Useful links for young people

Division for Young People - Working with and for young people in Warwickshire

Warwickshire's Children and Young People's Plan- One Year On 2007-10

Our vision is that every child and young person, including those who are vulnerable and disadvantaged, has the greatest possible opportunity to be the best they can be.

- Text Version of the Children and Young People's Plan

- Children and Young People's Plan with symbols - easy read version

These links are to help young people find information and advice on a wide range of problems and issues. Click on the links to websites with handy information.

Up2Date Coventry and Warwickshire Directory

Up2Date Coventry and Warwickshire Directory

The up2date covandwarks website has been provided to help everybody in Coventry and Warwickshire AND the professionals who work with them to find the services they need.

Youth & Community Service - Helping young people to achieve their full potential and become active members of their community

Respect Yourself - Remember - it is your choice and no one else's when to have sex - take control and be prepared.

Positive About Young People - Our aim is to prevent disaffection amongst young people and remedy it where it occurs through a community based multi agency approach.

Youth Offending Service - The Youth Offending Service (YOS) works with young people aged between 10 and 17 years who have offended or are likely to do so.

Connexions - 13-19? Living in England? If you want information and advice designed just for you, or just someone to talk to, then Connexions has it all.

Warwickshire Council for Voluntary Youth Services - or "Young Warwickshire", is an umbrella organisation that brings together all the major voluntary youth bodies in the County.


Advice on bullying www.bullying.co.uk , www.warwickshire.gov.uk/bullying Family Information Service Family Information Service - a free, impartial, information and signposting service for young people and families Advice, Help and Community issues from the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) www.dfes.gov.uk/youngpeople Britkid - Website for race and culture with interactive games for young people and teachers www.britkid.org Track Off is the campaign to educate people, especially young people, about the dangers and consequences of railway crime. www.trackoff.org County Music Services - Interactive website covering schools in Warwickshire www.musicforlife.net Arts Zone - Film, dance and theatre. ArtsZone Support - Support and information for young carers, their families and those who work to support them. Young Carers Moving On Up - For young people from ethnic minority communities with learning difficulties to find out about transition - also their supporters and families. Movingonup.info Skill:National Bureau for Students with Disabilities - find information, help, ideas and links for people with a learning disability, parents and carers, including young learners. Skill

Warwickshire College	www.warkscol.ac.uk
Stratford Upon Avon College	www.strat-avon.ac.uk
King Edward VI College	www.kingednun.demon.co.uk
Rugby College of Further Education	www.rugbycoll.ac.uk

	Respect Yourself - A sexual health guide for young people in Coventry and Warwickshire www.warwickshire.gov.uk/respectyourself Community Information Database - approximately 4000 local services and organisations including clubs, societies and voluntary groups www.warwickshire.gov.uk/cid Volunteering - vinvolved, the new national youth volunteering programme, which aims to revolutionise youth action vinspired

Warwickshire Youth and Community Centres - Find contact details of your local Youth and Community Centre. Warwickshire Youth and Community Centres	www.warwickshire.gov.uk/youthandcommunity
Information on Child Employment	Child Employment
Find out about relationships, sport, employment and training and much, much more. Youth Information	Youth Information
Being a teenager is bad enough without having to worry about drugs or who to talk to about them. FRANK will provide you with all the help and information you need about drugs and their effects. Talk to FRANK 24 hours a day`.`	Talk to Frank
Thinkuknow - Get the inside info on how to stay safe while having fun online.	Thinkuknow
Itsnotyourfault - Helping children and young people through divorce or family separation.	It's Not Your Fault

ChildLine is the free 24-hour helpline for children and young people in the UK. Childline is confidential. Ring anytime - day or night. Childline BBC Teens - Message boards, fun stuff and loads more for girls and lads. BBC Teens 11 MILLION - A new website for children and young people from the Children's Commissioner for England, Sir Al Aynsley-Green, who makes sure that adults in charge listen to your views - Have Your Say 11million.org.uk Askability - A website presented entirely in symbol for children with learning disabilities to become informed about news/current affairs and to create a central forum to express their views and opinions askability

Although we feel you will find these websites useful, we do not endorse them. Some are external to the LA and we cannot be held responsible for any information published on them.

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