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Barnardo's attacks high custody levels

1 October 2008, Youth Work Now

More young people aged 10 to 14 are sent to custody in England and Wales than in any other country in western Europe, according to children's charity Barnardo's.

Report highlights limits of mentoring

1 October 2008, Youth Work Now

The government should be wary of treating mentoring as "a panacea for disaffected youth", a report from the Centre for Policy Studies has concluded.

Violence: Youth worker pens knife crime song

1 October 2008, Youth Work Now

A Devon youth worker has written a song to encourage young people to think about the consequences of knife crime.

Youth crime: Call to open youth clubs on Fridays

2 July 2008, Youth Work Now

The Home Office's crime and communities adviser has called for youth clubs in the 50 most deprived wards in England and Wales to be open on Friday nights.

Youth crime: Crime Concern urges action

2 July 2008, Youth Work Now

Crime prevention charity Crime Concern is calling for the expansion of programmes that give young people more things to do.

Guns and gangs: Teens devise the words for posters

2 July 2008, Youth Work Now

A group of young people from Hounslow have devised an anti-guns slogan for posters.

Knife Crime: Weapon carrying high among teens

10 June 2008, Youth Work Now

One in four young people claim to have carried a knife and one in 10 said they have carried a gun, according to a new study.

Crime Statistics: Under-16s added to crime survey

10 June 2008, Youth Work Now

The annual British Crime Survey will include under-16s for the first time, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has announced.

Antisocial Behaviour: Football project is a winner in Wigan

10 June 2008, Youth Work Now

A Friday night project in Wigan has successfully taken hundreds of young people off the streets by involving them in football.