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Did any of you catch the programme on telly about the recent research into the extent that primary school aged children who are displaying violent and disruptive behaviour to the extent that it was affecting both teachers and pupils alike? It made for...
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We’ve just completed a response paper on the voting age for the Youth Citizenship Commission. Despite what people might have expected from us, we believe that the voting age should remain at 18, or even be raised to 21. It is generally those young people...
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I've just been reading the 100th issue of Youth and Policy Journal. It's not happy reading. I've not made it through all the article yet, but the tone of those I've read appears despondent and hyper-critical of most youth policy developments...
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On Today I heard a report about the teachers and students at Croxteth School in Liverpool, which is under threat of closure in 2010. The school is in a troubled area, close to where Rhys Jones was murdered. One of the teachers described how the school...
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It's taken me longer than usual to get into Festive Claire mode, what with moving, job and general mid life crisis stress but I think that Christmas has finally arrived. And it's all thanks to a little girl on a railway platform. I've been...
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Hi all, sorry I've been a bit quiet over the past couple of months, but with the trials and tribulations of moving, starting a new job and trying to remain steely whilst completely floundering out of my comfort zone, I've been rather up to my...
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Apart from acting, one of the most nervewracking things I have ever done is attempt to interview John Bird, the Big Issue founder and social entrepreneur, at the recent Chain Reaction event. He is a most fascinating man - "I have a lifetime of experience...
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Tragically, here we are again. Unfortunately, lightning can strike twice as it has done in blighted Haringey. The coverage is fascinating, focussing as it does on the blame of the Social Workers, rather than the outright evil of the members of P's...
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This is a transformational moment in American history; not just because the country has a black president, but because of the number of young people voting for the first time. Research shows that once people vote for the first time, they will continue...
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Earlier this week my PR handed me her mobile. One of our Changemakers had texted her and she couldn t understand it. I don ' t speak young anymore, she said sadly. It was the usual texting code with all its phonetics and abbreviations. As...
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Gordon Brown launched the government funding for two year olds in his speech at teh Labour Party conference. So is this 'Welfare to Work' to get young and unskilled mothers back into training or work or is it a genuine effort focussed on the most...
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The Rev Tim Hastie-Smith, chairman of the Headmasters’ and Headmistresses’ Conference, said in a speech at its annual gathering that young people would succeed not by retreating from society but by engaging with the big questions in a mature and reasoned...
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After this weekends UK Youth Online conference held at the DIUS offices in London there has been an explosion of online content around engaging young people through the social web. Take a look here for more .
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I was talking to a driving instructor recently, and was reminiscing about my terrifying glory days kangaroo-jumping around behind an L-plate. He told me that driving instructors face an even more difficult task these days, as many of the young people...
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Wake up! As each day passes the world seems to turn ever faster. By the time you read this Gordon Brown, Labour's champion of Sure Start and related early years initiatives may be gone as Britain's Prime Minister. Added to which a Cameron-led...