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NUMBERS GAME: Barriers to learning

8 October 2003, Young People Now

Young people would do better at school if more interesting subjects were on the curriculum, according to a report by children and young people's charity NCH. More than two-thirds of...

DYSLEXIA: Government urged to tackle dyslexia

8 October 2003, Young People Now

The British Dyslexia Association has urged Government agencies to do more to address unemployment and low educational achievement among young people with dyslexia. Stuart Alexander, chief executive of the association,...

GRANTS: Volunteer projects aim to unite faiths

8 October 2003, Young People Now

Organisations are being given a £1,000 incentive to run projects that break down barriers between religious groups. TimeBank, the national volunteering charity, has launched a grants programme to fund projects...

DRUGS: Cartoon highlights effects of cannabis

8 October 2003, Young People Now

Members of Exposure, a youth media organisation in the London borough of Haringey, have helped produce a video to show young people the effects of cannabis use. Is Da Grass...

SEXUAL HEALTH: Advisory service to send out text alerts

8 October 2003, Young People Now

Brook's information service for under-25s, Ask Brook, is to use text messaging to alert young people when responses have been posted to their online requests for advice about sexual health...

YOUNG OFFENDERS: Tories claim better education is vital

8 October 2003, Young People Now

The Conservative Party is calling for young offenders to receive better education. At its annual conference in Blackpool this week, Charles Hendry, shadow minister for young people, was due to...

BEST THING I EVER DID: Paul Swift, 17, Darwen, Lancashire

8 October 2003, Young People Now

I've been a St John Ambulance cadet for six years and learning first aid is one of the best things I've done. In April last year, I'd been to a...

ANALYSIS: Labour Party Conference - Party policy makes waves

8 October 2003, Young People Now

Youth policy caused a stir at the Labour Party's conference in Bournemouth last week, with the antisocial behaviour bill in particular raising hackles. The minister for young people certainly got...

POLICY & PRACTICE: Briefing - Guidelines speak out on advocacy rights

8 October 2003, Young People Now

Guidance is being produced on how advocacy can help vulnerable young people get their voice heard There's legislation about providing advocacy services isn't there? There is - most recently the...

POLICY & PRACTICE: Soapbox - It takes two people to make a teenage pregnancy

8 October 2003, Young People Now

Imagine the scene: Tom, 18, and Lisa, 16, have been together for a few months; they've met each others' parents and both families are happy. Then Lisa realises she is...