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Antisocial behaviour: Task force will focus on early intervention and parenting

7 September 2005, Young People Now

The Government is to give more agencies the power to apply for parenting orders as part of its latest drive to combat antisocial behaviour. Louise Casey moves from her role...

Truancy: Scottish authorities pilot alert scheme

7 September 2005, Young People Now

Scottish local authorities are piloting an automated system that alerts parents whose children fail to turn up at school. Each of Scotland's local authorities has been given a share of...

Legislation: Online forum will debate smoke ban

7 September 2005, Young People Now

Young people will discuss the banning of smoking with ministers in an online forum hosted by The Hansard Society this month. The forum will be run by the society's under-18s...

Disability: Support network set up for deafblind

7 September 2005, Young People Now

Deafblind charity Sense has launched a three-year youth support project. Young Sense, funded by the Department for Education and Skills' National Voluntary Youth Organisation grant scheme, will set up a...

Bullying: Alliance to receive further funding

7 September 2005, Young People Now

The Anti-Bullying Alliance expects to receive a further £600,000 from the Department for Education and Skills this autumn to continue its work. Its first allocation of government funds came to...

Youth Services: Councillor offers to fund youth worker

7 September 2005, Young People Now

A Conservative councillor in Hackney has offered to fund a youth worker from his own salary as a protest at youth service "underfunding". Andrew Boff says he will donate his...

Ice and advice

7 September 2005, Young People Now

A group of 16-year-olds at Lostock College in Stretford, Manchester, relax with an ice cream after receiving their GCSE results. The Connexions ice cream van travelled to schools and youth...

In brief: Sexual health

7 September 2005, Young People Now

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has published a draft scope of work on improving sexual health in under-18s. www.nice.org.uk....

In brief: Children's trusts

7 September 2005, Young People Now

Birmingham Council has appointed Tony Howell as head of children's services, to take forward the council's children's trust....

In brief: Drugs

7 September 2005, Young People Now

The number of 11- to 15-year-olds smoking cannabis has dropped from 13 to 11 per cent since reclassification in January....