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NORTHERN IRELAND: Project unites work in areas with conflict

17 September 2003, Young People Now

A three-year project is to bring together best practice in youth work in areas that have experienced conflict recently. Delegates came from 10 different countries, including the US, South Africa...

TRAVELLERS: Local authorities fail on information

17 September 2003, Young People Now

Young Travellers are being excluded from essential services such as education and health care because local authorities are failing to communicate properly with them and their families, recently published research...

BEST THING I EVER DID: Michael Williams, 17, north London

17 September 2003, Young People Now

I've been involved with ActionZone, ActionAid's youth arm, since it started just over a year ago. I joined because I was always asked in the street for donations, and because...

ANALYSIS: Children's green paper - Teenagers need attention too

17 September 2003, Young People Now

The green paper calls for co-ordinated services and children's directors. But what will this mean for young people? Tristan Donovan looks at how adolescents fit into the big picture. It...

POLICY & PRACTICE: Briefing - Youth justice moves on to the next level

17 September 2003, Young People Now

The Home Office has produced an annexe to the children's green paper about the future for youth justice. More reforms of youth justice: is this another change of direction? No....

POLICY & PRACTICE: Soapbox - Gaelic is an important part of young Scots' lives

17 September 2003, Young People Now

Anyone who believes Gaelic is a dead language needs to think again. A visit to one of Scotland's Gaelic-medium nurseries or primary classes should dispel the notion that Gaelic is...

BIG INTERVIEW: The Jewish way to volunteer - Paul Silk, project director, Hand-in-Hand

17 September 2003, Young People Now

Tzedakah underpins Paul Silk's personal philosophy towards voluntary work. A Hebrew word, it refers to charity in the sense of it as a duty. Another Hebrew term, Gemilut Chasidim, meaning...

OPINION: The Ferret ... digs behind the headlines

17 September 2003, Young People Now

The children's green paper contains the following sentence: "The Government has made £513m available this year to local authority youth services. This is an average increase of 5.9 per cent."...

OPINION: Hot Issue - Is the Government taking young people seriously?

17 September 2003, Young People Now

The Government has issued a version of the Every Child Matters green paper specifically for young people. It wants them to be part of the consultation process that will lead...

EDITORIAL: Defend youth work for the right reasons

17 September 2003, Young People Now

The Government's green paper, Every Child Matters, has been almost universally welcomed for its proposed overhaul of services aimed at children and young people, and the renewed commitment to addressing...