“Services for young people” Education Select Committee Report - published

The Education Select Committee published its report on “Services for young people” on Thursday 23 June.  CHYPS welcomes the Select Committee report which "urges the Government to announce publicly its intention to retain the statutory duty on local authorities to secure young people's access to sufficient educational and recreational leisure-time activities"

 CHYPS will press Government to secure an entitlement for young people within a local authority as the basis of service design or commissioning.

 CHYPS is committed to a professional youth workforce and is encouraged that the Committee said that "Investment in continuing professional development would be particularly worthwhile"

 While welcoming the Committee's statement that "good youth services can have a transformational effect on young people's lives" the field needs to take on board the criticism by the committee over the lack of evidence for the impact of youth work. CHYPS will work with Government and sector partners to develop and deliver an outcomes framework.

 The report can be found at:

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201012/cmselect/cmeduc/744/74402.htm#evidence

The BBC in its coverage has focussed on National Citizen Service but also quotes evidence from CHYPS on the impact of cuts on youth services:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-13879100

 Sue Payne, the Chair of CHYPS, says “CHYPS has welcomed the development of the Government's youth policy. In setting out its strategic vision the Government should indicate its expectations of the range and standards of youth services which should be available across the country and this will help and shape youth services locally and I am pleased that the Select Committee has said this.”

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