Well Done PAs!! London achieved the highest post-16 participation rate in England in 2007/08, according to data recently produced by the DCSF. With participation rates in London at 82.1%, these are racing ahead of the national average of 77.5%.
Choice (the e-prospectus for London) was officially relaunched at the end of June, with new tools and features including a pathway planner, CV builder, action planner, and careers quiz visit www.mychoicelondon.co.uk to see the new features. Log onto choicefriends to order merchandise and to view the stakeholder areas.
Free resource pack on solvent abuse – Re-Solv is a national charity working to prevent deaths from solvent abuse through educating young people and professionals. It has produced a new ‘Youth Workers Activities Pack’, which aims to increase knowledge and understanding of solvent abuse and contains interactive activities to use with young people to educate them about the dangers of ‘sniffing’. Re-Solv has 2000 packs to give away free to anyone working with young people. To obtain this resource email youthliaison@re-solv.org or call 01785 817885.
Crime Concern: A way forward – A new report from Crime Concern calls for a collective investment in prevention to cut crime and create safer neighbourhoods. The report offers six ways to change communities for the better: acting early; preventing exclusion; challenging risky behaviour; giving young people real opportunities to make more of their lives; looking to young people for solutions; and closing the gap between offenders and their communities.
Keeping the Family in Mind – Barnardo’s has launched a new report Family Minded to raise awareness of the stigma that surrounds mental illness and the need for all services working with a mentally ill parent to ‘think family’. The report includes stories based on interviews conducted with children and young people from Barnardo's projects across the UK who have a parent living with mental illness. Download the report here.
Mixed Parent Families – The Joseph Rowntree Foundation has published new research on how couples parenting across ethnic categories and mixed religious backgrounds understand difference and instil a sense of belonging in their children.
Safeguarding Children – Think tank Civitas has published a new study arguing that child protection measures are creating an atmosphere of suspicion that increases the risks to children. The report argues that adults are reluctant to interact with other people’s children and will not necessarily help children in distress or rebuke children who are misbehaving. A summary of the report can be downloaded here.
The Paralegal Practitioner – a free monthly e-newsletter, which offers careers advice to those interested in becoming a paralegal paractitioner. To sign up please send your name and email address to newsletter@InstituteofParalegals.org.
The Young Adults Learning Partnership (YALP) is giving away free copies of Learning from the Edge: Engaging and motivating young adults. This is a review of policy and practice in non-formal learning, summarised through 10 years of YALP's work. To request a copy please contact Stephanie Finlayson.