{"id":6789,"date":"2019-07-06T18:41:10","date_gmt":"2019-07-06T18:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/infed.org\/mobi\/?page_id=6789"},"modified":"2025-08-22T18:01:41","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T17:01:41","slug":"government-uk-papers-youth-work","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/infed.org\/dir\/welcome\/government-uk-papers-youth-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Government (UK) papers &#8211; youth work"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\">Oxford and Bermondsey Club 1944<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>1939-1959<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/infed.org\/dir\/circular-1486-the-service-of-youth\/\">Board of Education (1939) <em>In the Service of Youth<\/em> (Circular 1486)<\/a>, London, HMSO. See, also,<a href=\"https:\/\/infed.org\/dir\/the-significance-of-circular-1486-the-service-of-youth\/\"> Johnathan Roberts&#8217; discussion: The significance of Circular 1486 &#8211; The Service of Youth.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Board of Education (1940) <em>The Challenge of Youth <\/em>(Circular 1516), London, HMSO.<\/p>\n<p>Board of Education (1943) <em>The Youth Service After the War. A report of the Youth Advisory <\/em> <em>Council appointed by the President of the Board of Education in 1942 to advise him on questions relating to the Youth Service in England<\/em>, London, HMSO.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/infed.org\/dir\/the-service-of-youth-and-young-peoples-colleges\/\">Board of Education (1944) <em> Teachers and Youth Leaders. Report of the Committee appointed by the President of the Board of Education to consider the supply, recruitment and training of teachers and youth leaders <\/em>(&#8216;The McNair Report&#8217;)<\/a>, London, HMSO. Part two of the McNair Report on the supply, recruitment and training of teachers and youth leaders provides us with both a useful review of developments up to that point and a classic statement of the nature of youth work.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/infed.org\/dir\/the-purpose-and-content-of-the-youth-service\/\">Ministry of Education (1945) <\/a><em>The Purpose and Content of the Youth Service. A Report of the Youth Advisory Council appointed by the Minister of Education in 1943,<\/em> London, HMSO. This Report of the Youth Advisory Council appointed by the Minister of Education in 1943 (and published in 1945), provides a classic statement of youth work as non-vocational group work.<\/p>\n<h4>1960-1979<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/infed.org\/dir\/the-albemarle-report-introduction\/\">Ministry of Education (1960) <em>The Youth Service in England and Wales <\/em>(&#8216;The Albemarle Report&#8217;),<\/a> London, HMSO. The Albemarle Report (1960) provided youth work in England and Wales with a very influential rationale and framework &#8211; and was a key element in substantially increasing funding for youth work. See: <a href=\"https:\/\/infed.org\/dir\/the-albemarle-report-the-youth-service-yesterday-and-today\/\">Chapter 1: The Youth Service yesterday and today<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/infed.org\/dir\/the-albemarle-report-justification-and-aims-of-the-youth-service-2\/\">Chapter 3: Justification and aims of the youth service<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/infed.org\/dir\/the-albemarle-report-activities-and-facilities-2\/\">Chapter 5: Activities and facilities<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/infed.org\/dir\/the-albemarle-report-recommendations-and-priorities\/\">Chapter 10: Recommendations and priorities<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Department of Education and Science (1967) <em>Immigrants and the Youth Service <\/em>(&#8216;The Hunt Report&#8217;), London, HMSO<\/p>\n<p>Scottish Education Department (1968) <em>Community of Interests. Schools, Youth Service, Community Service, Further Education Colleges, Evening Classes and Sports Organisations<\/em>, Edinburgh, HMSO.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/infed.org\/dir\/youth-and-community-work-in-the-70s\/\">Department of Education and Science (1969) <em>Youth and Community Work in the 70&#8217;s<\/em>, (The Fairbairn-Milson Report)<\/a>, London, HMSO. A collection of chapters from the &#8216;Fairbairn-Milson&#8217; Report (1969).<\/p>\n<p>Scottish Education Department (1975) <em>Adult Education. The challenge of change. Report by a Committee of Inquiry appointed by the Secretary of State for Scotland under the Chairmanship of Professor K. J. W. Alexander<\/em>, Edinburgh, HMSO.