When will the Journey programme be accredited ?

October 15th, 2010 by Admin

Good news! At Voice it! Education we are looking at working with an National awarding body to get the Journey Programme accredited – meaning even more reasons to choose the Journey as a preferred enrichment for learners’ personal and social development! Watch this space and we will keep you updated along the way to let [...]



NEET Youth Numbers Fall

August 18th, 2010 by Glenn Perry

It has been announced today by the Department of Education that the proportion of 18-24-year-olds in England who are not in school, college or work has fallen. In total, 16.3% were classed as Neet – not in education, employment or training – in the second quarter of this year. This is down from 17.6% in [...]



Huge rise in 11-year-olds on the pill

August 5th, 2010 by Glenn Perry

It was reported this week in the telegraph that over 1000 girls aged 11 and 12 have been given prescriptions for the pill. Trevor Stammers GP suggested that through this, Britain is ‘facilitating the sexualisation of younger people at an even younger age’ I would argue that the real trouble is that the sexualisation has [...]



Bureaucracy ‘Hampers Social Workers’

July 30th, 2010 by Glenn Perry

Yes, today it has been reported that almost two thirds of social workers  do not have enough time to serve children and young people properly, according to an Ofsted survey. Well there’s a surprise… the good old game of bureaucracy rears it’s head again… you know that one where everyone stands around and the first [...]



PSHE improving in Schools?

July 29th, 2010 by Glenn Perry

A report published by Ofsted this week has said that provision for personal, social, health and economic education (PSHE) is improving for more than three quarters of the England Schools visited. Good news! Have a read of the article here. However,  around one in four offered variable quality of teaching, and expertise and resources in [...]



Engaging the Disengaged

July 29th, 2010 by Glenn Perry

Unemployment rates today are twice as high among young people than adults… for those young people who have become disengaged from education, their prospects are not good. Practitioners often ask me ‘What are some of the most successful approaches to engaging the disengaged?’ (NEET Group). I have recently posted the following article ‘Improving Employability Among [...]



Welcome to the new Voice it! UK website.

June 17th, 2010 by Admin

Welcome to our new site! After months of hard work  from the Voice it! team and all at Covert Digital, voiceit.com is finally ready, with a new improved look, packed full of information for you. I am really excited that through this site more and more people are going to get to hear about the [...]