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Youth Matters: Opportunity cards to be tested vigorously in two-year pilots

9 November 2005, Young People Now

Eight pilots of the opportunity card scheme proposed in Youth Matters will begin in April and last for about two years, according to the junior youth minister. Maria Eagle denied...

Volunteering: Commission offers funding to projects

9 November 2005, Young People Now

The body set up to promote youth volunteering has made £1m available to fund projects that will help it achieve its aims. Established to implement the Russell Commission's recommendations, the...

Alcohol: Adults are complicit in youth drinking

9 November 2005, Young People Now

One in three adults asked to buy alcohol for an underage young person has done so, according to research carried out for responsible drinking body The Portman Group. About 30...

Youth Services: Redesign needed for joint inspection

9 November 2005, Young People Now

The joint inspection regime for children and young people's services still needs work, according to the chief inspector of schools. David Bell told delegates at a conference on joint area...

Connexions: Guidance on trusts set to be published

9 November 2005, Young People Now

The Government is drawing up guidance for children's services directors to help them integrate Connexions into children's trusts. Youth minister Beverley Hughes told Connexions chief executives last week that the...

Youth Matters: Trade unions want statutory services

9 November 2005, Young People Now

Trade union groups have renewed calls for statutory youth services in their consultation responses to the youth green paper. The TUC, which represents 67 unions, says: "A proper funding stream...

Royal reward

9 November 2005, Young People Now

Young people at Camden Chinese Community Centre were rewarded for volunteering in the community with a visit from the Queen. They included 20 of the 120 Community Service Volunteers' Millennium...

In brief: Youth justice

9 November 2005, Young People Now

The Department for Constitutional Affairs has backed the idea of getting young people to visit prisons as a deterrent in a white paper. www.dca.gov.uk....

In brief: Workforce

9 November 2005, Young People Now

The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and unions will meet again next week to discuss the Local Government Pension Scheme....

In brief: Youth justice

9 November 2005, Young People Now

A judicial review of the Government's decision not to allow a public inquiry into the death of Joseph Scholes, who hanged himself in Stoke Heath Young Offender Institution, will be...