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MK News - ‘Hard working youngsters get new games area’ 19 April 2008

Peterborough Today - ‘Fire-fighters safety tips for teenagers’ 17 April 2008

Wrexham Leader - ‘First class effort helps school grounds boost’ 16 April 2008

Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph - ‘Sport gives teenagers taste of high life’ 15 April 2008

Socialist Worker - ‘London Mayor Elections: Ken and Boris launch war on young people’ 10 April 2008

Evening Star - ‘Fears for future of motorcycle course’ 10 April 2008

Community Care - ‘YJB well short of target to cut youth custody by 10%’ 7 April 2008

The Times - ‘News of the Week, a surge in youth crime has been largely exaggerated’ 6 April 2008

Community Care - ‘Nacro hears police targets have driven youth custody numbers’ 3 April 2008

The Guardian - ‘Police criminalising young to hit targets say charity’ 3 April 2008

Children and Young People Now - ‘Police target low-level offenders’ 26 March 2008

Children and Young People Now - ‘The Youth Taskforce sets out its stall’ 26 March 2008

Evening Star - ‘Boost for the battle against yobs’ 21 March 2008

Whitehaven News - ‘Ross is the first winner’ 20 March 2008

Metro - ‘Addicts should not go to jail’ 11 March 2008

Community Care - ‘Mind, Nacro and Rethink urge re-focus on mental health policy’ 10 March 2008

Fenland Citizen - ‘Practical courses to help young parents to learn’ 3 March 2008

Lancashire Evening Post - ‘Minister visits Preston youth justice panel’ 26 February 2008

Guardian Unlimited - ‘Let’s be rational about gangs’ 21 February 2008

Horncastle News - ‘Football fun for kids thanks to charity’ 21 February 2008

Lancashire Evening Post - ‘Peer panels could save money’ 21 February 2008

Daily Telegraph - ‘Lost date lets killers roam free for a year’ 20 February 2008

Daily Mail - ‘Brown's courts with youth judges branded a '£500,000 failure’’ 20 February 2008

Liverpool Echo - ‘Junior Football Noticeboard’ 20 February 2008

BBC News Online - ‘Jail move over open ended terms’ 20 February 2008

The Guardian - ‘Background checks will not force sex offenders to hide’ 18 February 2008

Fenland Citizen - ‘Young Parents Safety Message’ 8 February 2008

Daily Star - ‘Youngsters tackle tough challenge to raise cash for hospital’ 6 February 2008

Community Care - ‘Rehabilitation, reoffending and drug reduction targeted’ 1 February 2008

Manchester Evening News - ‘Fab four’s flower power’ 1 February 2008

Daily Mirror - ‘Thousands of prisoners let out before sentence ends to free up’ 1 February 2008

Williamstown Star - ‘Local Charities in trash plea’ 24 January 2008

Wrexham Evening Leader - ‘Pioneering project to cut reoffending picks up award’ 24 January 2008

24dash.com - ‘Nacro heads Stonewall list’ 9 January 2008

Third Sector - ‘Nacro heads Stonewall list’ 9 January 2008

Daily Post - ‘Offenders join fight against drug abuse’ 2 January 2008

Letters to Daily Telegraph - ‘Knives and gangs’ 19 December 2007

The Guardian - ‘ASBO’s encouraging more crime, thinktank claims’ 15 December 2007

The Daily Mail - ‘Let off for teenage thugs who say sorry to victims’ 13 December 2007

Children and Young People Now - ‘What its like to work for Nacro’ 12 December 2007

BBC News Online - ‘New child champion to be named’ 12 December 2007

BBC News Online - ‘ASBO’s wrong for under 12’s’ 10 December 2007

BBC News Online - ‘How drugs fuel violence in prison’ 10 December 2007

Daily Mirror - ‘Super jails plan to beat crowding crisis’ 9 December 2007

The Times - ‘Plan to close 15 women’s prisons so inmates can be closer to home’ 7 December 2007

Politics.co.uk - ‘Nacro depressed at 96,000 capacity’ 6 December 2007

BBC News Online - ‘More questions raised over tagging’ 29 November 2007

Children and Young People Now - ‘Met police approves respect strategy’ 23 November 2007

