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GRANTS: Charitable trust shifts focus to deprived 11- to 13-year-olds

27 August 2003, Young People Now

A major grant-making trust is tightening its funding criteria to target deprived young people in the northwest of England. The Francis C Scott Trust has an annual distributable income of...

VOLUNTARY SECTOR: Isle of Dogs group gives youth funding

27 August 2003, Young People Now

Two schemes to support young people in southeast London were included in grants totalling £50,000 from the Isle of Dogs Community Foundation. The foundation gave £40,000 to Docklands Youth Services,...

LGB: Greenwich scheme targets problems

27 August 2003, Young People Now

A scheme to combat high levels of mental illness, drug use and alcohol abuse among lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) young people kicks off next week. The as-yet-unnamed project is...

CHILD POVERTY: Low-income children need more support

27 August 2003, Young People Now

"Make it a fiver, Gordon!" is the message from the Child Poverty Action Group, which last week launched a campaign that asks Chancellor Gordon Brown to increase financial support for...

PROJECT NOTES

27 August 2003, Young People Now

What it is: The Real Project is a drugs education initiative run by the Ludlow-based South Shropshire Youth Forum Goals: To increase drug awareness among 16- to 25-year-olds living in...

PARTICIPATION: Electoral Commission develops outreach plan

27 August 2003, Young People Now

The Electoral Commission is seeking help from youth workers in developing its new youth outreach programme. This will be launched in September with the recruitment of five outreach workers to...

NUMBERS GAME: Delinquent behaviour

27 August 2003, Young People Now

Young people tend to engage in delinquent behaviour more often as they grow older, a recent study suggests. The Edinburgh Study of Youth Transitions and Crime tracked 4,300 young people...

YOUTH SERVICE: Lancashire extends school pack roll-out

27 August 2003, Young People Now

A support package developed in Lancashire to help smooth the transition between junior and secondary school is to go on sale to local education authorities throughout the country. Keep Cool...

YOUNG PARENTS: Government offers grants for childcare

27 August 2003, Young People Now

Parents under 19 are to be given up to £5,000 per child a year in childcare grants to encourage them to return to education, training or employment. Care to Learn?...

TRAINING: Islington to extend Summer University

27 August 2003, Young People Now

A London council wants to extend a programme that has attracted hundreds of young people onto summer courses ranging from arts to computers. Three years of National Lottery cash from...