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	<title>VoluntaryNews &#187; Social Groups</title>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:25:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Red Nose grants deadline</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/08/red-nose-grants-deadline/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/08/red-nose-grants-deadline/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:02:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The next deadline to apply for Red Nose Day Programmes grants over £5,000 is 15th August.]]></description>
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		<title>Studying social entrepreneurship</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/07/studying-social-entrepreneurship/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/07/studying-social-entrepreneurship/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:20:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Study finds that social entrepreneurial start-ups are higher amongst the black and minority ethnic communities than the white community.]]></description>
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		<title>Exploring the extent of children and young people&#8217;s voluntary sector</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/07/exploring-the-extent-of-children-and-young-peoples-voluntary-sector/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/07/exploring-the-extent-of-children-and-young-peoples-voluntary-sector/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:40:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One in three of the total voluntary sector workforce is employed in the children and young people's voluntary and community sector, according to pioneering research.]]></description>
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		<title>Youth organisations to discuss merger</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/07/youth-organisations-to-discuss-merger/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/07/youth-organisations-to-discuss-merger/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:48:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two of Britain's largest youth work organisations, Clubs for Young People and UK Youth, are to discuss merging. ]]></description>
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		<title>Money training for those working with young people</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/06/money-training-for-those-working-with-young-people/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/06/money-training-for-those-working-with-young-people/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:57:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A training programme has been developed specifically for those working with young people (NEET).]]></description>
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		<title>Resources for youth</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/06/resources-for-youth/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/06/resources-for-youth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:12:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two revamped web sites with a youth focus, from British Youth Council and National Youth Agency.]]></description>
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		<title>Good practice with rural youth</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/06/good-practice-with-rural-youth/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/06/good-practice-with-rural-youth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:07:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Community, Rural]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Culture, Education, Leisure]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Call for examples of good practice on various topics relating to children and young people in rural areas.]]></description>
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		<title>Volunteers&#8217; Week news</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/06/volunteers-week-news/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/06/volunteers-week-news/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:49:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[N Ireland]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Legal and Regulatory]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Personnel and Volunteers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A burst of volunteer-related news and information during Volunteers' Week - record check for volunteers, volunteering for all.]]></description>
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		<title>Building places for young people</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/05/building-places-for-young-people/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/05/building-places-for-young-people/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 13:25:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New myplace programme to give grants of between one and five million pounds funds to develop youth centres and the like.]]></description>
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		<title>Seized cash to fund youth projects</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/02/seized-cash-to-fund-youth-projects/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/02/seized-cash-to-fund-youth-projects/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Scotland]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Funding]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Three million pound grant scheme for youth projects across Scotland is to be funded from the proceeds of crime.]]></description>
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		<title>Youth grants in Northern Ireland</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/02/youth-grants-in-northern-ireland/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/02/youth-grants-in-northern-ireland/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:36:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Youth Council for Northern Ireland has launched three small grants short term programmes - deadline 29th Feb.]]></description>
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		<title>Responding to the Children&#8217;s Plan</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/01/responding-to-the-childrens-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/01/responding-to-the-childrens-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:21:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Local third sector support organisations are to be enabled to help groups respond to the opportunities in the government's new Children's Plan.]]></description>
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		<title>Youth Sector Support Arrangements</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/01/youth-sector-support-arrangements/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/01/youth-sector-support-arrangements/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:03:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Add your views on how to improve "the capacity, coherence and quality of support arrangements for youth sector professionals, volunteers and organisations".]]></description>
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		<title>Children&#8217;s Plan this way</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/01/childrens-plan-this-way/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/01/childrens-plan-this-way/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2008 14:36:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2008/01/childrens-plan-this-way/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Official Children's Plan aims to "make this country the best place in the world for children and young people to grow up".]]></description>
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		<title>Young voice in Northern Ireland</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2007/12/young-voice-in-northern-ireland/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2007/12/young-voice-in-northern-ireland/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:02:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People is consulting on five priority areas for its work over the next three years.]]></description>
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		<title>Awards for young people</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2007/10/awards-for-young-people/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2007/10/awards-for-young-people/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:52:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Relaunched awards scheme celebrating inspirational young volunteers plus a new one to recognise the achievements and ambitions of young campaigners.]]></description>
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		<title>More on young people and volunteering</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2007/06/more-on-young-people-and-volunteering/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2007/06/more-on-young-people-and-volunteering/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2007 14:01:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chair of the Commission on Integration and Cohesion raises the possibility of mandatory volunteering by young people in Britain; research into skills, knowledge and attitudinal development that young people get from volunteering.]]></description>
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		<title>Funds for young people&#8217;s projects</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2007/06/funds-for-young-peoples-projects/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2007/06/funds-for-young-peoples-projects/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2007 09:44:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Groups of young people can benefit from the fifth round of the Save the Children Here to Help awards scheme.]]></description>
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		<title>News from Volunteers Week</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2007/06/news-from-volunteers-week/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2007/06/news-from-volunteers-week/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jun 2007 13:55:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rights, support groups]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Volunteers Week news round-up, covering young peoples attitudes, opening up health and social care volunteering, shortage of male mentors for children.]]></description>
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		<title>Priorities for unclaimed assets funding</title>
		<link>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2007/05/priorities-for-unclaimed-assets-funding/</link>
		<comments>http://www.voluntarynews.org.uk/wp/2007/05/priorities-for-unclaimed-assets-funding/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2007 13:08:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The government has published its consultation document on distributing funds from unclaimed financial assets, proposing that youth services would be a priority.]]></description>
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