Children and Young People Now - ‘New unit leads on youth justice’ 23 November 2007

Reuters - ‘Bursting UK jails create sentencing dilemma’ 16 November 2007

Community Care – ‘Prison Reform Trust: Improve first night services to cut suicides’ 15 November 2007

The Times- ‘Aitken redux’ 14 November 2007

Peterborough Evening Telegraph - ‘Plan to engage prison inmates’ 26 October 2007

Peterborough Evening Telegraph - ‘Kids aim to kick out racism’ 25 October 2007

Daily Telegraph - ‘Ten year olds to punish offenders’ 23 October 2007

Daily Mail - ‘Here comes the judge, aged 10’ 23 October 2007

Lancashire Evening Post - ‘City leads Europe with juvenile justice centre’ 16 October 2007

Community Care - ‘Nacro calls for better mental health provision in custody’ 11 October 2007

Children and Young People Now - ‘Youth Justice Board to keep interim chair for another year’ 3 October 2007

Children and Young People Now - ‘PM pledges £670million for youth services’ 26 September 2007

Luton News - ‘Banking on a garden makeover bonus’ 19 September 2007

Children and Young People Now - ‘Prevention schemes on a knife edge’ 19 September 2007

Children and Young People Now - ‘He helped turn my life around’ 19 September 2007

Blackpool Gazette - ‘Peer pressure’ 17 September 2007

BBC News Online - ‘More detained in secure hospitals’ 10 September 2007

The Independent letters - ‘Blinkered approach to overcrowded jails’ 3 September 2007

Yorkshire Post - ‘Children under 10 suspected of 2,840 crimes’ 3 September 2007

The Guardian - ‘Prison officers’ union ruling nothing out in pay campaign’ 1 September 2007

The Times - ‘You can’t ban someone from being a druggie’ 28 August 2007

The Guardian - ‘The blue line in war on crime’ 23 August 2007

BBC News Online - ‘Crisis court cells inadequate’ 20 August 2007

Children and Young People Now - ‘Nacro must boost links with employers says inspection’ 15 August 2007

Children and Young People Now - ‘A better way to rebuild lives’ 15 August 2007

Children and Young People Now - ‘Guide on mental health published’ 15 August 2007

Community Care - ‘Rise in young prisoners prompts demand for action’ 9 August 2007

The Guardian - ‘Rhetoric of toughness has run its course’ 3 August 2007

North West Evening Mail - ‘Kids take to the street’ 3 August 2007

The Guardian - ‘Every ASBO a failure, says Balls, in break with Blair era on crime’ 28 July 2007

Liverpool Echo - ‘Hear, hear for a commons touch’ 24 July 2007

Lancashire Evening Post - ‘Peer panels set to hand out justice’ 13 July 2007

Manchester Evening News - ‘How green is your garden’ 11 July 2007

Community Care - ‘Plans for new youth sentences on table’ 5 July 2007

Children and Young People Now - ‘Sector chiefs welcome split for youth justice’ 4 July 2007

The Guardian - ‘Inmates go free to ease jail crisis’ 30 June 2007

Daily Telegraph - ‘2,000 prisoners freed early given £200’ 29 June 2007

Community Care - ‘Youth Justice to be Split between children’s department and Ministry of Justice’ 28 June 2007

Children and Young People Now - ‘Will Brown deliver for youth?’ 27 June 2007

Children and Young People Now - ‘Funding hinders black role models’ 27 June 2007

The Guardian - ‘Justice Reforms focus on prostitution and jail numbers’ 27 June 2007

Daily Telegraph - ‘Overspill prisoners "fed with takeaways’’’ 25 June 2007

The Guardian - ‘Early release still won’t solve prison overcrowding’ 21 June 2007

Children and Young People Now - ‘Charity hits out at MPs in target row’ 20 June 2007

The Guardian - ‘MPs urge safe houses for youths who want to break with gangs’ 15 June 2007

The Guardian - ‘Reid unveils new checks on sex offenders but rules out public naming and shaming’ 14 June 2007

Community Care - ‘Sport can bring different ethnic communities together’ 7 June 2007

Children and Young People Now - ‘Is a Rethink of Youth Justice Required?’ 6 June 2007

