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Numbers game Young women

19 March 2003, Young People Now

Young women need to become more active in public life, politics and their communities, but they feel thwarted in their ambitions. Women's charity YWCA published a study at the It's...

ACCREDITATION: Grant helps Bristol workers hit targets

19 March 2003, Young People Now

Youth workers in Bristol are to be supported by a £300,000 three-year initiative that will help them to implement Government guidelines on youth accreditation. Voluntary organisation Young Bristol is to...

CRIMINAL CHECKS: Council to check Welsh volunteers

19 March 2003, Young People Now

The Wales Council for Voluntary Action has been commissioned by the National Assembly to carry out criminal checks on volunteers in Wales. The news comes after changes to the Criminal...

SUBSTANCE MISUSE: Knowsley gets fund for drugs schemes

19 March 2003, Young People Now

Knowsley Council's drug and alcohol action team in Merseyside is to be awarded £217, 267 in April under an initiative designed to improve the co-ordination of local drug and alcohol...

YOUNG OFFENDERS: YMCA resettlement scheme hits Wigan

19 March 2003, Young People Now

YMCA England has gained funding of £27,000 a year for two years from Hindley Young Offenders' Institution near Wigan to work with young offenders on a resettlement programme. YMCA England's...

BEST THING I EVER DID: Jay Okwera, 19, London

19 March 2003, Young People Now

The best thing I ever did was getting involved with the YMCA's citizenship course. It helped me express myself to politicians and the media. I had a lot of anger...

ANALYSIS: ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOUR - Youth workers are not police

19 March 2003, Young People Now

A white paper published by the Home Office highlights the key role youth workers must play in curbing antisocial behaviour. Stovin Hayter looks at why it is proving unpopular. Youth...

POLICY & PRACTICE: Briefing - Skills councils will affect youth work

19 March 2003, Young People Now

The Government is reforming the way standards are set for training in different sectors, including youth work. I hear that the formal training of the informal educators is up for...

POLICY & PRACTICE: Soapbox - We want to be counted as opponents to war on Iraq

19 March 2003, Young People Now

I heard about the march against war on Iraq from my friends the day before it was due to take place. I wanted to go because I don't want the...

BIG INTERVIEW: Met's big idea starts to pay off - Commander Steve Roberts, head of youth policy unit, Metropolitan Police, London

19 March 2003, Young People Now

I hardly deal with young people at all," admits Commander Steve Roberts, head of the Metropolitan Police's youth policy unit. "To be honest, I haven't got the skills that youth...