£4.5 million for positive youth activities and to improve community relations – Young people across the country are to experience adventure, arts, media projects and residential summer camps, thanks to a £4.5 million cash injection, outlined this week by the Children’s Minister Beverley Hughes. This is new money from the CLG and is a trial which relates to community cohesion, although not directly linked to Communities Empowerment white paper.
Mayor Boris Johnson announces £700,000 funding for anti-crime youth projects – The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, announced this week £700,000 new funding for three youth projects steering young people away from gun and knife crime in London.
Challenge to cut red tape will make apprenticeships a better deal for business – Red tape will be slashed to make it easier for employers to take on more apprentices, Skills Secretary John Denham announced last month. He announced that unnecessary bureaucracy will be ditched at the earliest possible opportunity. To read more click here.
The Data Interchange Hub – The CLG have established a reporting mechanism to help ensure that national indicator data needs to be collected just once.
Unaccompanied asylum seekers – The Thomas Coram Research Unit at the Institute of Education in London, using funding from the Department of Health, has published findings from an 18 month, in-depth research project on the social functioning, emotional wellbeing and mental health of unaccompanied young people seeking asylum in the UK.
Comprehensive Area Assessments – The Audit Commission has launched a consultation on Comprehensive Area Assessments, the new assessment framework for councils and their partners in England. Your response should be received no later than 20 October 2008.
Harmful content on the Internet and in video games – The House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee has published a report on harmful content on the Internet and in video games. The report welcomes the Government’s proposal to create a UK Council for Child Internet Safety.
Reducing Teenage Pregnancy – According to research carried out by the Royal Economic Society, increasing the age of compulsory education and training to 18 could help cut England's persistently high teenage pregnancy rates. The study looked at rises in participation age in Norway and the United States and revealed that whilst attitudes to teenage mothers varied considerably between the countries, the impact of increasing the duration of education was similar, especially among lower achieving pupils.
Child sex tourism – ECPAT UK has published a new report examining the UK law enforcement response to child sex tourism and expresses concern that British nationals who commit offences abroad are not given the same penalties as if they had committed offences in the UK.
Drug Misuse – The NHS Information Centre has published data on drug misuse in England for 2008.
£4.5 million for positive youth activities and to improve community relations – Young people across the country are to experience adventure, arts, media projects and residential summer camps, thanks to a £4.5 million cash injection, outlined this week by the Children’s Minister Beverley Hughes. This is new money from the CLG and is a trial which relates to community cohesion, although not directly linked to Communities Empowerment white paper.
Mayor Boris Johnson announces £700,000 funding for anti-crime youth projects – The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, announced this week £700,000 new funding for three youth projects steering young people away from gun and knife crime in London.
Challenge to cut red tape will make apprenticeships a better deal for business – Red tape will be slashed to make it easier for employers to take on more apprentices, Skills Secretary John Denham announced last month. He announced that unnecessary bureaucracy will be ditched at the earliest possible opportunity. To read more click here.
The Data Interchange Hub – The CLG have established a reporting mechanism to help ensure that national indicator data needs to be collected just once.
Unaccompanied asylum seekers – The Thomas Coram Research Unit at the Institute of Education in London, using funding from the Department of Health, has published findings from an 18 month, in-depth research project on the social functioning, emotional wellbeing and mental health of unaccompanied young people seeking asylum in the UK.
Comprehensive Area Assessments – The Audit Commission has launched a consultation on Comprehensive Area Assessments, the new assessment framework for councils and their partners in England. Your response should be received no later than 20 October 2008.
Harmful content on the Internet and in video games – The House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee has published a report on harmful content on the Internet and in video games. The report welcomes the Government’s proposal to create a UK Council for Child Internet Safety.
Reducing Teenage Pregnancy – According to research carried out by the Royal Economic Society, increasing the age of compulsory education and training to 18 could help cut England's persistently high teenage pregnancy rates. The study looked at rises in participation age in Norway and the United States and revealed that whilst attitudes to teenage mothers varied considerably between the countries, the impact of increasing the duration of education was similar, especially among lower achieving pupils.
Child sex tourism – ECPAT UK has published a new report examining the UK law enforcement response to child sex tourism and expresses concern that British nationals who commit offences abroad are not given the same penalties as if they had committed offences in the UK.
Drug Misuse – The NHS Information Centre has published data on drug misuse in England for 2008.