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					<title><![CDATA[Prince's Trust campaigns for youth support]]></title>
					<link>http://www.cypnow.co.uk/news/982602/Princes-Trust-campaigns-youth-support/</link>
					<description><![CDATA[The Prince's Trust has launched a campaign to highlight the waste of talent caused by under investment in support for young unemployed people.]]></description>
					
					<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:56:00 GMT</pubDate>
					
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					<title><![CDATA[Birmingham axes youth grants]]></title>
					<link>http://www.cypnow.co.uk/news/982467/Birmingham-axes-youth-grants/</link>
					<description><![CDATA[Hundreds of thousands of pounds of grant-aided funding will be slashed from voluntary youth work in Birmingham next year, CYP Now can reveal.]]></description>
					
					<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
					
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					<title><![CDATA[CWDC abandons apprentice plan]]></title>
					<link>http://www.cypnow.co.uk/news/982466/CWDC-abandons-apprentice-plan/</link>
					<description><![CDATA[Plans to develop a cross-sector apprenticeship for the children's workforce have been dropped.]]></description>
					
					<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
					
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					<title><![CDATA[Lack of job security risks driving away good staff]]></title>
					<link>http://www.cypnow.co.uk/news/982462/Lack-job-security-risks-driving-away-good-staff/</link>
					<description><![CDATA[The children and young people's sector stands at risk of losing many talented staff to alternative careers amid heightened fears over job security, a CYP Now survey has revealed.]]></description>
					
					<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
					
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					<title><![CDATA[Youth funds improve community cohesion, finds report]]></title>
					<link>http://www.cypnow.co.uk/news/982287/Youth-funds-improve-community-cohesion-finds-report/</link>
					<description><![CDATA[The government's end of year report on its Youth Opportunity and Youth Capital Funds claims they have increased community cohesion and positive perceptions of young people.]]></description>
					
					<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:13:00 GMT</pubDate>
					
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					<title><![CDATA[Government launches youth engagement website]]></title>
					<link>http://www.cypnow.co.uk/news/982004/Government-launches-youth-engagement-website/</link>
					<description><![CDATA[The government has launched a website allowing young people to access funding, information and opportunities around youth engagement as it responds to the Youth Citizenship Commission's recommendations.]]></description>
					
					<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
					
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					<title><![CDATA[Prime Minister voices support for lowering voting age to 16]]></title>
					<link>http://www.cypnow.co.uk/news/981662/Prime-Minister-voices-support-lowering-voting-age-16/</link>
					<description><![CDATA[The Prime Minister has confirmed his support for lowering the voting age to 16 but said such a move must go hand-in-hand with improvements in citizenship education.]]></description>
					
					<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
					
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					<title><![CDATA[Coventry youth workers enter eleventh week of industrial action]]></title>
					<link>http://www.cypnow.co.uk/news/981341/Coventry-youth-workers-enter-eleventh-week-industrial-action/</link>
					<description><![CDATA[Fresh strikes in Coventry will mean that the longest running industrial action by youth and community workers is about to enter its eleventh week.]]></description>
					
					<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 09:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
					
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					<title><![CDATA['Boredometer' to tell young people about positive activities]]></title>
					<link>http://www.cypnow.co.uk/news/981242/Boredometer-tell-young-people-positive-activities/</link>
					<description><![CDATA[A project that aims to promote positive activities has launched an application that delivers information to young people on social networking sites.]]></description>
					
					<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
					
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					<title><![CDATA[Service chiefs lack faith in Ofsted]]></title>
					<link>http://www.cypnow.co.uk/news/980885/Service-chiefs-lack-faith-Ofsted/</link>
					<description><![CDATA[Directors of children's services remain unconvinced about the quality of Ofsted's workforce and leadership, a CYP Now poll has revealed.]]></description>
					
					<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
					
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