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GREEN PAPER: Charities demand clarification of children's service proposals

26 November 2003, Young People Now

Pressure mounted last week on the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) to clarify youth work's role in plans to overhaul children's services as the consultation period on the green...

TRUANCY: Young people join anti-Bush protests

26 November 2003, Young People Now

Schoolchildren were among the protesters against the state visit of President Bush last week, despite a national truancy sweep. The three-week, twice-yearly sweeps are run by local authorities, the police...

YOUTH SERVICE: Local authorities to share £90m grant

26 November 2003, Young People Now

Local authorities across England are to share a £90m grant to realise the plans set out in the green paper Every Child Matters, the Department for Education and Skills announced...

WALES: Welsh Assembly to cut training budget

26 November 2003, Young People Now

The Welsh Assembly is to cut next year's training budgets for youth workers by £380,000. The reduction of local authorities' Grants for Education Support and Training budget is part of...

HOMELESSNESS: Celebrities sleep rough for YMCA

26 November 2003, Young People Now

YMCA England is gearing up for its biggest Christmas drive to raise money to get young people off the streets and increase awar-eness of youth homelessness. Liberal Democrat candidate for...

SCOTLAND: Scot tycoon founds care-leavers' trust

26 November 2003, Young People Now

Scottish tycoon Irvine Laidlaw last week announced the foundation of a charitable trust to fund projects that help young care-leavers. The multimillionaire, who is chair of conference firm IIR Holdings,...

ARTS BEAT: Phone theft

26 November 2003, Young People Now

Young people from Wolverhampton provided the creative inspiration for a play highlighting the impact of mobile phone theft. Year 8 pupils from Aldersley High School were asked by professional company...

IN BRIEF: Hodge apology

26 November 2003, Young People Now

The £10,000 given to Nacro as part of youth minister Margaret Hodge's apology to child abuse victim Demetrious Panton could end up with a project for young people in Islington,...

IN BRIEF: Bills move forward

26 November 2003, Young People Now

The sexual offences bill and the antisocial behaviour bill have been given royal assent and will become law. Both have been criticised for their potential to criminalise normal activity....

IN BRIEF: Liverpool units

26 November 2003, Young People Now

Two mobile outreach units for 13- to 19-year olds are to be launched in Liverpool this month. Details will be on the city's youth service web site from 26 November....