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Feature - Mental health: School of wellbeing

13 February 2008, Children & Young People Now

The government is spending an extra £60m over the next three years on mental health work in schools. Nancy Rowntree examines some of the practices under way.

Feature - Generation of the apprentice

6 February 2008, Children & Young People Now

The government wants 90,000 more apprenticeship places created as part of its plan to raise the education leaving age to 18 by 2015. Tom de Castella finds out what it...

Interview: A matter of faith - Mike Seaton, national secretary, Methodist Association of Youth Clubs

6 February 2008, Children & Young People Now

The political pendulum could be seen to be swinging away from the faith-based youth work sector, if the recent refusal by the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) to...

Interview: The psychology to succeed - Neil Almond, chief executive, Kikass

30 January 2008, Children & Young People Now

Dynamic though the youth sector is, few organisations can claim to have cracked the challenge of grabbing young people's attention.

Feature - Education: The secret of success

30 January 2008, Children & Young People Now

The Priory School in Kent has seen performance in exams more than double in the last three years. Sue Learner finds out how extended services made the difference.

Positive Images: Beyond the media stereotype

23 January 2008, Children & Young People Now

CYP Now is calling for entries to the Positive Images Awards 2008. Open to youth organisations and the media, the awards aim to combat the negative portrayal of young people...

Feature - How we said no to gangs

23 January 2008, Children & Young People Now

As fear of gang violence grows, Lauren Higgs visits Manchester to find out how one group of youth workers is helping young people leave gangs behind.

Interview: Fire starter comes of age - Nick Clegg, Leader, Liberal Democrats

16 January 2008, Children & Young People Now

From a young person's perspective, Nick Clegg must surely be more accessible than his predecessor, the 66-year-old Sir Menzies Campbell.

Funding special: the Children's Fund - Fund changes put projects at risk

16 January 2008, Children & Young People Now

The multi-million pound Children's Fund will soon lose its ringfenced status and become part of local authorities' general funding. Ben Willis looks at what lies ahead.

Funding special: Youth Justice - The Crime Prevention Scene

16 January 2008, Children & Young People Now

At the end of last year, 1,200 jobs in youth offending teams were "at risk". Government funds have staved off a crisis at the eleventh hour, but as Jon Scott...