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In brief: Sentencing

29 November 2006, Young People Now

More than 35 MPs have signed an early day motion supporting the Howard League for Penal Reform's Community Sentences Cut Crime campaign....

In brief: Knives - Knife project runs peer education

29 November 2006, Young People Now

Knife education project Be Safe is helping young people run workshops for their peers. Youth workers from the group run workshops in schools, youth clubs and youth offending teams. It...

In brief: Prisons - Custody bill opens up secure homes

29 November 2006, Young People Now

The Government has introduced proposals with the potential to allow offenders to serve part of their custodial sentence in open local authority accommodation. The offender management bill, which was published...

Analysis: Policy - Youth Services - Youth work fights for distinction

29 November 2006, Young People Now

Essex is a local authority at the forefront of widening the role of youth workers as part of a restructure of youth and children's services. Emily Rogers looks at what...

Policy & Practice: Briefing - Concerns abound on child database usage

29 November 2006, Young People Now

A report for the Information Commissioner's Office has raised issues about record and database sharing. Children's databases? This could get controversial. Well yes, this report has been compiled by the...

Policy & Practice: Numbers game - Housing

29 November 2006, Young People Now

More than 40,000 young people aged 16 to 18 currently living in bad housing in England have no GCSEs. Survey conducted to encourage funding of social homes. Homelessness charity Shelter...

Policy & Practice: Health check

29 November 2006, Young People Now

Diabetes among teenagers, Doncaster Actual hospital admissions of 15- to 19-year-olds from 2002-05 79 Expected hospital admissions of 15- to 19-year-olds from 2002-05 50 About a quarter of people...

Big interview: A boost for young London - Jennifer Izekor, head of children and learners' division, Government

29 November 2006, Young People Now

Driving the delivery of government policy on children and young people in the capital has been Jennifer Izekor's key focus this year. Since the beginning of 2006, she has been...

Opinion: Hot issue - Should parenting classes be made compulsory?

29 November 2006, Young People Now

The Government is investing £4m to improve parenting support for families in 77 local authority areas. Ministers have said that they are prepared to force parents to attend classes if...

Opinion: Feedback

29 November 2006, Young People Now

DEFINING A PROBLEM I read with interest about Home Secretary John Reid's measures designed to help families with problem children (YPN, 22-28 November, p3). These proposals can only succeed, in...