A report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation which talked to almost 200 young people who smoke cannabis found that most of them pick up off their mates, rather than off 'dealers'. Apparently, drug networks are pretty social, and aren't the scary criminal networks that many people imagine  their kids getting mixed up with. If you're interested in what the kids said,  there's a good sum up above... 

The Every Disabled Child Matters group are campaigning for a new piece of law to talk specifically about disabled young people, who they feel weren't affected enough by  Every Child Matters.  

They have written reports on what needs to be done accroding to young  people, and they're on the EDCM website.... 

Young people from the Palestine Friendship Association have made a film called Forbidden Rights about the human rights of young people living in the occupied territories. It talks to young people about the violence they have experienced through the Israeli occupation, and how they live their  lives

An independent group are doing a consultation called the 'Bercow Review of Speech, Language and Communication Needs'. It aims to find out what support young people need to make sure they're understood, by asking for information from anyone who has experience or knows what  help is needed. 

So if you or anyone you know has problems talking, understanding people or getting people to undertand them, you can get in touch with them. 

The Communities secretary Hazel Blears has written a plan to try and help local communities get 'empowered'. Its called 'An Action Plan For Community Empowerment: building on success', and the idea is to make local decisions by involving local people so that new ideas work better. One important bit of the plan talks about making some money available to be spent through 'participatory budgeting' - which means getting local people (including young people) involved in directing how money is spent. You can have your say on their online forum.

The Communities secretary Hazel Blears has written a plan to try and  help local communities get 'empowered'. Its called 'An Action Plan For Community Empowerment: building on success', and the idea is to make local decisions by involving local people so that new ideas work better. One important bit of the plan talks about making some money available to be spent through 'participatory budgeting'- which means getting local people (including young people) involved in  directing how money is spent. You can have your say on their online forum.