The Independent letters - ‘Too many being held in custody’ 4 June 2007

Lancashire Evening Post - ‘Tutu to see how city’s youngsters will judge peers’ 29 May 2007

Children and Young People Now - ‘Workers to look for signs of violence’ 23 May 2007

Yorkshire Post - ‘Most groups of criminals are not gangs’ 23 May 2007

Thetford and Brandon Times - ‘Title shot for Rocky’ 16 May 2007

BBC News Online - ‘Police condemn ‘target culture’’ 15 May 2007

BBC Sport Online - ‘Nacro Salford win the BBC Your Game ladies event’ 7 May 2007

Society Guardian - ‘Preventative Measure’ 2 May 2007

Children and Young People Now - ‘Cameron calls for society to take responsibility’ 2 May 2007

The Times - ‘Reform through volunteering’ 1 May 2007

Children and Young People Now - ‘Nacro supports sentencing call’ 25 April 2007

Children and Young People Now - ‘Leading figures back call to treat children as victims’ 25 April 2007

The Guardian letters - ‘End cell sharing’ 22 April 2007

Children and Young People Now - ‘Is talking CCTV a good thing for young people?’ 18 April 2007

Daily Telegraph - ‘Yes Minister, I am suspicious’ 12 April 2007

Children and Young People Now - ‘In practice’ 11 April 2007

Children and Young People Now - ‘Is it right to split up youth justice and respect?’ 11 April 2007

24dash.com - ‘Nacro housing gets ‘green light’ from regulator’ 11 April 2007

The Guardian - ‘Woman, 22, shot dead at home ‘in row over parking’ 7 April 2007

Community Care - ‘Home Office rejig a 'missed opportunity'’ 5 April 2007

Children and Young People Now - ‘Home Office shelves plans for intensive supervision order’ 4 April 2007

North Wales Chronicle - ‘Self raising their esteem at bakery’ 29 March 2007

BBC Online News - ‘Prisoners held in record numbers’ 28 March 2007

The Guardian letters - ‘Women and prison’ 28 March 2007

Children and Young People Now - ‘Leicestershire to run restorative justice scheme for young in care’ 28 March 2007

Bangor and Anglesey Mail - ‘Crime charity offers employment training’ 28 March 2007

BBC News Online - ‘Blair targets "career criminals’’’ 27 March 2007

Times and Star - ‘Teen centre reopens after blaze’ 23 March 2007

The Sun - "Judges aged 10 in new scheme" 23 March 2007

Daily Mirror - "Kids sit on 'yob juries'" 23 March 2007

Yorkshire Post - "Children to sit in judgement on young offenders" 23 March 2007

BBC News Online - "Call to abolish 'flawed' tagging 23 March 2007

inthenews.co.uk - "'Alarming' tagging monitoring failings" 23 March 2007

Guardian Unlimited - "Tagged offenders left unmonitored, BBC claims" 23 March 2007

24dash.com - "'Missing paedophiles' film sparks Government review" 23 March 2007

BBC News Online - "Child 'judges' to sentence peers" 22 March 2007

The Times - "British citizens told they would be deported" 22 March 2007

The Sun - "Jail crisis 'fuelled by foreigners'" 22 March 2007

BBC News Online - "Self-harm rise in foreign inmates" 22 March 2007

The Independent - "Alarm over self-harm by foreign inmates" 22 March 2007

Lancashire Evening Post - "Preston to have first peer courts" 21 March 2007

24dash.com - "Charity calls for more cash for released prisoners" 20 March 2007

Community Care - "Lack of advice increases risk of reoffending" 20 March 2007

Young People Now - "Youth Justice: Overcrowding puts pressure on estate" 14 March 2007

Care and Health - "Youth prisoner numbers reach record high" 13 March 2007

Guardian Unlimited - "Study calls for women's jails to be shut" 13 March 2007

Guardian Unlimited - "Youth jail population 'to reach all time high'" 12 March 2007

24dash.com - "Youth jails reach 'saturation point' 12 March 2007

Young People Now - "Accommodation - Housing shortage for young offenders" 7 March 2007

24dash.com - "Nacro criticises inadequate housing for young offenders" 6 March 2007

