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YOUTH JUSTICE: Annual convention to review practices

5 November 2003, Young People Now

Key decision-makers and practitioners in youth justice will meet next week at the Youth Justice Board's annual convention to discuss the direction youth justice should take. The event, in London...

WALES: Commissioner looks at mental health

5 November 2003, Young People Now

Addressing adolescent mental health is the priority for the children's commissioner for Wales, Peter Clarke, over the next year. Clarke told YPN: "The Welsh Assembly lacks the leadership to tell...

SCOTLAND: Police to have powers to close centres under bill

5 November 2003, Young People Now

Local residents could force rowdy youth centres to be shut down if proposed legislation becomes law in Scotland. The Scottish Executive's antisocial behaviour bill, published last week, would give the...

NUMBERS GAME: Drug abuse

5 November 2003, Young People Now

Despite the high profile of drugs such as ecstasy, solvent abuse could pose a more acute health risk to young people, according to a recent survey. The European Monitoring Centre...

POVERTY: Child Trust Funds will not help the poorest

5 November 2003, Young People Now

More must be done if Child Trust Funds are to help the poorest young people, the Child Poverty Action Group said last week. Under plans issued by the Treasury last...

GRANTS: Bristol projects get £500,000 boost

5 November 2003, Young People Now

Young people in Bristol are set to benefit from grants totalling around £500,000 for six community projects. The funding was announced last week by Bristol Partnership, an organisation set up...

YOUTH SERVICE: Survey says young are being let down

5 November 2003, Young People Now

The vast majority of 14- to 25-year-olds want more youth services with longer opening hours, a Prince's Trust study reported this week. Ninety-two per cent of respondents called for more...

SCOTLAND: Edinburgh to give money to projects

5 November 2003, Young People Now

Edinburgh City Council is to give young people a £50,000 budget to support youth projects from next April. The money will allow Edinburgh's youth council, for which elections are now...

BEST THING I EVER DID: Richard Docherty

5 November 2003, Young People Now

Richard Docherty, 20, Birtley, Tyne & Wear My mum sent me on The Prince's Trust's Sound Live course after hearing about it on the radio. I'd been a guitarist for...

ANALYSIS: Youth Service - Is it the time for strike action?

5 November 2003, Young People Now

The Community and Youth Workers' Union has laid down the gauntlet over pay and conditions. Hugh Perry finds out why the union is now considering strike action. Are these really...