Proposed youth centre closures: Join the debate
BRACKNELL Forest Council is proposing shutting three youth centres – in Warfield, North Ascot and Crowthorne – as part of cost-cutting measures. Here are the arguments for and against. You can add your comments below. OUR young people are our future.
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Lets ensure calm at biometric registration centres – Bondah
The appeal made through the Ghana News Agency (GNA) comes on the heels of reported violent scenes at some registration centres in some parts of the country. He urged the youth to refuse to allow anybody to use them to foment trouble and that they …
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Job aspirants goin search of forms
Usually, on Mondays, the first working day of the week, the Collector's office would be the centre of all activities. For a change, the post office opposite the Collectorate was the central attraction this Monday. A large number of youth, …
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Community groups step in to run youth centres in Warwickshire
by Lucy Lynch, Coventry Telegraph A HOST of community organisations and schools are poised to take over youth centres Warwickhire County Council can't afford to run any more. Members of the county council's cabinet have taken the next step towards …
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Great night for 'Little Gems'
Residents gathered together for the Kashmir Youth Projects 'Little Gems Night' at the Unity House Centre on Belfield Road to raise funds for new outdoor play equipment for the Little Gems Nursery. The evening event, held in December, included a live …
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Blue Inc's D2 deal will give it Scots presence
The acquired outlets – which include those in Ayr, Coatbridge, Dunfermline, Glasgow's St Enoch and Fort shopping centres, and Livingston – employ about 200 staff. They will close for a few days for restocking and staff training, with plans to re-open …
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Province integrates employment programs
… Central Vancouver Island Multicultural Society (Immigrant Welcome Centre), Vancouver Island Vocational and Rehabilitation Services Ltd., Island Deaf and Hard of Hearing Centre Association, Canadian Mental Health Association Nanaimo Youth Services …
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Visits to threatened children's centres rises by 4% in past year
Under new proposals, children's centres would no longer have dedicated managers and three teams would be in charge of running everything from the centres to libraries and youth offending services. An early years support assistant would also be removed …
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Wiltshire Council to keep youth centres open
Youth centres in the county will no longer face closure, Wiltshire Council has announced, despite cutting £450000 from its youth provision budget. Councillors dropped the proposal on Tuesday, which would have closed some of its youth centres as part of …
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Careers service and literacy hit by schools funding cuts
Thousands of nurseries, children's centres, after-school clubs and holiday play schemes are closing. The manager of a play scheme for children from Peckham and Dulwich in south London said she was finding it nearly impossible to secure a grant to …
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