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POLICY & PRACTICE: Soapbox - Government is making headway on youth crime

24 September 2003, Young People Now

While we welcome research into the views and attitudes of young people, it is ridiculous to suggest that crime pays (YPN, 17-23 September, p2). The 73,000 people currently in prison...

BIG INTERVIEW: Schools extend their reach - Joan Barnes, head teacher, Hackney Free and Parochial School, London

24 September 2003, Young People Now

If you focus solely on the negative such as exclusions, young people can become negative," says Joan Barnes, head teacher at Hackney Free and Parochial School in east London. "So...

OPINION: The Ferret ... digs behind the headlines

24 September 2003, Young People Now

Teenager Cherelle Francis was waiting for a bus in Newland Street, Kettering, when she was approached by a woman who started shouting racist abuse at her. For about 20 minutes...

OPINION: Hot Issue - Do detached youth workers get the credit they deserve?

24 September 2003, Young People Now

Speakers at the Federation for Detached Youth Work's annual conference earlier this month argued that the sector suffered from a low profile and was ignored in social policy documents. NO...

EDITORIAL: Time for a new approach to physical fitness

24 September 2003, Young People Now

One of Young People Now's editorial team, who happens to be just the wrong side of 40, more than manages to hold his own on the football field at the...

OPINION: What's in a name, what's in an ID number?

24 September 2003, Young People Now

Since the proposal in the children at risk green paper that every child should have a unique identity number, I have been thinking about names and numbers quite a lot....

YOUNG TRAVELLERS: No Fixed Abode

24 September 2003, Young People Now

Traveller families are among the most excluded and castigated groups in British society. Henrietta Bond finds out what it's really like growing up on the road.

DRY BARS: The Soft Option

24 September 2003, Young People Now

The youth club disco is a fond memory for many people. Helen Gregory examines the modern version, dry bars, to see how they attract young people away from the pub.

RESOURCES: Talking point - Should young people do more sport in school?

24 September 2003, Young People Now

Adult sport is big. Players and athletes are stars. But sport in school is not booming. Kick-start a discussion about young people, sport and fitness. In the 1970s, schoolchildren averaged...

RESOURCES: Just out ... A round-up of new resources

24 September 2003, Young People Now

Global Wise: The hot, dry summer this year is having a major impact on harvests in Europe. But no-one is likely to starve and domestic water supplies have not been...