Map the Youth Counselling Workforce in YIACS

23 May, 2008

This new project funded through the Children’s Workforce Development Council will support the development of a national strategy for youth counseling.

Work for Youth Access - Counselling Services Development Officer

14 May, 2008

Title: Counselling Services Development Officer Employer: Youth Access Location: Clapham, South London Posted: 9th May 08 Closing Date: 30th May Brief Description: This new post will appeal to someone with a range of skills who enjoys working flexibly across different activities, as well as meeting new demands as they emerge.

‘Locked Out’ of housing advice

07 April, 2008

5th September 07 Youth Access today launches a new report highlighting the cost of young people’s marginalisation from access to the vitally important advice they need to resolve their complex housing and homelessness problems.

Youth Access Response to Child Index

28 March, 2008

Read Youth Access’ response to the questions posed in the consultation on the draft regulations for the proposed Information Sharing/Child Index.

RAP project pilots announced

28 March, 2008

Youth Access has formally announced the six projects that will pilot new models of legal advice for young people as part of our ground-breaking Rights to Access Project.

The Times highlights Youth Access' work on legal aid

28 March, 2008

15 September 2006 The Times has published an article focusing on young people currently falling though gaps in the legal aid system, the need for specialised young people’s legal advice services, and the threat to existing services by the proposed overhaul of the legal aid system.

Youth Access Response to Comprehensive Spending Review for Children and Young People

28 March, 2008

Youth Access has responded to the Treasury’s call for evidence to support and inform decision-making on the priorities for the Comprehensive Spending Review for Children and Young People.

New Advice Standards Consultation

28 March, 2008

25 October 2005 New Standards for Advising young people Deadline – 30th November Public consultation on the NOS (National Occupational Standards for Advice) standards will run till the end of November.

Youth Access Responds to CLS Strategy

28 March, 2008

28 October 2005 Youth Access has responded to the Legal Services Commission’s consultation on its draft strategy for the Community Legal Service by warning that it could further marginalise young people’s access to advice.

Youth Matters Consultation Response

28 March, 2008

31 October 2005 Youth Access has responded to the Youth Matters consultation document.

Retaining young people’s right to confidentiality

26 November, 2007

11 July 2005 Barbara Rayment, Director of Youth Access, and Karen Stott of Off the Record, one of our members based in Croydon, met recently with the DfES team working on the development of the information sharing proposals of the Every Child Matters agenda.

New £50 million Advice Plus lottery programme opens

26 November, 2007

The Big Lottery Fund’s new Advice Plus funding programme opens on 29th June with the aim of improving access to high quality rights-based advice for disadvantaged communities.

Using leaflets effectively with the FRILLS leaflets service

26 November, 2007

Leaflets Galore by Michael Stuart of the FRILLS leaflet service 28 June 06 There’s a leaflet or booklet on almost every problem life throws up: from jobseeking to redundancy, sex to bereavement.

SEU examines services for young people

10 November, 2005

22 March 2005 The Government’s Social Exclusion Unit is conducting work aimed at identifying improvements that could be made to the delivery of services for 16-25 year olds with severe or multiple problems.

New Quality Standards from Youth Access

02 November, 2005

4 February 2005 Two new standard areas are now included in Youth Access's Quality Standards for youth information, advice, counselling and support services.

It's A Rap!

02 November, 2005

Youth Access has been awarded £461,895 over three years from the Big Lottery Fund’s Strategic Grants Committee for a new Rights to Access Project (RAP).

Copy of Rights to Access press release

31 October, 2005

21 April 2005 IT’S A RAP! Youth Access launches project to develop young people’s access to legal advice.

Youth Access responds to Community Legal Service (CLS) review

31 October, 2005

February 2005 Youth Access has responded to 'The independent Review of the Community Legal Service', by arguing for greater resources to be directed towards improving young people's access to legal advice services.

CAMHS to Adult Transition Project

28 October, 2005

25 February 2005 Youth Access has been invited to join a national Steering Group, primarily comprising representatives from the statutory mental and child health sectors that is supporting the development of a new project examining the transition of young people into adult mental health services.

Youth Access research wins BACP award!

14 June, 2005

1 October 2004 The Youth Access Breaking Down the Barriers Project has been selected as winner of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy Research Award for 2004.

Youth Access responds to Treasury consultation

14 June, 2005

Youth Access has responded to 'Supporting young people to achieve: towards a new deal for skills'.

Information Sharing Press Release

24 May, 2005

Information sharing could deter young people from seeking help Press Release from Catherine Evans at Brook Centres 13 January 2005 Sharing information about young people’s use of sensitive services such as sexual health could deter young people from seeking help when they need it most, sexual health charity Brook warned today.

Youth Access responds to government Information Sharing proposals for young people’s services

24 May, 2005

31 January 2005 Ensuring that young people feel they fully understand the ramifications of giving their consent and also feel empowered to refuse it, requires a greater investment in informing young people about their rights before they are in situations in which they are being asked to give it The concept of privacy is barely recognised in this document and the balance between on the one hand safeguarding young people's well-being and on the other ensuring and respecting rights to privacy needs to be part of the balance of considerations within any future guidance.

London Youth Advice Forum Launched

25 January, 2005

Since July 2004 Youth Access and the Law Centres Federation have been jointly organising meetings of London-based Youth Information, Advice and Counselling services and Law Centres with a common interest in developing rights-based advice services for young people.

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