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NEWS IN BRIEF: Environmental awards

24 September 2003, Young People Now

Youth leaders and councils are encouraged to apply for the Volvo Young Environmentalist Awards. Ten prizes of £500 will be made to projects that encourage young people to undertake practical...

NEWS IN BRIEF: Child abuse

24 September 2003, Young People Now

Two children die from abuse or neglect in Britain every week, according to a report by Unicef. Eighty per cent of abusers were the children's biological parents. www.unicef.org....

NEWS IN BRIEF: Global view

24 September 2003, Young People Now

The Development Education Association is holding a free conference on global issues for Connexions personal advisers on 6 October. For more information, call 020 7490 8108....

NEWS IN BRIEF: Sexual health appointment

24 September 2003, Young People Now

Nigel Webb has joined sexual health advice provider Brook as its chair. He is part of the clinical governance team at the NHS Modernisation Agency....

PROJECT NOTES: Cricket Initiative 2003

24 September 2003, Young People Now

What it is: Cricket Initiative 2003, Cardiff Youth Offending Team Funding: It received £1,800 from the Youth Justice Board this year Goals: Using cricket as a diversionary tool to tackle...

ALCOHOL: Teenagers fail to heed warning about perils of binge drinking

24 September 2003, Young People Now

Under-16s now drink twice as much as their counterparts 10 years ago, according to a new Government report on the dangers of binge drinking. The interim analytical study from the...

CHILD POVERTY: World Bank urged to provide funding

24 September 2003, Young People Now

The World Bank has turned its focus on young people in a bid to reduce world poverty, following advice from youth organisations in the UK. Last week, the bank held...

CARE-LEAVERS: Care advisory body gets rescue funds

24 September 2003, Young People Now

The National Leaving Care Advisory Service has been thrown a lifeline by charity RPS Rainer just weeks after it was forced to close due to financial difficulties. The partnership comes...

SEXUAL OFFENCES: MPs criticised for not changing bill

24 September 2003, Young People Now

Children's charities have attacked the Government's handling of the sexual offences bill, which has ended its examination by the standing committee last week. Ministers have been criticised for not taking...

SOCIAL EXCLUSION: Local authorities help to maintain truancy fall

24 September 2003, Young People Now

Government statistics suggest truancy has declined over the past academic year and local authorities are doing their bit to maintain the trend. The annual pupil absence statistics from the Department...