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OPINION: The Ferret ... digs behind the headlines

23 July 2003, Young People Now

Some things we can agree on. The Fast Food Song by the Fast Food Rockers that hit number two in the charts last month is a public nuisance at the...

OPINION: Hot Issue - Is there too much emphasis on "voluntariness" in youth work?

23 July 2003, Young People Now

Youth workers are under increasing pressure to engage with particular individuals. For some, however, youth projects can only succeed if the young people willingly choose to take part. YES -...

EDITORIAL: The facts behind the Youth Justice figures

23 July 2003, Young People Now

The Youth Justice Board's annual review, released last week, paints as one would expect a generally positive picture of the work done over the past year. It cites a number...

OPINION: A Nanny State solution to managing risk

23 July 2003, Young People Now

It was the uneven and wobbly flagstones near the front door, and the trailing electric cables for the outside loudspeaker that prompted the discussion. We were in a youth training...

EDUCATION: When teachers need youth work

23 July 2003, Young People Now

Former HM Inspector of Schools John Huskins believes youth workers have a key role to play in teachers' efforts to deal with troublesome students.

ADVENTURE ACTIVITIES: The Great Outdoors - The outdoor activity break is a staple of traditional youth work

23 July 2003, Young People Now

Tim Burke braves the elements and discovers that adventure activities continue to prosper, even in the face of increasing red tape and concerns about safety.

RESOURCES: Talking point - Should identity cards be made compulsory?

23 July 2003, Young People Now

The prospect of identity cards is getting closer, and arguments about cutting crime versus protecting individual freedoms are expected. Kick-start a discussion with young people. The word is that ID...

RESOURCES: Just out ... A round-up of new resources

23 July 2003, Young People Now

CHILD PROTECTION PACK Sport needs to be fun, but it also needs to be safe. This pack aims to provide everything to help a coach, teacher or youth worker involved...

RESOURCES: Classic text revisited ... Clubs for Girls Pearl Jephcott, 1943

23 July 2003, Young People Now

Sixty years after publication, what insights does this little textbook have for us? At first it seems dated. Jephcott's tut-tutting at girls reading Kiss the Blood off My Hands and...

RESOURCES: Review - When a social problem is a reason to panic

23 July 2003, Young People Now

Chas Critcher was one of the authors of the seminal Policing the Crisis (1978), which is often considered to be one of the alternative ways of "reading" moral panics. The...