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BIG INTERVIEW: The best place to be young - Emma McGurrin, assistant youth participation co-ordinator, Lancashire County Council

3 September 2003, Young People Now

Lancashire is the place to be if you are a young person, says Emma McGurrin. And, since the county is the proud holder of the award for Most Youth-Friendly Region...

OPINION: The Ferret... digs behind the headlines

3 September 2003, Young People Now

Society still hasn't made its mind up about young people. Are they a threat to civilisation that needs to be restrained, if necessary brutally? Or are they vulnerable and frail...

OPINION: Hot Issue - Should there be a sector skills council just for youth work?

3 September 2003, Young People Now

Those who work with young people will be served by a range of sector skills councils, depending on their area. These will include formal education, justice, social care and volunteering...

EDITORIAL: Give Accreditation a chance to work

3 September 2003, Young People Now

The whole concept of accreditation goes against the grain for some in the youth service, who believe it gets in the way of "real" youth work. On the other hand,...

OPINION: From a Tribunal to a field in just a day

3 September 2003, Young People Now

We talk a lot about being "advocates" for young people, but we probably don't think this might extend to quasi-legal settings. Of course, I have stood up in court to...

HOMELESSNESS: Nowhere to go

3 September 2003, Young People Now

The Government claimed that last year's Homelessness Act would transform the way the problem is dealt with in this country. One year on, Simon Ellery finds out if the young...

ACCREDITATION: Credit where it's due

3 September 2003, Young People Now

The Government's insistence on accreditation in youth work has met with mixed reactions. PJ White looks at what it really means for youth workers and the people they help.

RESOURCES: Talking point - Is the UK becoming too overcrowded?

3 September 2003, Young People Now

Are there too many people living in the UK at the moment? If there are, what should we be doing about it? Kick-start a discussion about controlling population size. There...

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

3 September 2003, Young People Now

Planning your gap year Studies suggest students taking a gap year have an increased chance of completing their studies. A gap year travelling is also now the choice of 13...

RESOURCES: Classic text revisited... Five Years - Howard and Pip Williamson, 1981

3 September 2003, Young People Now

In 1987, I walked into what was then the National Youth Bureau and is now The National Youth Agency for the first day of my new job as a publications...