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YOUTH JUSTICE: Youth offending teams to lose funding in Government U-turn

19 November 2003, Young People Now

Youth offending teams (YOTs) across the country face cutbacks after the Department for Education and Skills apparently redirected millions of pounds to ease the schools funding crisis. The department's Children...

EDUCATION: Manchester aims to engage pupils

19 November 2003, Young People Now

A two-day motivational event was run last week in Manchester to re-engage schoolchildren and encourage them to do well in their GCSEs next year. Organised by Manchester City Council's education...

GOVERNMENT: Hodge fails to take over youth justice

19 November 2003, Young People Now

Youth minister Margaret Hodge's bid to take control of the Youth Justice Board (YJB) has failed, leaving youth welfare and justice in separate departments. Hodge, who is under pressure to...

YOUTH SERVICE: Employers claim a strike will not help

19 November 2003, Young People Now

Strike action "never solved anything", a representative of employers in the youth service said this week. Mike Walker, director of negotiations at the Employers' Organisation for local government, was speaking...

AWARDS: War victims pick up moral courage prize

19 November 2003, Young People Now

A family of five young Kosovan refugees who returned home to testify at a war crimes tribunal have won a new award for moral courage named in honour of diarist...

FACILITIES: Youth centre opens doors in Sunderland

19 November 2003, Young People Now

A £750,000 youth centre based in Sunderland has opened after four years of planning. The centre will provide services for around 900 11- to 25-year-olds in the Pennywell area. The...

ARTS BEAT: Return of the Vikings

19 November 2003, Young People Now

The Kingsmead Estate in Hackney, east London, was transported back in time on 8 November when it became a temporary home for Vikings. Parklife and the Free Form Arts Trust,...

IN BRIEF: Youth justice

19 November 2003, Young People Now

A coalition of children and young people's groups, including The Children's Society, has called for a "fundamental review" of the youth justice system. In a joint report, the organisations state...

IN BRIEF: Children's Directorate

19 November 2003, Young People Now

Sheila Scales, acting director of the Department for Education and Skills' Children and Family Group, will oversee the new Children's Directorate's Local Transformation Group (YPN, 12-18 November, p7). Naomi Eisenstadt...

IN BRIEF: Homelessness

19 November 2003, Young People Now

The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister is to implement a ban on all homeless families living in hotels and bed-and-breakfasts for longer than six weeks, from April 2004. www.odpm.gov.uk....