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NEWS IN BRIEF: Young offenders

10 December 2003, Young People Now

The Home Office has no plans to increase its 71-day target for the time young offenders spend going from arrest to sentencing, despite the target being attained for the ninth...

PROJECT NOTES: What's Poppin

10 December 2003, Young People Now

What it is: What's Poppin is a directory of services for young people in Harlesden and Stonebridge, in the London Borough of Brent Funding: £18,000 from the Neighbourhood Renewal Fund...

ETHNIC MINORITIES: Children's Society report shows racism faced by teen offenders

10 December 2003, Young People Now

A damning report launched today, 10 December, by The Children's Society has revealed the extent of racism faced by Black teenagers in young offender institutions. The report, Playing the Game,...

DISABILITY: Newcastle sets up centre for mobility

10 December 2003, Young People Now

The UK's first paediatric mobility centre, which will give young disabled people free access to information on disability equipment, opened in Newcastle on 3 December. Disability charity Whizz-Kidz has received...

YOUTH CLUBS: Central London to get youth centres

10 December 2003, Young People Now

Two dedicated youth centres are to be built near Old Street, central London, by a regeneration project. EC1 New Deal for Communities is finalising plans to construct the centres in...

HOMELESSNESS: Scottish initiative helps at-risk youth

10 December 2003, Young People Now

Care charity Quarriers has launched an initiative to prevent young people in the Drumchapel area of Glasgow from becoming homeless. Up to 30 supported tenancies will be developed by the...

PARTICIPATION: Prime Minister warms to idea of votes at 16

10 December 2003, Young People Now

Tony Blair said last week he was gradually coming round to the idea of extending the right to vote to 16- and 17-year-olds. Speaking at a Big Conversation event for...

Numbers game After-school clubs

10 December 2003, Young People Now

The Prince's Trust's network of xl clubs provide a "very effective alternative curriculum". Ofsted inspectors, who visited the after-school clubs in January to May, have also revealed in a new...

CRIMINAL CHECKS: Price hike will hit youth groups hard

10 December 2003, Young People Now

Youth projects are to be hit by another police check price increase, the National Council for Voluntary Youth Services (NCVYS) said this week. The Criminal Records Bureau announced last week...

MENTAL HEATH: YoungMinds issues reforms warning

10 December 2003, Young People Now

Youth mental health could be overlooked in children's services reforms, YoungMinds warned the Government last week. In its response to the consultation on the green paper, Every Child Matters, the...