ONLINE HARMS BILL 'FAILS TO PREVENT SHARING OF ABUSE IMAGES', WARN MPS Posted on 01/02/2022 in Youth Sector News Youth Sector News Proposed government legislation to tackle online harms would fail to prevent the sharing of some of the most “insidious” images of child abuse and violence against women and girls, according to an influential group of MPs. Scrutiny by the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) committee of the Draft Online Safety Bill has found that in its current form, the legislation is neither clear nor robust enough to tackle certain types of illegal and harmful content on user-to-user and search services. Chair of the DCMS committee Julian Knight MP said: “In its current form what should be world-leading, landmark legislation instead represents a missed opportunity.
BBC Young Reporters Podcast Posted on 08/01/2022 in Youth Sector News Youth Sector News, Community Community
Key Stage 3 PSHE resource Posted on 08/01/2022 in Resources for teachers Resources for teachers, Youth Sector News Youth Sector News
Digital Youth Index for action Posted on 08/01/2022 in Youth Sector News Youth Sector News The Nominet Digital Youth Index is a free-to-use national, annual benchmarking and barometer report identifying and monitoring the key drivers, issues and opportunities in young people’s relationship with digital technology across the UK.
Young People’s Mental Health Priorities During and Beyond COVID-19 Posted on 16/12/2021 in Mental Health Mental Health, YPF Webinars- Mental Health YPF Webinars- Mental Health, Youth Sector News Youth Sector News, Resources Resources In this webinar the CoRAY team share an up-to-date summary of the evidence base on how young people’s mental health and wellbeing has been affected by the pandemic.
Five ways to make measurement of youth provision more meaningful Posted on 16/12/2021 in Youth Sector News Youth Sector News, Resources Resources The Centre for Youth Impact talks about how youth provision measurement can become a meaningful part of working with young people and what are the five ways to make it possible.
Building a Better Grants Strategy Post-COVID Posted on 16/12/2021 in Fundraising Fundraising, Resources Resources In this video Rachel Werner will go through what you need to know to become more grant ready, whether you are new to grants, and/or re-evaluating how your organization seeks out grant funding,
Girls' Attitudes Survey Posted on 16/12/2021 in Youth Sector News Youth Sector News, Community Community, Resources Resources Girlguiding asked over 2,000 girls aged 7 to 21 across the UK for their views on a range of areas across their lives. The results this year show girls’ and young women’s happiness has been in decline for over a decade, but the last three years have seen an acceleration in this trend.
Social media platforms to watch out for in 2022 Posted on 16/12/2021 in Digital Inclusion Digital Inclusion, Social media Social media The number of social media users in the UK has increased by 2.3million and the role of social platforms in our lives has shifted fundamentally through the pandemic. Social media has been an important comms channel for many years, but it is beginning to take centre stage for fundraising and service delivery.
Best games to raise funds Posted on 16/12/2021 in Fundraising Fundraising Charities looking to run a successful Gaming for Good campaign need to ensure they are involving games that are popular or generating interest among the gaming community. Fundraising with gaming requires you to engage influencers and streamers, as well as encourage their followers to donate.
Exploring the absence of Black girls’ experiences of sexual abuse in research and practice Posted on 16/12/2021 in Youth Sector News Youth Sector News, Help for Young people and Parents Help for Young people and Parents NSPCC spoke to Jahnine Davis, co-founder of Listen Up, about her work into exploring the lack of representation of Black girls’ experiences in research and child sexual abuse services, including suggestions to help improve practice.
A platform to find volunteers Posted on 16/12/2021 in Volunteers Volunteers Do It is a trusted network and marketplace that connects volunteers, charities and other experience providers to do good things together. Online and Offline.