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Youth Services: Youth activities are most pressing need

29 June 2005, Young People Now

Activities for young people is the local issue people most want to see improved, a Mori poll has found. Of the 2,017 adults questioned by the research firm, 43 per...

Youth Green Paper: Rainer head calls for response teams

29 June 2005, Young People Now

The youth green paper should set up rapid response teams to help young people, the head of youth charity Rainer has said. Speaking at the Turning Young People Away from...

Participation: UN youth delegates to run consultation

29 June 2005, Young People Now

The UK's first United Nations youth delegates will hold a consultation this summer to help them represent their peers at the 60th UN General Assembly in New York this autumn....

Youth Justice: Private care homes too eager to call the police

29 June 2005, Young People Now

The Magistrates' Association is calling for action to stop young people in private care homes being taken to court for minor offences. John Fassenfelt, chair of the association's Youth Courts...

Numbers game Solvent abuse

29 June 2005, Young People Now

The proportion of young people abusing volatile substances, such as glue, has been slowly rising in recent years. And while cannabis remains the most popular drug for 11- to 15-year-olds,...

Scotland: Youth work left out of cultural proposal

29 June 2005, Young People Now

Youth work appears to have been forgotten in the 540-page report outlining the future of cultural provision in Scotland, young people's organisations said last week. The Cultural Commission's report, Our...

Participation: Youth Parliament chief turns to video

29 June 2005, Young People Now

The UK Youth Parliament's new chief executive plans to use video consultation to extend the organisation's reach to under-represented groups. Andy Hamflett plans to test the approach in three English...

Work-based learning: Skills council to hold back Apprenticeship funding

29 June 2005, Young People Now

The Learning and Skills Council is to withhold a quarter of National Vocational Qualification funding until young people have completed their Apprenticeships, despite warnings from learning providers that it will...

Scotland: Children's hearings to be streamlined

29 June 2005, Young People Now

Youth groups will play a bigger role in reducing youth crime under proposals to streamline children's hearings in Scotland. Under the Scottish Executive's plans, outlined in Getting it right for...

Don't miss: Schools Question Time - BBC One, 30 June, 10.35-11.35pm

29 June 2005, Young People Now

Students from four UK secondary schools will co-produce and star in this week's special edition of Question Time. Host David Dimbleby will be joined by high-profile panellists and a specially...