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Fight club

29 September 2004, Young People Now

Former sports minister Kate Hoey tries out facilities at a south London boxing club that is offering 10- to 19-year-olds a chance to try out the sport in conjunction with...

Best thing I ever did: James Sharples, 22, Oldham

29 September 2004, Young People Now

When I was 16, I was a bit of a tearaway, but the group work programmes I was put on never worked for me. Then I got into the Moving...

Youth Services: Liberals back YPN youth manifesto

29 September 2004, Young People Now

The Liberal Democrats added their support to Young People Now's youth services manifesto at their conference last week. Matthew Green, spokesman for young people, said the party backed many of...

Children Bill: £2.5m is too little for commissioner

29 September 2004, Young People Now

The estimated annual budget for England's children's commissioner is too low, Parliament's Joint Committee on Human Rights said last week. The committee's report on the children bill, released last week,...

Analysis: Liberal Democrat Conference - Prison is not a place for teenagers

29 September 2004, Young People Now

Youth justice was high on the agenda at the Liberal Democrat conference last week. Tom Lloyd headed for Bournemouth to hear the party vow to raise the age of criminal...

Analysis: Accreditation - Royal scheme extends a hand to all young people

29 September 2004, Young People Now

The Duke of Edinburgh's Award held a conference this week to find ways to widen its appeal and challenge its middle-class image, writes Emily Rogers. Although it has rather elitist...

Policy & Practice: Briefing - Fined on the street for behaving badly

29 September 2004, Young People Now

The Home Office plans to extend Penalty Notices for Disorder to juveniles following a successful adult trial. Is this what became of the Prime Minister's idea to, ahem, frogmarch louts...

Policy & Practice: Soapbox - Young lesbians, gays and bisexuals need extra help

29 September 2004, Young People Now

I'm John Proctor, a 21-year-old member of the Allsorts Youth Project, a project in Brighton that provides support to lesbian, gay and bisexual young people and those who are unsure...

Big interview: The volunteering reformer - Ian Russell, head of the Russell Commission

29 September 2004, Young People Now

Happiness is volunteering, according to recent research from the University of Essex. The research, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, discovered that communities with high levels of civic...

Opinion: The Ferret ... digs behind the headlines

29 September 2004, Young People Now

If you were a youth worker with a brand new youth room ready for its official opening, what would be your next step? Obviously, you'd live in it for a...