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CONNEXIONS: Tees Valley staff sign contracts for performance-related pay

30 April 2003, Young People Now

The majority of workers at Connexions Tees Valley have signed contracts that include elements of performance-related pay. In September last year, management, staff and representatives from Unison liaised with external...

FUNDRAISING: Guides campaign aims to raise £5m

30 April 2003, Young People Now

In its first-ever national campaign, Girlguiding Scotland has launched a fundraising initiative to raise £5m in three years. The Big G initiative, which stands for giving, girls and Guiding, was...

SEXUAL EXPLOITATION: Be aware of early signs of abuse

30 April 2003, Young People Now

Schools and agencies must work together to prevent young people being drawn into prostitution and violent abuse, says the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, a social research and development charity. After completing...

YOUNG OFFENDERS: Drugs and mental health targeted

30 April 2003, Young People Now

A project in Bristol has been launched with a specialist health and social care team to support young offenders with substance misuse and mental health needs. Launched to coincide with...

LOCAL ELECTIONS: Parties bring youth issues to the fore

30 April 2003, Young People Now

Political parties have put young people high on the agenda in the run-up to this Thursday's local elections. Lowering the voting age to 16, poverty eradication, childcare, youth facilities and...

YOUTH SERVICES: Sheffield Futures reorganises itself

30 April 2003, Young People Now

Thirteen assistant directors have been hired to form a management layer at Sheffield Futures, the charitable organisation comprising the careers service, the youth service and Connexions for Sheffield. The directors...

ARTS BEAT: All sewn up

30 April 2003, Young People Now

Girls and boys in Hull have been given the chance to recreate a scene from Mike Baldwin's sewing factory in Coronation Street. The project, called Stitched Up, lets young people...

NEWS IN BRIEF: Protection in Wales

30 April 2003, Young People Now

ChildLine Cymru/Wales has assisted 20,322 children who were being bullied. The charity has just celebrated its 10th anniversary, and in the past decade has worked with more than 150,000 children...

NEWS IN BRIEF: Call on poverty

30 April 2003, Young People Now

Children and young people's charity Barnardo's Scotland has launched the first in a series of briefings looking at poverty. The briefing calls for politicians to establish a minimum income and...

NEWS IN BRIEF: Music in Lincs

30 April 2003, Young People Now

Twelve to 18-year-olds in Lincolnshire can now take part in the sound52 music project. Run by Lincolnshire's music development agency, soundLINCS, the project will offer music-making opportunities to young people....