P652 CEEFAX 2 652 Mon 20 Jan 03:55/17 NEW OPPORTUNITIES, NEW CHOICES 1/6 Application packs for the National Lottery Charities Board's new grants round are available from 20 January. The themes are New Opportunities and Choices and Voluntary Sector Development and all charitable and benevolent groups can apply. The Board aims to help meet the needs of those at greatest disadvantage in society and to improve the quality of life in the community. Aids from groups encouraging people to volunteer to help others are welcomed. CSV index 650 TV 600 Main menu 100 Read Hear 640 News 101 Wjathjt 400 Community TV/Radio News Heads Main MenuP652 CEEFAX 2 652 Mon 20 Jan 03:55/47 NEW OPPORTUNITIES, NEW CHOICES 2/6 Under the new round, the Board aims to fund projects which extend non-formal learning and volunteering opportunity. It will support initiatives like pre- school playgroups, parent support groups, after-school projects, and volunteering projects for young people. It will support projects which promote self-help, community enterprise and regeneration through learning. The Board will also fund umbrella bodies and development agencies supporting voluntary organisations. CSV index 650 TV 600 Main menu 100 Read Hear 640 News 101 Wjathet 400 Community TV/Radio News Heads Main MenuP652 CEEFAX 2 652 Mon 20 Jan 03:55/47 NEW OPPORTUNITIES, NEW CHOICES 3/6 In its first two rounds the Charities Board awarded #477.7 million to 6,925 projects throughout the UK. Awards in the third programme covering health, disability and care have just been announced bz the Board. Euture rounds will focus on improving people's living environment, community involvement as well as voluntary sector development and a small grants scheme. Application forms can be obtained by calling 0345-919191 by 7 March and must be returned bz 4 April 1997. CSV index 650 TV 600 Main menu 100 Read Hear 640 News 101 Wjathet 400 Community TV/Radio News Heads Main MenuP652 CEEFAX 2 652 Mon 20 Jan 00:12/41 THREE Rs FOR YOUNG OFFENDERS 4/6 Radical new ideas and a U-turn on policies are urgently needed to tackle youth crime says MACRO. Its new report, Responsibility, Restoration and Reintegration - A New 3Rs for Young Offenders, argues for a long term answer to youth crime. It calls for investment in children and a commitment to preventative schemes. Criticising the current emphasis on prisons and punishment, the report highlights the value of a range of innovative approaches to crime. CSV index 650 TV 600 Main menu 100 Read Hear 640 News 101 Wjathet 400 Community TV/Radio News Heads Main MenuP652 CEEFAX 2 652 Mon 20 Jan 00:44/41 THREE Rs FOR YOUNG OFFENDERS 5/6 MACRO's new report highlights new approaches to preventing youth crime from both this country and abroad. These include reparation schemes and community based supervision for young offenders and their families. It looks at the use of children's hearing panels in Scotland and the family group conference programmer developed in New Zealand. The report backs the Audit Commission's call for spending on such measures paid for bz savings from the court system. CSV index 650 TV 600 Main menu 100 Read Hear 640 News 101 Wjathet 400 Community TV/Radio News Heads Main MenuP652 CEEFAX 2 652 Mon 20 Jan 20:09/34 THREE Rs FOR YOUNG OFFENDERS 6/6 MACRO's report was written by its Young Offenders Committee made up of criminal justice and social work agencies. Its chair, Rt Rjvd Mark Ranter, Bishop of Birmingham, said redical changes are needed to tackle youth crime. "More support for vulnerable parents, better resourcing of schools and more work and leisure opportunities for young people are urgently required." The 3Rs report is available price #5 from MACRO, 169 Clapham Road, London SW: 0PU; tel: 0171-582 6500. CSV index 650 TV 600 Main menu 100 Read Hear 640 News 101 Wjathjt 400 Community TV/Radio News Heads Main Menu