New National Children's Bureau (NCB) Chief Executive Dr Hilary Emery, led a call to help the most disadvantaged young people in our society at the NCB Annual General Meeting.
NCB work through listening to and working with children and young people; including providing practical intervention schemes that equip young people with vital life skills needed to find employment. NCB's life skills and employment programmes include Young NCB, Young Inspectors, Life Routes and the Skills Development Programme.
Addressing NCB members, Dr Hilary Emery said: "Figures released last week showing youth unemployment at a record high, added to cuts to youth services, increases in university fees, scrapping of EMA and the constant negative images of young people portrayed in the media, all conspire to portray a bleak prospect for our future generation.
We need action and investment now - listening to and working with children and young people, developing partnership work across the sector and increased investment - to provide services and support that meet their needs and increase the opportunities available."
Delegates and NCB Members at the Annual General Meeting welcomed students from Park Lane School in Halifax, a school that had been in special measures but has now successfully turned its prospects, and those of its pupils around. Six students gave presentations on the volunteer projects they worked on as part of the NCB Life Skills programme, talking about how the programme helped to change how they feel about themselves, their schools and their community.
NCB's life skills and employability projects have successfully achieved:
- 83% follow through rates to further employment or education (70% employment)
- significant increase in skills needed for employment, such as teamwork, problem solving and communication
- increased commitment and engagement to their communities via volunteering
- giving young people the confidence to know they can change their lives
- awards accredited through ASDAN, allowing them to proceed towards a formal qualification
Find out more about in our Young Inspectors section and YoungNCB, Life Routes and Skills Development Programme from NCB.
Fri, 28/10/2011 - 12:38
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A new package to develop local staff to support and train young people to conduct objective assessments of local services and support recommendations for service improvements.
