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




Social injustice cutting life expectancy, UN report says
28 Aug 2008A major United Nations report has found that social injustice, from being born into poverty to inadequate education and bad housing, is killing on a grand scale around the world and in the UK.
UK has 3 million workless households
28 Aug 2008Figures from the Office for National Statistics has revealed that there are almost 1.8 million children - one in seven - who live in households in which no one works, with more than 3 million families in total unemployed.
Number of 'inadequate'childminders doubles in a year, says inspectors
27 Aug 2008A review of childcare and early education provision by Ofsted has found that the number of childminders ranked as 'inadequate' has doubled in the past year, with the situation being worse in the most deprived areas.
Under orders
27 Aug 2008Fives years ago, seven individuals aged between 15 and 27 were served with one of the most far-reaching asbos ever.
Teach primary school pupils about sex, say MPs
27 Aug 2008A cross-party group of MPs is calling on the government to make advice on sexual health and relationships mandatory in all schools.
Young people and self-harm
27 Aug 2008The 12th European Symposium on Suicide and Suicidal Behaviour, held this week in Glasgow, is to include discussion of a Stirling University-led study in which 700 young people aged 15 and 16 in central Scotland were questioned about self-harm.
Young Britons lead cheers for 2012 Games
26 Aug 2008A Guardian/ICM poll has shown that young people are leading public support for the London 2012 Olympics.
The extra mile
26 Aug 2008Case study on the Leap project in Lancashire, run in partnership between Rathbone and local secondary schools to help re-engage young people who are at risk of exclusion.
Tories say Labour neglects teenage health
26 Aug 2008The Conservatives have published a dossier which claims that young people's health has got steadily worse under Labour since 2000.
Let children play in office car parks, says Nice
22 Aug 2008Draft guidelines drawn up by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) outlines recommendations to increase physical activity amongst young people.



Young Researcher Network website
Youth Work 4 Health
Find out more about Hear By Right and What's Changed
Youth Information