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Youth offending: Black police association looks to set up peer courts in London

23 February 2005, Young People Now

Youth-led courts inspired by schemes in the US could be piloted in London as part of a Metropolitan Black Police Association initiative. Members of the association will outline their vision...

Sport: Groundwork begins redeveloping sites

23 February 2005, Young People Now

Work has begun on the first 32 sites being developed by Groundwork trusts as part of Barclays' Spaces for Sports, a £30m fund for improving community sports facilities. Each of...

Youth justice: Board criticised for overstating figures

23 February 2005, Young People Now

The Youth Justice Board was last week accused of overstating its achievements in a report issued by the think-tank Civitas. The report is particularly critical of the way the board...

Funding: Who Cares? Trust lands £1.3m funding package

23 February 2005, Young People Now

The Who Cares? Trust has netted more than £1m from the first round of the Home Office's £125m Futurebuilders investment fund. The £1.3m investment package is the largest Futurebuilders has...

Numbers game: Obesity

23 February 2005, Young People Now

Claims of an obesity epidemic among young people have been exaggerated, researchers have claimed. The Social Issues Research Council, which is funded by food companies and government bodies, said the...

Positive images: Nottingham youth tackle local paper

23 February 2005, Young People Now

Young people in Nottingham have confronted their local newspaper with the messages behind Young People Now's Positive Images balance in the media campaign. Last week, a group of young people...

Olympics: Plans in progress for youth festival

23 February 2005, Young People Now

Proposals to hold a four-year youth culture festival in the run-up to the 2012 Olympics will be unveiled later this year. The World Festival of Youth Culture is being planned...

Connexions: Young people urge Blair to keep Connexions open

23 February 2005, Young People Now

Thousands of young people are sending postcards to Prime Minister Tony Blair this week, urging him not to disband Connexions. Connexions Cheshire and Warrington Young People's Reference Group is leading...

Youth justice: Community orders not being pushed

23 February 2005, Young People Now

Youth justice workers are too willing to back custody in pre-sentence reports, according to a Nacro report issued this week. The crime-reduction charity's A Better Alternative: Reducing Child Imprisonment report...

Don't miss ... Crossing Continents - Christian America Through Education

23 February 2005, Young People Now

BBC Radio 4, 3 March, 11.00-11.30am The local high school in Dover, rural Pennsylvania, has become the first in the US for several generations to promote creationism rather than evolution...