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21 November 2008
NSPCC's Marsh awarded for outstanding achievement at CYP Now event
Former NSPCC chief executive Dame Mary Marsh received an award for outstanding achievement at the Children & Young People's Services Awards last night, as Children's Secretary Ed Balls praised the...
Shops still selling teenagers knives in east London
Shops in east London are flouting the law and selling knives to teenagers, an undercover operation has found.
Huge funding boost for Scottish youth charities
Funding body Inspiring Scotland is to hand out more than 55 million pounds to youth charities across Scotland.
Detached youth workers angry over information-monitoring demands
Detached youth workers are so incensed over the increasing "tracking" of young people that many are considering resigning, the vice-chair of the Federation for Detached...
Slowdown hits prevention work
Social and economic crises could threaten preventive work with children, experts have warned.
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News Insight: London moots revival of the Youth Opportunity Card
Smart-card scheme could reward young Londoners for taking part in sport and physical activity, writes Sue Learner.
Interview: Time to be positive - Martina Milburn, chief executive, the Prince's Trust
You wait all year for a youth week and then three turn up at once. The Prince's Trust held its first Youth Week last week...
Analysis: Youth crime - How Boris plans to end youth violence
The London Mayor has launched Time for Action, his strategy to tackle youth crime in the capital. Proposals focus on six areas of work to deter and rehabilitate offenders. But...
Sexual health - The place of porn in sex education
Research has suggested that increased access to pornographic material is causing young people to hold distorted impressions about sex. Sue Learner examines how the sensitive...
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Feature: Youth employment: A neet solution
The number of young people not in employment, education or training (Neet) remains stubbornly high. But some local authorities are...
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MANI SHERWIN
From the frontline - Who would benefit from a licence to practise?
There are lots of things worrying staff, managers and volunteers in third sector organisations working with young people.
ANDY HILLIER, EDITOR, YOUTH WORK NOW ANDY.HILLIER@HAYMARKET.COM
Editorial: The erosion of voluntary participation
The prominent youth work academic Tony Jeffs noted in 2001 that one of the defining characteristics of youth work was that young people were able...
ADAM NICHOLS
Calm heads are needed in times of hardship
A month or so ago there was some doubt as to whether the global financial crisis was being partly generated by the media.
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