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Work-based learning: Lack of Entry to Employment places to affect school-leavers

6 July 2005, Young People Now

Up to 19,000 16-year-olds will leave school this summer with nowhere to go because of a shortage of places on the Entry to Employment (e2e) programmes, according to a survey...

Wales: Youth agency shut on officials' advice

6 July 2005, Young People Now

The Welsh Assembly Government made the decision to stop funding the Wales Youth Agency on the recommendation of officials who believed the agency was failing in its work. A report...

Teenage pregnancy: Strategy evaluation shows mixed results

6 July 2005, Young People Now

The quality of sex education for young women has improved during the first five years of the Government's teenage pregnancy strategy but more are having unprotected sex. A mid-term review...

Housing: Charities urge end to single room rent

6 July 2005, Young People Now

The Government is under pressure from housing charities to abolish single room rent, after findings from the Department for Work and Pensions showed it is pricing young people out of...

Youth Green Paper: Full statutory status remains in balance

6 July 2005, Young People Now

The youth green paper, which is due out next week, is likely to strengthen the role of local authority youth services, but it is still unclear whether they will get...

Social Exclusion: Connexions baffled by growth of NEETs

6 July 2005, Young People Now

The National Association of Connexions Partnerships is "baffled" by official statistics released last week showing a rise in the percentage of teenagers not in education or work. According to figures...

In vogue

6 July 2005, Young People Now

Young people hit the catwalk at a fashion show compered by Peaches Geldof to mark the launch of youth project TeenzVoice. The Home Office-backed scheme aims to help improve young...

In brief: Faith

6 July 2005, Young People Now

A spiritual element should be added to the outcomes in Every Child Matters, says a report by The Children's Society and the Commission on Urban Life and Faith....

In brief: Youth justice

6 July 2005, Young People Now

Martin Narey has quit his post as head of the National Offender Management Service to become chief executive of children's charity Barnardo's....

In brief: Inspections

6 July 2005, Young People Now

Ofsted has published a framework setting out how inspections of children's services should be conducted. www.ofsted.gov.uk....