Youth Issues News
Each weekday The NYA monitors the national press, government press releases, Hansard, parliamentary websites and specialist publications for news and information about young people and youth policy.
This intelligence feeds the work of the Policy, Information and Research team. National press scanned include the Daily Telegraph, Guardian, Times, Independent, Times Educational Supplement, and Voice. Comments and feedback welcome - email: Jo Poultney
- Male teachers crucial as role models
- 30 Sep 2008New research from the Training and Development Agency for Schools has revealed that male primary school teachers have acted as fundamental role models to one in two men (48 per cent).
- 'Millions' of UK young in poverty
- 30 Sep 2008A report by the Campaign to End Child Poverty has claimed that millions of children in the UK are living in, or on the brink of, poverty.
- Uncomfortable truths about sofa-surfing
- 30 Sep 2008Homeless charity Shelter is running a project in which young people who have experienced homelessness visit schools, colleges and youth centres to share their experiences in order to help reduce the number of young people who become homeless.
- 'Favours' campaign launched by vinspired.com
- 30 Sep 2008A new ‘Favours’ campaign has been launched by vinspired.com, the website from youth volunteering organisation, v.
- ‘One-stop shop’ to keep children safe on internet
- 29 Sep 2008The government have announced the launch of a scheme designed to keep children and young people safe online.
- Conservatives would scrap controversial ContactPoint child database
- 29 Sep 2008The Conservatives would scrap the Contact Point database containing details of all children in England if it gained power.
- Children allowed to drink at home more likely to develop alcohol problems, study suggests
- 29 Sep 2008A US study claims that drinking alcohol when young can lead to alcohol dependency in later life.
- 'Pledge broken' on child mental health patients
- 26 Sep 2008Andrew Lansley, the shadow health secretary has said that the government has broken its promise to stop accommodating children on adult psychiatric wards.
- Local authorities dive in for £140 million free swimming fund
- 25 Sep 2008296 local authorities have expressed their interest in claiming their share of a £50 million fund being made available to offer free swimming to under-16's which will be invested between 2009 and 2011.
- Free school meals pilot scheme announced
- 25 Sep 2008Pupils in two areas of the country will be offered free school meals in pilots of a scheme which, if proved to make a marked difference to pupils' health and concentration, could be expanded nationwide.
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