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Youth services: Opportunity cards could hold statutory youth service funds

21 September 2005, Young People Now

Opportunity cards could become the vehicle through which all statutory youth services are delivered, according to a senior civil servant at the Department for Education and Skills. Anne Weinstock, director...

Media: Youth panel could monitor the media

21 September 2005, Young People Now

Ofcom and the Press Complaints Commission will consider setting up a youth panel to monitor media portrayal of young people, following lobbying by the children's commissioner and the UK Youth...

Scotland: Text voting system set to be extended

21 September 2005, Young People Now

A text message voting system for young people is to be rolled out across Scotland by April. The SMS system, which was set up for youth information agency Young Scot...

Funding: Government opens £20m programme

21 September 2005, Young People Now

The Government launched the first £20m funding round of its combined grant scheme for voluntary sector youth organisations last week, replacing five previous streams. The Children and Young People's Participation...

Children's trusts: Principal officers need more support

21 September 2005, Young People Now

Principal youth officers say an overhaul of their role is needed to ensure youth services maintain influence within children's trusts. At Young People Now's Children's Trusts for Young People conference...

Mental health: Suicide in youth custody avoidable

21 September 2005, Young People Now

Failure to tackle treatable mental illness is to blame for the high proportion of young men who take their own lives in prison, according to a leading academic who has...

In Brief: Video stars

21 September 2005, Young People Now

A group of 15 young people from Barnardo's projects across London have been given the chance to work with music training centre Point Blank, after Italian motorcycle maker Aprilia agreed...

In Brief: Job cuts

21 September 2005, Young People Now

Savings from the Learning and Skills Council's plans to shed a quarter of its 4,700-strong workforce will benefit 12,000 young learners, the council says....

In Brief: Scotland

21 September 2005, Young People Now

The Scottish Executive is calling for more male volunteers for its children's panels. Nearly 3,000 people responded to this year's recruitment campaign, but 78 per cent of them were women....

In Brief: Play

21 September 2005, Young People Now

The Children's Play Council will develop guidance for local authorities in drawing up play strategies, thanks to a £156,020 grant from the Big Lottery Fund....