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SCOTLAND: Youth work is 'not a Cinderella service'

15 October 2003, Young People Now

The Scout Association's Scottish Council warned MSPs last week that Scotland's education policy is failing to recognise the value of the youth sector in offering informal education. The comments were...

VOLUNTARY YOUTH WORK: Shebbeare leaves trust after 15 years

15 October 2003, Young People Now

Sir Tom Shebbeare has stepped down as chief executive of The Prince's Trust after 15 years in the role. Shebbeare, who became the trust's first chief executive in 1988, will...

ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOUR BILL: Travellers will suffer under bill, say campaigners

15 October 2003, Young People Now

Young people from Traveller backgrounds could suffer because of measures in the latest version of the antisocial behaviour bill, which is awaiting report stage in Parliament. Changes to the bill,...

NUMBERS GAME: Attitudes to teenagers

15 October 2003, Young People Now

Adults in England are less friendly to children as they grow up, claim figures released by the National Children's Bureau (NCB) last week. The research, a taster of NCB's ongoing...

YOUNG OFFENDERS: Haringey to extend behavioural pilot

15 October 2003, Young People Now

Haringey Youth Offending Service is expanding a behavioural therapy project for 12- to 16-year-old offenders. The scheme, which has just completed a two-month pilot, uses Multi-Systemic Therapy (MST) to rehabilitate...

PARTICIPATION: Blackpool 'ignores' local youth council

15 October 2003, Young People Now

Shadow minister for young people Charles Hendry has accused Blackpool Council of ignoring its own youth council. The MP said members of Blackpool Youth Council had told him councillors regularly...

EDUCATION: Special needs video will teach inclusion

15 October 2003, Young People Now

Sixty young people have worked together on a video project to highlight the issues faced by the growing number of pupils with special educational needs who are educated in mainstream...

GRANTS: Youth bus helps cut crime in Somerset

15 October 2003, Young People Now

A youth bus project in Somerset, which last week was awarded funding of around £115,096 by the Community Fund, has been instrumental in reducing local crime and antisocial behaviour by...

BEST THING I EVER DID: Jonathan Bell, 22, Merthyr Tydfil

15 October 2003, Young People Now

The best thing I ever did was to take tenancy of my own purpose-built bungalow, which is designed to meet the needs of a wheelchair user. Although I have cerebral...

ANALYSIS: Antisocial Behaviour Bill - A piece of legislation too far

15 October 2003, Young People Now

The antisocial behaviour bill is about to be passed by Parliament without the necessary amendments that could prevent stigmatisation of young people, writes Dipika Ghose. Time is running out -...