Community Care - "Youth Justice Board critical of housing services for young offenders" 6 March 2007

The Observer - "Sick, suicidal - and locked up in jail" 4 March 2007

Guardian Weekend magazine - "This is my first home since prison" 3 March 2007

Daily Telegraph - "Pull together to prevent re-offending" 26 February 2007

Community Care - "Sector dismisses Blair's proposal for tougher sentences for teenagers" 22 February 2007

BBC News Online - "Blair to hold summit on gun crime " 22 February 2007

Peterborough Evening Telegraph - "Saving teens from the scrapheap" 16 February 2007

Children Now - "Criminal Justice Bill - Nacro to resurrect youth reforms" 14 February 2007

Children Now - "Young offenders: Health on the inside" 14 February 2007

Young People Now - "Youth bodies call for bill revisions" 14 February 2007

24dash.com - "Prisoners chief 'fears' for young adults" 13 February 2007

Sunday Telegraph - "Sentence reforms are crowding jails" 11 February 2007

Cambridgeshire Times - "It's grant expectations" 9 February 2007

The Scotsman - "'Meeting victim cuts criminal reoffending'" 8 February 2007

Children Now - "Youth justice - Move to DfES is back on the cards" 7 February 2007

Young People Now - "Rod Morgan's exit is a 'wake-up call'" 7 February 2007

Young People Now - "Antisocial behaviour: Individual support orders still a rarity" 7 February 2007

Community Care - "Fears of a government ‘yes man’ being appointed to replace Morgan" 1 February 2007

Peterborough Evening Telegraph - "'She's fed up and just wants an education'" 31 January 2007

Young People Now - "Next YJB chair urged to be equally outspoken" 31 January 2007

BBC News Online - "Why more inmates are reoffenders" 30 January 2007

BBC News Online - "Jail system in 'serious crisis'" 30 January 2007

Metro - "Charity plea over minor offenders" 29 January 2007

Guardian Unlimited - "Charity plea over minor offenders" 29 January 2007

ePolitix - "Ministers urged to rethink prison policies" 29 January 2007

Community Care - "Prisoners with mental health problems should be in social care system, says Nacro" 29 January 2007

icWales - "Charity plea over minor offenders" 29 January 2007

Guardian Society - "One hundred years of non-penal servitude" 29 January 2007

The Times letters - "Reid's office is becoming home to controversy" 27 January 2007

24dash.com - "Professor Rod Morgan quits as chair of Youth Justice Board" 26 January 2007

BBC News Online - "Prison Overcrowding: Reaction" 24 January 2007

Guardian Unlimited - "Blair defends ministers' prisons advice" 24 January 2007

Young People Now - "Home Office split enables YJB move" 24 January 2007

The Independent - "Blair condemned over plan for 'respect zones'" 23 January 2007

BBC News Online - "Reid pledge on Home Office future" 22 January 2007

The Sun - "Ministry of mishaps splits in two" 22 January 2007

24dash.com - "Home Office to review 'on-the-spot' punishable offences" 20 January 2007

The Guardian - "In the pink" 10 January 2007

Derby Evening Telegraph - "Chance for parents to join class of their own" 8 January 2007

The Daily Telegraph - "The young are guilty mainly of being young" 21 December 2006

Daily Record - "Cons will get vote" 15 December 2006

The Sun - "Fury over votes for inmates" 15 December 2006

Guardian Unlimited - "Convicted prisoners could get right to vote" 14 December 2006

Fenews.co.uk - "Offenders given half a million pound skills bonus" 14 December 2006

BBC News Online - "Prisoners to get extra training" 13 December 2006

BBC News Online - "Is there shaming in naming?" 12 December 2006

The Guardian - "Home Office admits 'slippage' in effort to reduce crime" 9 December 2006

The Independent - "Courts issue 3,500 Asbos but over half are ignored" 7 December 2006

The Guardian - "On the record" 27 November 2006

Suffolk Evening Star - "Brighter future for troubled teens" 23 November 2006

Daily Telegraph - "Blair proposes network of 'Supernannies'" 22 November 2006

Guardian Unlimited - "'Supernannies' to tackle antisocial children" 21 November 2006

