{"id":342,"date":"2007-01-30T11:34:59","date_gmt":"2007-01-30T11:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sundaypapers.org.uk\/?p=342"},"modified":"2007-01-30T11:34:59","modified_gmt":"2007-01-30T11:34:59","slug":"votes-for-16-year-olds-and-other-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sundaypapers.org.uk\/?p=342","title":{"rendered":"Votes for 16 year olds and other news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Government has announced the first wave of <a href=\"http:\/\/press.homeoffice.gov.uk\/press-releases\/respect-programme-launch?version=1\" onClick=\"popWin=open('http:\/\/press.homeoffice.gov.uk\/press-releases\/respect-programme-launch?version=1','myWin',''); popWin.focus(); return false\">40 Respect Areas<\/a>. The Department for Education and Skills is investing a further \u00c2\u00a36 million for parenting classes in the 40 areas in 2007\/2008. <\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Raising inter-agency working to a higher level&#8217;<br \/>\nThe National Association of Connexions Partnerships are being funded through the Children&#8217;s Workforce Development Council to run <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nacp.co.uk\/pdf\/otherPublications\/confinfo21dec06.pdf\" onClick=\"popWin=open('http:\/\/www.nacp.co.uk\/pdf\/otherPublications\/confinfo21dec06.pdf','myWin',''); popWin.focus(); return false\">four one-day conferences <\/a>for the different occupational groups who work with young people.  It will be a chance for practitioners to reflect on the implications of the &#8216;integrated working&#8217; agenda and have conversations with colleagues. <\/p>\n<p>Futurebuilders England, the government-backed investment fund to help the third sector deliver better public services, is running a series of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.futurebuilders-england.org.uk\/content\/Events\/FuturebuildersRoadshow.aspx \" onClick=\"popWin=open('http:\/\/www.futurebuilders-england.org.uk\/content\/Events\/FuturebuildersRoadshow.aspx ','myWin',''); popWin.focus(); return false\">free regional roadshow events<\/a> for regional infrastructure bodies to help build understanding of how Futurebuilders works and how to help others to apply for investment. <\/p>\n<p>Votes at Sixteen<br \/>\nJo Swinson (LD, East Dunbartonshire) has put down an <a href=\"http:\/\/edmi.parliament.uk\/EDMi\/EDMDetails.aspx?EDMID=32440&#038;SESSION=885\" onClick=\"popWin=open('http:\/\/edmi.parliament.uk\/EDMi\/EDMDetails.aspx?EDMID=32440&#038;SESSION=885','myWin',''); popWin.focus(); return false\">Early Day Motion<\/a> calling on the Government to allow a free vote on giving people over the age of 16 the right to vote. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Government has announced the first wave of 40 Respect Areas. The Department for Education and Skills is investing a further \u00c2\u00a36 million for parenting classes in the 40 areas in 2007\/2008. &#8216;Raising inter-agency working to a higher level&#8217; The &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sundaypapers.org.uk\/?p=342\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,16,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-funding","category-talks-and-training","category-youth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sundaypapers.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sundaypapers.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sundaypapers.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sundaypapers.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sundaypapers.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sundaypapers.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sundaypapers.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sundaypapers.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sundaypapers.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}