The tender submitted to Lancashire County Council's Targeted Youth Support and Youth Work by Greater Together under the project title 'Positive for Youth (PfY)' has been successful in all areas of Lancashire. The consortium has been awarded £215,986.80 for Targeted Youth Support (TYS) and £170,938.38 for Youth Work for the period 2012-13. 

Registered charities that are based outside of London in England, and who fall into one of the categories below are now eligible for a bursary to attend a CES training course at our training venue in London. The bursary can be used to attend either a one-day or a two-day course.

Raleigh International Citizen Services Places is looking for volunteers for its new overseas opportunity. Raleigh International Citizen Service (ICS) is open to UK citizens aged 18 or over. ICS brings young people from different countries together to fight poverty. Volunteers will spend 10 weeks on an overseas community placement in India or Nicaragua and could be out as early as this summer. Raleigh has 36 places available for this summer and is encouraging volunteers to apply as soon as possible.

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation has published The role of aspirations, attitudes and behaviour in closing the educational attainment gap. The research, which includes three reports, challenges the view that raising aspirations and changing attitudes to school are a key way to improve attainment of poorer children. The research confirms that most young people (and their parents) attach great importance to education and want to go to University or to attain professional, managerial and skilled jobs.