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Youth services: Charities call upon Brown for radical restructure of services

27 June 2007, Young People Now

Charities working with children and young people have called for radical alterations to the structure of government, as Gordon Brown takes over as Prime Minister today (27 June). Paul Ennals,...

Youth clubs: Minister supports idea of self-funding clubs

27 June 2007, Young People Now

The undersecretary of state for children and young people has backed the idea of youth services raising their own funding, following a tour of clubs. Parmjit Dhanda said the entrepreneurial...

Youth engagement: Opportunity card substitutes sought

27 June 2007, Young People Now

The nine areas of England that were piloting the Government's youth opportunity card scheme have been asked to come up with alternative ways of engaging young people. The card programme...

Housing: Foyer speaks out over new strategy

27 June 2007, Young People Now

Housing organisation Foyer has expressed concerns that services for young people could lose funding as a result of changes to the Supporting People initiative. The Government published its strategy for...

Uniformed youth: Jewish brigade aims to expand

27 June 2007, Young People Now

The Jewish Lads' and Girls' Brigade is to launch a regeneration plan in September, to expand its reach and encourage more adult volunteers. Neil Martin, chief executive, said: "We have...

Youth justice: Community order plans set out

27 June 2007, Young People Now

Proposals to introduce a single type of community sentence for juveniles have been unveiled by the Government. The youth rehabilitation order will replace existing community orders for under-18s, and will...

Cannabis warning

27 June 2007, Young People Now

Young people from Kensington and Chelsea have produced art work to highlight the dangers of cannabis. Groups of 11- to 18-year-olds received £500 each from the borough's Cannabis Action Group....

Quote of the week

27 June 2007, Young People Now

I asked a young woman why she didn't use her local youth club. She said it was because she didn't have a sexual health problem - Ed Miliband, minister for...

Volunteering: Volunteering body v creates £70m funding programme

27 June 2007, Young People Now

Government-backed youth volunteering charity v has announced a £70m grant programme over the next three years to fund new volunteering projects. The funding marks the first element of the National...

Looked-after young people: Key youth work role will improve wellbeing

27 June 2007, Young People Now

Youth work will take a central role in improving life for looked-after young people, the youth minister has said. Speaking to Young People Now after the launch of the Care...