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Children's commissioner: Commissioner says interests of teenagers will be first priority

9 March 2005, Young People Now

The newly appointed children's commissioner for England says adolescents are the most neglected age group of all children and young people, and that he will champion their interests. Professor Al...

Youth services: Support agency set to open in London

9 March 2005, Young People Now

A cross-London agency to help improve the quality of youth work in the capital is to launch next month. The Partnership for Young London will provide services working with young...

Northern Ireland: Include Youth adds graduate scheme

9 March 2005, Young People Now

Young people's charity Include Youth is expanding its Give and Take project by adding a graduate scheme for over-18s with learning difficulties. The Give and Take project helps disadvantaged young...

Let's bowl

9 March 2005, Young People Now

An inter-hostel bowling championship was held last week by youth homelessness charity Centrepoint. The event, held at the Elephant & Castle Superbowl in south London, brought together young people from...

Youth parliament

9 March 2005, Young People Now

The UK Youth Parliament has made Andy Hamflett its first chief executive. The parliament's Department for Education and Skills core grant this year is £190,000, up £21,000 on 2004-05. -...

Project notes - The Big Picture, Birmingham

9 March 2005, Young People Now

What it is: The Big Picture, Birmingham Goals: To increase the awareness of the work of the Youth Action Network and to counter negative images of young people Funding: Receives...

Wales: Welsh Assembly Government set to end Wales Youth Agency

9 March 2005, Young People Now

The Welsh Assembly Government is this week expected to announce it is pressing ahead with plans to bring the work of the Wales Youth Agency inside the assembly, when it...

Social exclusion: Vulnerable over-16s failed by services

9 March 2005, Young People Now

The Government's Social Exclusion Unit is to examine ways of overcoming the age boundaries of services for vulnerable 16- to 25-year-olds after research found they are disjointed. Transitions, the unit's...

Mentoring: Black boys take part in speed mentoring

9 March 2005, Young People Now

A project based on the concept of speed dating has helped match underachieving Black teenage boys with male professionals who will provide them with one-to-one mentoring and act as positive...

Obituary: Frontier Youth Trust founder dies at 75

9 March 2005, Young People Now

David Sheppard, former Bishop of Liverpool and co-founder of the Frontier Youth Trust, has died aged 75. The trust, established in 1964, supports marginalised young people. Sheppard also played a...