This information pack has been created to help local groups to organise and facilitate discussions on the topic of empowerment. The pack contains suggestions for the format of the meeting, advice for facilitators and organisers and detailed information about key empowerment issues     

Within a decade millions of workers will be at home juggling their careers with caring for children and older relatives, the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) has forecast. Futurologists are predicting there will be less talk about ‘work-life balance’ and more about ‘work-life integration.’ CMI’s report on the nature of employment in 2018 predicts an exodus [...]

Local authority sector, unionised workplaces are leading the way on pay equality, according to research by the GMB. The union’s analysis found in 22 of 149 councils in England, women out-numbered men among the top earners. GMB says this is up from 16 councils 12 months ago. The picture is not so rosy in Scotland. [...]

The Equality and Human Rights Commission has got all with it and has launched a YouTube channel, which it says will feature a range of video clips relating to the Commission’s work, including a series of stories called ‘Equally Different’. It says it will use this and other social networking sites to tell people about [...]

Lifelong Learning UK has published the new standards for Youth Work Training. The standards will be used to develop qualifications fo youth workers but can also be used by Youth Officers to develop professional development ,training and job descriptions Youth Work Standards Common Standards  

The Council for Disabled Children (CDC) undertook a project to identify effective practice in including disabled children and young people in children’s centres and extended schools. This document was commissioned by Sure Start, Early Support and the DCSF, to review their access and inclusion. The project was developed with partner LAs, their schools, services and [...]

Steve Sinnott, the General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, died early on Saturday 5th April 2008.  NAYCEO and other union colleagues were left shocked by the news. Steve Sinnott, was only aged 56  Steve had been the union’s general secretary since 2004 and leaves a wife, Mary, two children and two grandchildren.  Ruth [...]

On 18 March, DCSF published an Implementation Plan for Aiming High for Young People: A Ten Year Strategy for Positive Activities. This sets out arrangements for implementing Aiming High, highlights the progress to date and describes the key actions to be taken over the next 12 months.  Intended for use by the wide range of [...]

The Education and Skills Bill proposes the transfer to local authorities of the statutory responsibility for the delivery of Connexions services, including assessments for young people with learning difficulties.  Meanwhile, until the provisions in that Bill achieve law, the Secretary of State has written to local authorities making arrangements for the delivery of these services [...]

Top tier local authorities are to be given new duties as part of measures to revive some of England’s most deprived areas. Government ministers are consulting on proposals which will lay the foundations for reform. Under proposed legislation, a new duty will be imposed on councils to assess the economic conditions of their area, including [...]