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CRIMINAL RECORDS: Voluntary sector calls for more accessible criminal checking

28 May 2003, Young People Now

The Government must provide an "accessible and affordable" network for criminal checks for the voluntary sector to prevent further delays in recruiting staff. The call came from Susanne Rauprich, chief...

NORTHERN IRELAND: Youth Council leads anti-conflict project

28 May 2003, Young People Now

A three-year project led by the Youth Council for Northern Ireland, with the University of Ulster, is to develop models of best practice for areas where there has been conflict....

YOUNG OFFENDERS: Special care centre for Milton Keynes

28 May 2003, Young People Now

Places for 80 young offenders who need special care not available in larger institutions will be available from summer 2004. The final contract to construct Milton Keynes Secure Training Centre...

MONEY: Government wants pensions for young

28 May 2003, Young People Now

The Department for Work and Pensions is devising a marketing campaign to encourage young people to start thinking about pensions at an early age. It will target late-teens through a...

HOUSING: Hereford Foyer gives chance of new start

28 May 2003, Young People Now

An £80,000 refurbishment project at a Foyer in Herefordshire has given nine 16 to 25-year-olds a chance of a new life. The Foyer Federation, following the purchase and redevelopment of...

YOUNG CARERS: Surge in numbers of carers under 18

28 May 2003, Young People Now

The number of carers under the age of 18 in the UK has increased threefold since 1996. The figures in the 2001 Census, published earlier this month, reveal that there...

ARTS BEAT: Right and wrong

28 May 2003, Young People Now

"What is wrong with the world?" was the question posed by The Wrong Exhibition, a collection of art by young artists displayed at the Custard Factory Gallery, Birmingham, earlier this...

NEWS IN BRIEF: Ballot move

28 May 2003, Young People Now

Unison has confirmed that two Connexions partnerships are balloting on terms and conditions. Julie Hallam, a Unison national officer, said: "Ballots are taking place over the introduction of new contracts,...

NEWS IN BRIEF: Antisocial tenants

28 May 2003, Young People Now

Children and young people's charity NCH has criticised government proposals to withdraw housing benefit from antisocial tenants. The proposal, outlined in a Department for Work and Pensions consultation paper published...

NEWS IN BRIEF: Sri Lanka flood appeal

28 May 2003, Young People Now

Y Care International, the overseas development agency of the YMCA movement, is asking for help from YMCAs in the UK in giving relief to the Sri Lanka YMCA after floods...