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Best thing I ever did: Gary Shaw, 19, Bramhall, Cheshire

26 April 2006, Young People Now

Last year, I started a work placement at an Age Concern daycare centre as part of my Entry to Employment course. I did e2e because I wanted to go straight...

Participation: Young learn from mock elections

26 April 2006, Young People Now

Mock elections will become an annual event to enable young people to get used to voting before they turn 18. The Y-Vote Mock Local Elections, organised by youth organisations and...

Northampton: Fire service to work with young people

26 April 2006, Young People Now

Young people in Northamptonshire will be taught how to be firefighters through a project launching next month. The scheme will start by taking on 40 young people in Daventry and...

Analysis: Policy - Positive Images - Media still has a long way to go

26 April 2006, Young People Now

Research into the media's portrayal of young people commissioned by Young People Now shows that newspapers seem to be treating the subject less negatively. Charlotte Goddard looks at the findings....

Analysis: Practice - Youth justice - After the Brixton riots: are things better now?

26 April 2006, Young People Now

Twenty-five years ago, rioting hit London, fuelled by Black young people's mistrust of the police. Emily Rogers looks at how things have changed. Jordan Jarrett-Bryan, a Black young man from...

Policy & Practice: Briefing - Good advice on how best to take the lead

26 April 2006, Young People Now

Two guides on the role of lead professionals offer general guidance on what is expected from the position. Who are these for? These are two overlapping guides; one of which...

Policy & Practice: Soapbox - Young people with special needs too often lose out

26 April 2006, Young People Now

For over 38 years, Caledonia Youth has offered a sexual health service for young people aged 25 and under. Now two of our five branches have closed to fiscal pressures...

Big interview: Unsung hero is recognised - Anthony Vanterpool, personal adviser, Connexions Skelmersdale, West Lancashire

26 April 2006, Young People Now

Heroes are usually footballers and film stars, not Connexions personal advisers working the mean streets of Skelmersdale. But Anthony "Swifty" Vanterpool will be feted in a manner youth workers are...

Opinion: The Ferret ... digs behind the headlines

26 April 2006, Young People Now

There is something about goths that attracts ridicule. Perhaps it's painting your lips black that disturbs people. A serious research report in the British Medical Journal brought sarky comments from...

Opinion: Hot Issue - Are footballers suitable role models for young people?

26 April 2006, Young People Now

Last week, in the Houses of Parliament, MPs debated the effects of football players' behaviour on young people, as newspapers reported on a culture of gambling among leading England stars....