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NEWS IN BRIEF: Jubilee awards

3 September 2003, Young People Now

Youth work nominations for The Queen's Golden Jubilee Award for voluntary service must be in by 15 September. www.goldenjubileeaward.gov.uk....

NEWS IN BRIEF: Behavioural problems

3 September 2003, Young People Now

Children who have birthdays later in the school year are more likely to experience psychiatric problems, according to the British Medical Journal. Five- to 15-year-olds born in the last three...

NEWS IN BRIEF: Homelessness study

3 September 2003, Young People Now

Youth homelessness charity Safe in the City has started a three-year study with London Metropolitan University to understand how young people and their carers view the problem....

NEWS IN BRIEF: Exclusion

3 September 2003, Young People Now

Youth charity Fairbridge has called for more Government funding of informal learning to help young people who drop out or who are excluded from education. Fairbridge has sent the Treasury...

NEWS IN BRIEF: Youth body appointment

3 September 2003, Young People Now

Blossom Young has become the new chair of the British Youth Council. Dan Elton and Richard Angell are now both vice-chairs, while Kathleen Cronin will become chief executive in late...

Project notes

3 September 2003, Young People Now

What it is: Personal Award for Excellence Scheme, Keighley, West Yorkshire Goals: Rewards young people who have made a positive contribution to their community Funding: The YHA, the Community Fund,...

SOCIAL EXCLUSION: Youth services urged to help poorer families access leisure

3 September 2003, Young People Now

Youth services must do more to help young people excluded from leisure activities by severe poverty, Save the Children said this week. The call came as the charity published a...

VOLUNTARY SECTOR: Funds up for grabs for faith groups

3 September 2003, Young People Now

Volunteering campaign TimeBank is seeking applications from youth groups for its inter-faith grant scheme. The two-year Government-funded campaign, called Respect, will be awarding grants of up to £1,000 from a...

YOUTH SERVICES: West Berkshire sets up family division

3 September 2003, Young People Now

West Berkshire Council has launched a support service to help the early tackling of the problems children, young people and their families face. The Family Resource Team has been developed...

SCOTLAND: Members needed for hearings system

3 September 2003, Young People Now

An initiative to recruit more members to panels that decide how best to handle young offenders or children in need of care in Scotland kicked off this week. The £190,000...