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"Gay Young-Adult Literature: A Floodgate of Possibilities" | 18 October 2010
Fascinating article about the impact of gay teen writing on a young man's coming out - on the "Changing Lives Through Literature" blog.
Posted in: Children & young people | LGBTQI
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Care Leavers | 6 June 2009
The Care Leavers' Association have produced an excellent webpage of information & resources.
Posted in: Children & young people | LGBTQI | Looked-after children & young people
"Thousands leaving school before GCSEs" | 16 April 2009
A bit of a late link to this article, but it adds to the picture of the number of young people in danger of becoming NEET.
Posted in: Children & young people | NEET
Latest NEET statistics | 6 January 2009
The latest Quarterly Brief from DCSF (which applies to England only) shows that, at the end of 2007, there were 189,500 16-18 year-olds who were Not in Education, Employment or Training.
However, it also shows the Labour Force Survey figures (which fluctuate seasonally and are less definitive) at the third quarter of 2008 as:
16-18 year-olds: 256,000
18-24 year-olds: 820,000.
Posted in: Children & young people | NEET
"£9 million for young people to become social entrepreneurs" | 22 December 2008
"Children and Young People’s Minister Beverley Hughes today unveiled £9 million for a new scheme to help young people spearhead and deliver ideas for positive activities, helping them at the same time to become young social entrepreneurs.
Funding and practical support will be available for young people to think of new ideas for positive activities, which could be anything from sport to music to art, which they will then deliver in their local communities, on Friday and Saturday nights. Third sector organisations are today invited to bid to run the scheme and support the young people involved."
Taken from DCSF press release.
Posted in: Children & young people | Funding | News
Myplace Awards announced | 10 December 2008
The first round of Myplace awards has just been announced by DCSF.
These include:
- New Horizon Youth Centre, Camden, London
- The Sutton Life Centre, Sutton, London
- The Salmon Youth Centre, Bermondsey, London
- TaB Centre Plus, Enfield, London
- New Life Centre, Hartlepool
- The Hub, Barnard Castle
- Bradley Youth Hub, Pendle
- Carlisle Youth Zone, Carlisle
- The Hub, Dartford
- The Pegasus Theatre Project, Oxford
- Access All Areas, Bridgwater
- Dawlish Integrated Youth Centre, Dawlish
- Minehead EYE, Minehead
- The Primetime Project, Bournemouth
- The Young Person’s Village, Stoke-on-Trent
- The Green Rivers Centre, Bloxwich, Walsall
- The Big Hub, Leeds
- My Place Chesterfield
- Hinckley Club for Young People, Leicestershire
- OPEN Centre Project, Norwich
- Shoeburyness Youth Centre, Shoeburyness.
Posted in: Children & young people | Funding | News
Brent Libraries' Autumn Programme | 4 October 2008
Brent's exciting programme includes a range of activities for the autumn, including Black History Month.
Posted in: Black, ethnic minority and mixed-race | Children & young people | News
"Child Poverty Special Report: Sure Start - has it reduced poverty?" | 24 September 2008
"Children & Young People Now" Special Report, looking at whether Sure Start is actually having any effect on poverty.
Posted in: Children & young people | Poverty & low income / Unemployment / Recession | Social inclusion/exclusion
Unemployed young people | 18 August 2008
According to the latest figures from The Prince's Trust, "The number of unemployed young people who are either unemployed or inactive and not in full time education is now more than 1.2 million, representing nearly one in five young people in the UK."
Posted in: Children & young people | NEET
Children accommodated in secure children's homes | 25 July 2008
DCSF have just published the latest figures (showing that 280 children were accommodated in secure children's homes in England and Wales at 31 March 2008).
Posted in: Children & young people
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