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OUT-OF-SCHOOL CARE: Kids' Clubs widens remit to take a more strategic role

14 May 2003, Young People Now

Kids' Clubs Network has embarked on a five-year growth plan to establish childcare and youth schemes, and to increase turnover from £5m to up to £9m. The organisation for out-of-school...

FOSTERING: Foster carer pool is shrinking fast

14 May 2003, Young People Now

There is a shortage of 8,000 foster carers in the UK. The bombshell was dropped by the Fostering Network this week at the start of the annual Foster Care Fortnight....

SEX AND DRUGS: Pilots sought for long-term project

14 May 2003, Young People Now

The Department of Health's Sexual Health and Substance Misuse Unit is developing a pilot project, based on a model from the US, to target 13 to 15-year-olds in England. The...

LONDON: Young people on mayor's committee

14 May 2003, Young People Now

The London Assembly has created a committee to oversee the mayor's children and young people's strategy, which is due to complete its consultation process at the end of July (YPN...

YOUNG OFFENDERS: Tougher sentences for teen murderers

14 May 2003, Young People Now

Young people under the age of 17 found guilty of murder could be sentenced to a minimum of 15 years in prison. Home Secretary David Blunkett's plans would implement a...

VOLUNTARY SECTOR: Tories pledge more support for services

14 May 2003, Young People Now

The voluntary sector should be the main player in the provision of services for young people, Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith said at the party's first ever "youth summit" on...

ARTS BEAT: Banging the drum

14 May 2003, Young People Now

Young villagers from across north Devon are working with professional musicians to explore, create and perform music as part of a project funded by Youth Music. Beaford Arts, in Beaford,...

NEWS IN BRIEF: Drugs standards

14 May 2003, Young People Now

The Drug and Alcohol National Occupational Standards, to be launched in June, will specify standards of performance for all workers in the field, including the youth sector. The standards were...

NEWS IN BRIEF: Sport for girls

14 May 2003, Young People Now

Secondary schools in Carmarthenshire are to be offered up to £1,000 each under the Girls First initiative for equipment that it is hoped will lead to more girls taking part...

NEWS IN BRIEF: Top service

14 May 2003, Young People Now

Connexions County Durham, launched last April, is the first Connexions service in the Northeast to gain a Charter Mark, awarded by the Government for excellence in public service....