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NEWS IN BRIEF: Cinema campaign

6 August 2003, Young People Now

A cinema ad campaign to raise awareness of mental health services for young men in northwest Belfast was launched last week. The £25,000 campaign addresses high rates of suicide among...

NEWS IN BRIEF: Railway policing

6 August 2003, Young People Now

Transport Minister Kim Howells wants railway staff to be given some police powers to tackle antisocial behaviour. British Transport Police would be able to accredit certain employees to issue fixed-penalty...

NEWS IN BRIEF: Sex statistics

6 August 2003, Young People Now

Around 60 per cent of 16- to 24-year-olds never or only sometimes used a condom in the past year despite having multiple partners, an fpa poll has revealed....

NEWS IN BRIEF: Information points

6 August 2003, Young People Now

Connexions West of England is expanding the number of young people information points in the area to 70. The computer access points will help young people access information on a...

NEWS IN BRIEF: Diana charities

6 August 2003, Young People Now

The Welsh Assembly is to provide crisis funding for three charities hit by the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund's legal trouble. Life Options, Displaced People in Action and SOVA...

PROJECT NOTES: Eden Project

6 August 2003, Young People Now

What is it: Eden Project is a church-based youth project, with 125 volunteers and 25 full-time workers, operating in eight deprived areas of Manchester Goals: To provide positive role models...

GANGS AND GUNS: Birmingham youth workers to help keep children out of gangs

6 August 2003, Young People Now

Youth workers in Birmingham are to help stop children as young as 10-years-old from joining gangs. Youth workers sit in a group set up as part of Operation Ventara -...

HELPLINES: Young men are too shy to ask for help

6 August 2003, Young People Now

Usage statistics from telephone advice services indicate that young men are reluctant to use confidential helplines. Figures from Get Connected, a free national support helpline for under-25s, show that 30...

PRIVATISED SERVICES: Bromley agrees to 10-year contract

6 August 2003, Young People Now

Youth services in Bromley are to be run by private sector firm Prospects Services for the next 10 years in an £8.6m deal. The London borough, which hasn't run its...

EDUCATION: Ofsted will assess bullying in schools

6 August 2003, Young People Now

Schools are to come under more pressure to deal with bullying. From September, Ofsted inspectors must assess how schools deal with incidents of bullying, racism and harassment. An Ofsted spokesman...