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YOUTH JUSTICE: Scotland ploughs £5m more into reducing youth crime

27 August 2003, Young People Now

Youth justice spending will be boosted by 50 per cent over the next two years, the Scottish Executive has revealed. The extra £5m funding was greeted warmly by local authorities,...

YPN to host national conference

27 August 2003, Young People Now

Professionals from youth work, youth justice, Connexions, health and the youth-related voluntary sector will exchange views and gain practical information at the first Young People Now National Conference in November....

CONNEXIONS: Partnership creates palliative care post

27 August 2003, Young People Now

The novel post of personal adviser, palliative care, has been created at Connexions Bedfordshire and Luton, as part of a project working with young people with life-limiting or life-threatening illness....

DRUGS: Southwest England gets Frank advice

27 August 2003, Young People Now

The southwest of England is being blitzed in a series of seaside events to promote the youth-orientated Frank drugs-awareness web site. A programme of events designed to lift the profile...

CHILDREN'S RIGHTS: Scottish charity calls for ban on beatings

27 August 2003, Young People Now

Scottish children's charity Children 1st has urged the Scottish Executive to outlaw hitting under-16s on the head, shaking them and striking them with implements such as slippers or belts. The...

ARTS BEAT: Right direction

27 August 2003, Young People Now

Connexions West of England held a week-long programme of summer activities for young people from Bath. Fifteen 16- to 18-year-olds were selected by Connexions personal advisers to attend workshops in...

NEWS IN BRIEF: Leaving school

27 August 2003, Young People Now

Connexions Coventry and Warwickshire has worked with the Learning and Skills Council Coventry and Warwickshire to launch Positive Destinations, a series of videos to highlight education and training options for...

NEWS IN BRIEF: Calling foster carers

27 August 2003, Young People Now

Four 17-year-olds from Northumberland have designed a foster carer recruitment campaign, based on their experiences of foster care. Based at The Point, a young people's centre in Blyth, the quartet...

NEWS IN BRIEF: Antisocial behaviour

27 August 2003, Young People Now

Bolton Council initiated a leafleting campaign to highlight antisocial behaviour orders against two young people last week. The move means that Bolton Council, with Greater Manchester Police's backing, has now...

NEWS IN BRIEF: Disabled play

27 August 2003, Young People Now

Extra services are likely to open at six adventure playgrounds for disabled young people following disability charity Kids' buyout earlier this month of disabled-play charity Kidsactive....