<\/p>\n<h4>1980-1999<\/h4>\n<p>Department of Education and Science (1982) <em> Experience and Participation. Review Group on the Youth Service in England <\/em> (&#8216;The Thompson Report&#8217;), London, HMSO.<\/p>\n<p>HMI (Wales) (1984) <em>Youth Service Provision in Wales. Education Survey 13. 2 vols<\/em>., London, HMSO.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/infed.org\/dir\/effective-youth-work-a-report-by-hm-inspectors\/\">Department of Education and Science (1987) <em> Effective Youth Work. A report by HM Inspectors, Education Observed <\/em>6<\/a>, London: Department of Education and Science.<\/p>\n<p>Ministerial Conferences Steering Committee (1990) <em>Towards a Core Curriculum &#8211; The next step. Report of responses to the Ministerial Conferences Steering Committee Consultation Document<\/em>, Leicester, National Youth Bureau.<\/p>\n<p>Scottish Office Education Department (1991) <em>Youth Work in Scotland. A report by HM Inspectors of Schools<\/em>, Edinburgh, HMSO.<\/p>\n<h4>2000-<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/infed.org\/dir\/transforming-youth-work-resourcing-excellent-youth-services\/\">Department for Education and Skills (2002) <\/a><em> Transforming Youth Work &#8211; resourcing excellent youth services, <\/em> London: Department for Education and Skills\/Connexions. (pdf file &#8211; requires Acrobat reader). Published in December 2002, this is the English Department of Education and Skills&#8217; specification for youth services. It continued and refined the government&#8217;s &#8216;modernization&#8217; attempt to alter the character of youth service work.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/infed.org\/dir\/working-and-learning-together-to-build-stronger-communities\/\">Scottish Executive (2003) Working and learning together to build stronger communities: draft community learning + development guidance<\/a> &#8211; the Scottish Executive.<\/p>\n<p>HM Government (2004) <em>Every Child Matters: Change for children<\/em>. London: Department for Education and Skills.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/infed.org\/dir\/youth-matters-the-green-paper-for-youth\/\">HM. Government (2005) <em>Youth Matters, <\/em><\/a>London: Department for Education and Skills.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infed.org\/archives\/gov_uk\/northern_ireland_youth_strategy.htm\">Department of Education (Northern Ireland) (2005) <em> Strategy for the delivery of youth work in Northern Ireland 2005-2008<\/em>.<\/a> Belfast: Department of Education.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/infed.org\/dir\/moving-forward-a-strategy-for-improving-young-peoples-chances-through-youth-work\/\">Scottish Executive (2007) <em> Moving Forward. A strategy for improving young people&#8217;s chances through youth work<\/em>.<\/a> Edinburgh: Scottish Executive.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/infed.org\/dir\/young-people-youth-work-youth-service-national-youth-service-strategy-for-wales\/\">Welsh Assembly Government (2007) <em> Young people, youth work, Youth Service. National Youth Service Strategy for Wales<\/em><\/a>. Cardiff: Welsh Assembly Government.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/infed.org\/dir\/aiming-high-for-young-people-a-ten-year-strategy-for-positive-activities\/\">HM Treasury (2007) <\/a><em>Aiming high for young people: A ten year strategy for positive activities. <\/em>London: HM Treasury\/Department for Children, Schools and Families.<\/p>\n<p>You can find a discussion of a number of these reports in <a href=\"https:\/\/infed.org\/dir\/developing-youth-work-informal-education-mutual-aid-and-popular-practice\/\">Developing Youth Work<\/a> and in Bernard Davies&#8217; f books:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>____<\/p>\n<p><strong>Acknowledgement<\/strong>: Picture: Boys at the Canterbury Club, part of the Oxford and Bermondsey Boys Club, listening to records on the club&#8217;s radiogram in 1944. Imperial War Museum &#8211; sourced from <a href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Boys_at_the_Canterbury_Club,_part_of_the_Oxford_and_Bermondsey_Boys_Club,_listening_to_records_on_the_club%27s_radiogram_in_1944._D18614.jpg\">Wikimedia Commons<\/a> &#8211; public domain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oxford and Bermondsey Club 1944 &nbsp; 1939-1959 Board of Education (1939) In the Service of Youth (Circular 1486), London, HMSO. See, also, Johnathan Roberts&#8217; discussion: The significance of Circular 1486 &#8211; The Service of Youth. Board of Education (1940) The Challenge of Youth (Circular 1516), London, HMSO. 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