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DRUGS MISUSE: Hackney drug team gets a makeover

20 August 2003, Young People Now

Drug services for adolescents in Hackney, east London are being revolutionised to reach more young people. The Drug Action Team is pooling resources with local youth offending teams and asking...

YOUTH EMPLOYMENT: Jobless figures for the young fall again

20 August 2003, Young People Now

Long-term unemployment among 18- to 24-year-olds has fallen from 85,000 to 5,400 since the New Deal for Young People was launched in 1998, according to new Government figures. But of...

PARTICIPATION: Updated Government action plan attracts criticism

20 August 2003, Young People Now

A Department for Education and Skills action plan to give young people more say in the running of their schools has been criticised for not living up to expectations. From...

Numbers game Mobile phones

20 August 2003, Young People Now

Every young person seems to have a mobile phone these days, and a new report by market research and consultancy firm mobile-Youth backs this up. It states that about 94...

NORTHERN IRELAND: Homeless unit joins Foyer Federation

20 August 2003, Young People Now

Nine Phab NI independent living centres are joining the Foyer Federation, bringing the number of Foyers in Northern Ireland up to 13. Phab NI's three Belfast centres, plus others in...

YOUNG OFFENDERS: Wigan YOT gets more funds for pilot

20 August 2003, Young People Now

Wigan Youth Offending Team (YOT) is extending its youth inclusion and support panel pilot on the back of funding from the Children's Fund and the council. It received £100,000 from...

YOUTH SERVICES: Camden body gets £1m for projects

20 August 2003, Young People Now

The Camden Central Community Umbrella has received £1m to increase its work with young people in the north London borough over the next three years. The Single Regeneration Budget money...

WALES: Lone worker rules to be introduced

20 August 2003, Young People Now

The Welsh Youth Agency plans to introduce guidance for lone workers such as rural youth workers later this year. The new rules are a result of recommendations by a working...

BEST THING I EVER DID: Hadleigh Wilks, volunteer, Christian Aid

20 August 2003, Young People Now

The best thing I ever did was the gap-year scheme run by Christian Aid. Based in Liverpool, my role was to go and speak to groups of young people in...

ANALYSIS: Social Exclusion - Barriers to the good life

20 August 2003, Young People Now

The Prince's Trust asked around 900 young people about their aims in life, and what was stopping them from getting there. Graham Readfearn looks at the findings. Last week's Prince's...