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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....

NEWS IN BRIEF: Volunteers

27 August 2003, Young People Now

The National Volunteering Convention, organised by the National Centre for Volunteering, will run from 16 to 18 September in London. Call 020 7520 8900, or visit www.volunteering.org.uk/convention...

NEWS IN BRIEF: Life advice

27 August 2003, Young People Now

Providing a focal point for its Reach for the Sky community initiative, digital television provider BSkyB has launched a web site. This has been developed to help 14- to 19-year-olds...

NEWS IN BRIEF: Art for Youth UK

27 August 2003, Young People Now

Youth is holding a fundraising arts exhibition, Art for Youth, at The Mall Galleries in London on 9 October. Works by artists of all ages will be on sale. A...

NEWS IN BRIEF: Free travel

27 August 2003, Young People Now

London mayor Ken Livingstone has announced that, from 4 January, accompanied under-16s can travel free at weekends on the tube and buses in London....