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					<title><![CDATA[Huge funding boost for Scottish youth charities]]></title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Funding body Inspiring Scotland is to hand out more than 55 million pounds to youth charities across Scotland.]]></description>
					
					<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:33:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title><![CDATA[Councils get help in seven billion pound transfer of 16 to 19 education funding]]></title>
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					<description><![CDATA[A support scheme to prepare local authorities for the seven billion pound transfer of 16 to 19 funding from the Learning and Skills Council in 2010 is to launch next week.]]></description>
					
					<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title><![CDATA[Small charities have edge in funding applications]]></title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Smaller children's charities are often better at applying for funding than big name charities, a senior grants officer at the Big Lottery Fund has told CYP Now.]]></description>
					
					<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title><![CDATA[Woodcraft Folk gets lottery cash for training project]]></title>
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					<description><![CDATA[The youth organisation Woodcraft Folk has received more than a million pounds to allow more than 8,500 young people to make their voices heard.]]></description>
					
					<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:38:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title><![CDATA[Crunch sparks spending review]]></title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Treasury officials have ordered government departments to re-examine spending commitments on children's services, CYP Now has learned.]]></description>
					
					<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title><![CDATA[Children in Need funds five charities]]></title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Charities BBC Children in Need and the Hunter Foundation have announced plans to collaborate with five partner organisations to reduce the number of young people not in employment, education or training (Neet).]]></description>
					
					<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title><![CDATA[Guidance on free early years funds]]></title>
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					<description><![CDATA[The National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) and the Local Government Association have released a joint publication showcasing how local authorities and providers can improve the distribution of the money for the free early years entitlement.]]></description>
					
					<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title><![CDATA[Icelandic crisis will not affect councils]]></title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Council-run children services are unlikely to be affected by the Icelandic banking crisis, according to the Local Government Association (LGA).]]></description>
					
					<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title><![CDATA[Lottery funding for English play projects]]></title>
					<link>http://www.cypnow.co.uk/news/852993/Lottery-funding-English-play-projects/</link>
					<description><![CDATA[The Big Lottery Fund has announced 3 million pounds worth of funding to be handed out to 16 inclusive play projects across England.]]></description>
					
					<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title><![CDATA[School placement spending slows]]></title>
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					<description><![CDATA[The growth of spending on placements in special schools has slowed rapidly in the past three years, figures from the Audit Commission reveal.]]></description>
					
					<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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