BBC News Online - "'Super nannies' to help parents" 21 November 2006

Community Care - "Mental Health Bill published" 17 November 2006

Care and Health - "Mental health bill set for tough times" 17 November 2006

Community Care - "Planned new sentence for young offenders could mean more enter custody" 16 November

The Guardian - "'Smarter justice' plans aim to rebalance system in favour of victim" 16 November 2006

The Times - "Rowdy families 'will be thrown out of their home for three months'" 15 November 2006

BBC News Online - "Track sex offenders from space" 14 November 2006

Guardian Unlimited - "Dangerous offenders may lose right to early release" 9 November 2006

Politics.co.uk - "Debate: sentencing proposals" 9 November 2006

BBC News Online - "Move to overhaul sentencing rules" 9 November 2006

Wakefield Today - "Footballers give racism the boot" 9 November 2006

BBC News Online - "Drop in lifers released on parole" 6 November 2006

Daily Telegraph - "Weekend prisoner scheme is dropped despite crowded jails" 3 November 2006

BBC News Online - "'Weekend prison' scheme scrapped" 2 November 2006

The Guardian - "Teenagers see Asbos as badge of honour" 2 November 2006

BBC News Online - "Mixed reaction to Asbo research" 2 November 2006

BBC News Online - "Asbos viewed as 'badge of honour'" 2 November 2006

Yorkshire Post - "Young thugs thinks Asbos are 'badge of honour'" 2 November 2006

Yorkshire Post - "Britain's youth justice system 'in meltdown'" 25 October 2006

Daily Express Online - "Action urged over young offenders" 25 October 2006

The Guardian - "Police blame iPod explosion for 5% rise in robberies" 20 October 2006

BBC News Online - "Robbery continues on upward trend" 19 October 2006

The Guardian letters - "Doing time isn't always the answer" 17 October 2006

Black Information Link (www.blink.org.uk) - "We can reform criminals ourselves" 16 October 2006

BBC News Online - "Viewpoints on tagging offenders" 12 October 2006

The Independent - "MPs raise concern over tagging of prisoners" 12 October 2006

ITV.com News - "Shoplifters 'steal billions from high street'" 11 October 2006

The Independent letters - "Police cells are no place for prisoners" 9 October 2006

Guardian Unlimited - "Reid sets out plan to tackle prison crisis" 9 October 2006

Guardian Unlimited - "EU ministers fail to agree on prisoner transfers" 6 October 2006

BBC News Online - "Reid discusses EU prisoners deal" 6 October 2006

The Observer letters - "Plan for police to house prisoners is crazy" 1 October 2006

Yorkshire Post - "Attackers 'won't get on-spot fines'" 30 September 2006

Daily Post - "Hope of new future on the breadline..." 22 September 2006

BBC News Online - "Drugs charges show 'black bias'" 18 September 2006

The Sunday Telegraph - "Asbos 'badly used'" 10 September 2006

The Guardian letters - "Using prison for breach of licence" 5 September 2006

The Sunday Times - "Loss of confidence in courts taking legal system into dangerous terrain" 27 August 2006

Peterborough Evening Telegraph - "£78,000 game plan to help sporty youngsters" 1 August 2006

Lincoln Chronicle - "Shakespeare you can dance to!" 27 July 2006

Lancashire Evening Post - "YIPs can turn the teens from crime" 30 June 2006


Young People Now - "
Youth justice - A joint push to reduce youth crime" 7 June 2006

Young People Now - "Football - Up for the cup" 7 June 2006

The Times - "What worked for me" 6 June 2006

Children Now - "Children's homes - Uncertain future for secure homes" 6 June 2006

The Cumberland News - "£100,000 sports area project to start" 26 May 2006

Children Now - "
Educational support: Learning by stealth" 24 May 2006
 
Personnel Today - "Thousands of job applicants subjected to illegal CRB checks" 23 May 2006


The Times - "Job applicants subjected to 'illegal' record checks" 23 May 2006

Community Newswire - "Young volunteers promote world cup peace" 22 May 2006

Third Sector - "Late accounts list brings protests from charities" 17 May 2006

Young People Now - "Justice bill could mean change for youth community orders" 17 May 2006 

