Category: Evidence base
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Marginalised young people face significant barriers to employment
According to Youth Futures, in their newest report which brings together the latest data and evidence on the youth employment landscape in 2024, including experiences of both unemployment and economic inactivity among young people. Key findings from the report show that: At Sheffield Futures, we see these issues first-hand, across both our employability work and…
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Children in most need of specialist mental health support often turned away
New research shows that children from the most deprived areas are twice as likely to be rejected by NHS mental health services than those from the least deprived areas. Despite it being well established that these vulnerable children are more likely to suffer mental health conditions, analysis by researchers at Cambridge University and the National…
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Lessons Learned from the Feel Well, Work Well Programme
At Sheffield Futures, our commitment to continuous improvement drives us to adopt a ‘lessons learned’ approach to our projects and service delivery. This involves recording insights gained throughout a project’s lifespan and applying these learnings when writing funding bids or planning new initiatives. One of our recently-concluded Employability and Mental Health projects, Feel Well, Work…
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Children’s mental health services annual report 2022-23
Published by the Children’s Commissioner, this report contains findings on children’s access to mental health services in England during the 2022-23 financial year, based on new analysis of NHS England data. It shows that demand for children’s mental health services continues to outstrip the availability of support. Despite welcome increases in investment in Children and…
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South Yorkshire ICS+CYPA Conference 2023
Our Wellbeing Services Manager, Christos Louca, represented Sheffield Futures at the South Yorkshire ICS Children’s and Young People’s Alliance conference on the 6th of June.