National Youth Service Strategy intended to identify actions that will drive the Youth Service forward from 2007-2011.

An introduction to the district approach. Account of a presentation about the project undertaken by seven European partners to explore the potential of a district approach to education disadvantage. Provides brief background to the project, the issues identified by the partners, and the conclusions reached as to the best approach to be adopted in dealing with those issues.

Starting from Strengths. In mid-December the Wales Youth Work Partnership and the Council for the Training of Youth and Community Workers (CETYCW) organised a one-day seminar to look at new approaches to part-time youth worker training. What follows is a brief summary of that day and a few reflections on how developments in part-time youth worker training would affect those who have a duty to deliver or provide such training in Wales. 

Text of speech by Minister for Education Wales (Jane Davidson) to national CYWU conference held in Plymouth where she outlined the National Assembly for Wales' plans to improve services for young people through the policy 'Extending Entitlement'.

Test of speech by representative of the Basic Skills Agency on the role poor basic skills play in the social exclusion of young people.