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NORTHERN IRELAND: Projects share £7.8m grants in European push for peace

23 April 2003, Young People Now

Youth workers in 60 voluntary projects across Northern Ireland are to be the beneficiaries of funding from the EU's Programme for Peace & Reconciliation, known as Peace II. The sum...

CHILDREN'S RIGHTS: Brighton bids for trust pilot scheme

23 April 2003, Young People Now

Brighton & Hove City Council has appointed a children's commissioner to head its bid to become one of the Government's children's trust pilot schemes. James Dougan, currently assistant director of...

EUROPE: Youth parliament goes to Newcastle

23 April 2003, Young People Now

The UK is to host the 45th international session of the European Youth Parliament. Three hundred young people from 30 countries are expected to descend upon Newcastle from 24 March...

PARTICIPATION: Young are not so lazy over politics

23 April 2003, Young People Now

Young people are not as apathetic about politics as is generally thought, according to new academic research. And young people in Scotland and Wales are no more interested in politics...

INCLUSION: Barnardo's widens help for disabled

23 April 2003, Young People Now

Children's charity Barnardo's has held a conference for its staff in a bid to improve its services for disabled young people aged between 13 and 25. Young people from Barnardo's...

VOLUNTEERING: Cash payment to boost volunteers

23 April 2003, Young People Now

A pilot scheme will give young people an allowance of £45 a week to encourage them to become volunteers. First mentioned in Chancellor Gordon Brown's November 2002 pre-Budget report, the...

ARTS BEAT: Pathe strikes back

23 April 2003, Young People Now

Young people in Clevedon, Somerset, have revisited the Pathe newsreel concept to express their views on local issues. North Somerset Council's youth service and Barn Youth & Community Centre worked...

NEWS IN BRIEF: Sticks and stones

23 April 2003, Young People Now

Name calling in the school playground is more damaging for a child than physical bullying, according to a study by psychologist Dr Stephen Joseph at Warwick University. He found that...

NEWS IN BRIEF: Food praise

23 April 2003, Young People Now

Anne Owers, chief inspector of prisons, has commended Thorn Cross young offenders' institution in Cheshire for the provision of its food, in an inspection report published last week. But Owers...

NEWS IN BRIEF: Sexual health conference

23 April 2003, Young People Now

Professionals working with young people, and young people themselves, can attend a conference on supporting young people to become activists for sexual health in their communities. The event is on...