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Interview: Time to be positive - Martina Milburn, chief executive, the Prince's Trust

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

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You wait all year for a youth week and then three turn up at once. The Prince's Trust held its first Youth Week last week (15-21 November) close on the heels of the National Youth Agency's Youth Work Week (1-7 November) and the UK National European Youth Week.

Interview: Schools for the future - Dr Hilary Emery, executive director, TDA

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

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Schools are in the dark about the role of the Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA), inspectorate Ofsted said in a report last week. The report, on the wider schools workforce, also revealed concerns about career-development and performance management.

Interview: Sexual health champion - Julie Bentley, chief executive, FPA

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

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"Faith schools must not be allowed to opt out" of sex and relationships education (SRE) programmes, says the chief executive of sexual health charity FPA.

Interview: Calm figure in a crisis - Andrew Purvis, chief executive, Fairbridge

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

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Everyone is starting to feel the impact of the current economic climate.

Interview: Master of diplomas - John May, chief executive, Career Academies UK

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

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Last week was not a good week for those hoping the government's diploma courses might bridge the divide between academic and vocational education in England.

Interview: Make families stronger - Maria Miller, shadow minister for families

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

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Maria Miller laments Labour's performance in office, claiming its record "doesn't stack up when you compare how much has been spent on supporting families and children and alleviating child poverty".

Interview: Pressure on the pledge - Stephen Timms, employment and welfare reform minister

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

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Ever since Tony Blair made his pledge nine years ago to end child poverty by 2020, the government has been fairly vocal about the issue.

Interview: Annette Brooke MP, children's spokeswoman, Liberal Democrats

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

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The Liberal line on children.

Interview: More than just a name - Clare Tickell, chief executive, Action for Children

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

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NCH is dead. Long live Action for Children. This week, after 139 years of working under the National Children's Home or NCH banner, the charity changed its name.

Interview: Pudsey gets proactive - Sheila Jane Malley, director of grants and policy, BBC Children in Need

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

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When the BBC launched its Children in Need appeal back in 1980, the corporation didn't really know what it was getting itself into.

Interview: Crime stopper - Paul Cavadino, chief executive, Nacro

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

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Nacro has changed a bit since Paul Cavadino joined in 1972. The organisation has gone from having 30 staff back then to become one of the UK's biggest crime reduction charities.

Focus on Wales - Interview - An Englishman abroad

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

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David Hawker, director for children & education, Welsh Assembly Government.

Interview: Service with an edge

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

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- Penny Nicholls, director of children and young people, The Children's Society.

Interview: A sense of adventure

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

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- Adrian Voce, director, Play England Adventurous play is the name of the game for this year's Playday on 6 August, co-ordinated by Play England. With this theme in mind, director Adrian Voce says children's services departments keen to provide exciting play opportunities should consult the organisation.

Interview: Stacey Adams, chief executive, Raleigh - Trips abroad for all

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

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Gap years have long been seen as a rite of passage of middle-class young people who are waiting to go to university.

Interview: A second year of promise

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

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Ed Balls, Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families

Interview: Community spirit - Phil Hope, minister for the third sector and social exclusion

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

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Making volunteering attractive to young people is key to involving them in their local communities, says third sector minister Phil Hope.

Interview: Time for positive action - Mark Blake, director, Positive Futures

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

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With his voluntary sector background, Mark Blake is pragmatic about the challenges facing Positive Futures, the Home Office scheme that helps disadvantaged young people.

Interview: A vision for mental health - Sarah Brennan, chief executive, YoungMinds

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

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The government may now be paying more attention to the state of child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS), but the stigma surrounding mental illness is still strong.

Interview: Youth justice's saviour? - Frances Done, chair, Youth Justice Board

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

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It may have taken a year to replace outspoken chair Rod Morgan, but in February Frances Done did just that.

Interview: For the health of Hackney - David Daniels, principal, Petchey Academy

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

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Food at the Petchey Academy in Hackney, east London, is strictly policed. "Students are not allowed to bring food into the academy, they can only bring water or fruit," says David Daniels, the principal. "They all have to eat the midday meal, though they have a choice of meat or veg."

Interview: A voice for victims of crime - Baroness Patricia Scotland, Attorney General

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

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Attorney General Baroness Scotland, the government's chief legal adviser, believes that if you give young victims of crime a voice, you can "stop them turning into perpetrators".

Interview: Debbie Booth, foster carer, Auchterhouse, near Dundee - A model of fostering

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

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Debbie Booth, along with her husband, has been a foster carer for 10 years and has looked after a total of 30 children during that time.

Interview: Lucy Gampell, director, Action for Prisoners' Families - Generational divide

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

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According to Lucy Gampell, at least seven per cent of children will experience the imprisonment of a parent. "That is beside all those who will see another family member go to prison," she says.

Interview: Positive signals - Meghan Scott, tutor, Love and Cuddles

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

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There are a wealth of opportunities open to toddlers these days. There's baby yoga, baby theatre and now the youngest children are adding another string to their bows, according to Meghan Scott.

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