Young People Now - "Children's fund - When they're neither one thing nor the other" 10 May 2006

ic North Wales - "Back on the right track" 10 May 2006

Inside Housing - "Bright ideas" 5 May 2006


The Observer - "CPS misses target to beat hate crimes" 30 April 2006

Young People Now - "Crime prevention: Diversion tactics" 26 April 2006


Third Sector – “Is there a 'pink plateau' in the voluntary sector?” 19 April 2006

Guardian Society – “Survival tactics: vulnerable young people in care” 12 April 2006

Young People Now - "
Youth justice: Training pilot feeds into wider scheme" 12 April 2006

ic Coventry – “Builders make playtime fun!” 6 April 2006

Third Sector – “Finance and Governance: The Numbers – Nacro” 5 April 2006

Community Care - "Fears grow that prison law changes will lead to 'contamination' of young adults" 16 March 2006

Liverpool Echo – “No need to worry
” 16 March 2006

Leicester Mercury - "
Plans will breathe life into eyesore" 7 March 2006

Liverpool Echo – “We don’t need new hostel in our area
” 6 March 2006

Peterborough
Evening Telegraph – “They may look like they're playing with dolls, but very soon these 16-year-olds will be real life mums, juggling babies and GCSEs” 24 February 2006

Police Professional – “Youth Crime Conference focuses on early intervention”23 Feb 2006

Inside housing  – “Former offenders must be rehoused
” 17 February 2006

Politics.co.uk – “Issue of the Day - Offender management: Prison plans have right aim says Nacro” 9 February 2006

Young people Now – ‘Antisocial Behaviour: Police send 500 young people home under dispersal powers’ 8 February 2006

Community care – ‘ Book Review: Working with Mentally Disordered Offenders: A training pack for staff working in criminal justice, health and social care, and the voluntary sector’ 3 February 2006


Young People Now – ‘Social exclusion: Whitbread report names arts and sport as key to inclusion’ 1 February 2006

Personnel Today – ‘Recruitment freeze threat to firms that abuse CRB checks’ 31 January 2006

Third Sector – ‘Focus: People Management - Diversity - Sector fares poorly in gay-friendly list’ 25 January 2006

Third Sector – ‘Top gay-friendly charities named’ 25 January 2006

Young People Now – ‘Information sharing: Record checks bar workers unjustly’ 25 January 2006


Personnel Today – ‘NHS employers break law with illegal CRB checks’ 24 January 2006

Personnel Today – ‘Charity calls for reforms to protect ex-offender rights’ 24 January 2006

Personnel Today – ‘Nacro calls for action to end misuse of CRB checks’ 23 January 2006


The Times – ‘Police to file all offences for life’ 21 January 2006

Young People Now – ‘Numbers game: Police DNA database’ 18 January 2006


Children Now – ‘Truancy: How we're tackling truancy’ 11 January 2006

The Guardian – ‘Children's groups warn punishment not a panacea’ 11 January 2006

Young People Now – ‘Practitioners fear justice bill will lead to tougher sentences’ 7 December 2005

The Guardian – ‘Breaking the cycle of re-offending ' 30 November 2005

The Times – ‘Benefits of a fair system 29 November 2005

The Guardian – ‘Ban on khat possible after poll of drug's Somali users’ 28

Community Care – ‘The appropriate adult and vulnerable people’ 17 November 2005

The FA.com – ‘Nacro Spur on U21s’ 14 November 2005

Young People Now - 'Youth green paper: A vision for youth' 2 November 2005

The Guardian - 'Criminal intent' 26 October 2005

Young People Now - 'Government to introduce single community order' 26 October 2005

The Times - 'Young offenders run riot' 25 October 2005

The Guardian - 'Vulnerable people will roam the country like in Mad Max’ 21 October 2005

Children Now – ‘Prison officers demand harsher treatment for young offenders’ 19 October 2005

TES – ‘Why axe fund to help truants?’ 14 October 2005

The Advertiser – ‘Queen honours role model Paul’ 7 October 2005  

Young People Now – ‘Family work: Family values’ 21 September 2005

The Guardian - ‘Campaigners attack prison reform plans’ 19 September 2005

 







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