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Don't Miss: Panorama - Cannabis: What Teenagers Need To Know, BBC1, 19 June, 10.15-10.55pm

15 June 2005, Young People Now

Britain has the highest proportion of young people using cannabis of any European country. Thirty-eight per cent will have tried the drug by the time they are 16. But the...

Quotes of the week

15 June 2005, Young People Now

The ASBO is a good thing because now she will get the help I've been asking for but have not got - Jodie Blake, mother of the youngest girl to...

Arts beat: Pole position

15 June 2005, Young People Now

A young person carves his design for an 11-foot-high totem pole as part of a project to help 14- to 15-year-olds develop new skills. The Millennium Green Project's totem pole...

Best thing I ever did: James Baxter, 17, Felixstowe

15 June 2005, Young People Now

I was sitting at home last year with nothing to do, so I asked my personal adviser to find me training or an apprenticeship for plumbing or construction. She told...

Scotland: Executive sets date for youth strategy

15 June 2005, Young People Now

A draft version of Scotland's first national youth work strategy is expected to be published in September, the Scottish Executive confirmed last week. The long-awaited document is intended to bring...

Outdoor Activities: Strong uptake for summer camps

15 June 2005, Young People Now

More than half the places on the Do it 4 Real summer camps programme have been filled. The Youth Hostels Association, which runs the scheme, has a contract to provide...

Analysis: Policy - Housing - Supported schemes face shortfalls

15 June 2005, Young People Now

The Housing Corporation has relaxed its funding rules in a bid to help the development of more supported housing schemes for young people but, as Emily Rogers discovers, a lack...

Analysis: Practice - Mentoring - Friendship model makes way for more formality

15 June 2005, Young People Now

The advent of evaluation and accreditation in youth mentoring schemes is helping young people improve their chances in life. Dipika Ghose reports. Mentoring works. That's the message from The Prince's...

Policy & Practice: Briefing - Cannabis remains drug of choice for teens

15 June 2005, Young People Now

The Schools Health Education Unit has been studying young people's drug habits over the past 18 years. So were those press reports about tenfold increases in drug use correct? There...

Policy & Practice: Soapbox - We must do more to point people towards vocations

15 June 2005, Young People Now

The vocational careers sector - and the country as a whole - is experiencing a fundamental paradox: we have young people keen to enter skills-based careers, yet there remains a...