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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...

CONNEXIONS: National sporting expert to join body

27 August 2003, Young People Now

Connexions is to appoint a national sports expert as part of plans to ensure recognition of the role of physical activity in young people's development across England. The post, a...

BEST THING I EVER DID: Tim Smith, 25, Derby

27 August 2003, Young People Now

I started as a Community Service Volunteer ally when I was 23 after seeing an advertisement asking for volunteers. It appealed to me because youth and social work is what...

ANALYSIS: Hindu Youth - Brought together in faith

27 August 2003, Young People Now

Hinduism in the UK does not exist as one homogeneous mass. Dipika Ghose looks at a youth organisation that is trying to bring different Hindu youth groups together "Hindus are...

POLICY & PRACTICE: Briefing - The shock of the new-look public library

27 August 2003, Young People Now

The Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment is celebrating a new generation of reading rooms. I remember libraries. Do people still use them then? Certainly do. There were 290...

POLICY & PRACTICE: Soapbox - Early intervention can make all the difference to a life

27 August 2003, Young People Now

The question of when a child becomes a young person is interesting for organisations in the primary age sector. The issues most commonly associated with the term now start to...

POLICY & PRACTICE: Big interview - Marching to a different beat

27 August 2003, Young People Now

Commander Brian Paddick, head of youth policy, Metropolitan Police. After the media frenzy that engulfed Commander Brian Paddick last year, it is surprising that his appointment as head of youth...