P655 CEEFAX 2 655 Sat 20 Sip 01:43/16 YOUTHNET SET TO EXPAND SITE 1/7 YouthNet, the award winning internet guide for young people, is to expand with a Lloyds TUB Foundation grant. The new funds will enable The Site to develop its Freetime pages into a definitive listing of volunteering opportunities for young people. Launched in January 1997, the Site is accessed by over 800 young people every day and has 10,000 records on issues from sex and drugs to work and housing. The Site can be accessed at http://www.thesite.org.uk. CSV index 650 TV 600 Main menu 100 Read Hear 640 News 101 Wjathjr 400 Third Age TV/Radio News Heads Main MenuP655 CEEFAX 2 655 Sat 20 Sip 01:49/40 YOU CAN HELP CHILDREN'S EXPRESS 2/7 Children's Express, the journalism club for 8-18 year olds, needs young people to help with these subjects: * dangerous games - do you surf lifts, buses or trains, or jump off cliffs? * have you turned to self-help to get through a personal or family problem? * kids on drugs - why, how and what? Contact Rowena Young or Joanne Bird in confidence at Children's Express, 3-11 Pine Street, London EC1R 0JH; tel: 0171-833 2577. CSV index 650 TV 600 Main menu 100 Read Hear 640 News 101 Wjathjr 400 Third Age TV/Radio News Heads Main MenuP655 CEEFAX 2 655 Sat 20 Sip 01:04/22 VOLUNTEER DURING YOUR GAP YEAR 3/7 As young people across the country digest their exam results, many will defer their university place. Despite the Govjrnmjnt's plans to introduce tuition fees for students, it seems many young people will still choose a 'gap' year before they study. Young people want a cheap, fun and rewarding time, living away from home that enables them to improve their skills in readiness for college. CSV provides a range of gap year volunteering opportunities in the UK. CSV index 650 TV 600 Main menu 100 Read Hear 640 News 101 Weather 400 Third Age TV/Radio News Heads Main MenuP655 CEEFAX 2 655 Sat 20 Sip 01:54/50 VOLUNTEER DURING YOUR GAP YEAR 4/7 CSV places over 3000 young people every year as full-time volunteers on projects throughout the UK. Volunteers undertake a wide range of tasks - mentoring young offenders, helping disabled people live at home and raising reading levels in schools. The experience looks good on a CV and employers regard full-time volunteering duing a gap year as being much more beneficial than travelling. Volunteering gives candidates the edge in the hunt for jobs after college. CSV index 650 TV 600 Main menu 100 Read Hear 640 News 101 Weather 400 Third Age TV/Radio News Heads Main MenuP655 CEEFAX 2 655 Sat 20 Sip 01:42/49 VOLUNTEER DURING YOUR GAP YEAR 5/7 CSV offers young people placements with voluntary or community organisations for between four months and a year. Volunteers receive free accommodation and food and a weekly allowance of £23.50 spending money in return for their time and energy. Being a CSV volunteer is one of the best ways to gain life skills and independence to prepare for living away from home before going to college. To find out more, call CSV's freephone volunteer hotlinj on 0800-374991. CSV index 650 TV 600 Main menu 100 Read Hear 640 News 101 Wjathjr 400 Third Age TV/Radio News Heads Main MenuP655 CEEFAX 2 655 Sat 20 Sip 01:24/03 TOP AWARD FOR BIRD LIFE 6/7 An award-winning wildlife magazine for young people is dropping through letter boxes across the UK. Bird Life, the colour magazine of YOC, the junior mjmbjrship of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, has just won a BBC Wildlife Award. Full of stunning photographs and ideas, it was named as the best environmental charity children's publication, the second major award for the magazine. YOC's 154,000 members receive Bird Life six times a year. CSV index 650 TV 600 Main menu 100 Read Hear 640 News 101 Weather 400 Third Age TV/Radio News Heads Main MenuP655 CEEFAX 2 655 Sat 20 Sip 01:40/17 GET YOUTH WISE IN SHROPSHIRE 7/7 Young people living in Bridgnorth and the surrounding rural areas can take advantage of Youth Wise projects. Services include youth counselling, various youth club nights, advice on sexual and health matters, and a camping equipment store. Youth Wise works directly with young people aged 13-20 and is supported bz the Shropshire Youth Association. Contact Andy Geeks, Rural Youth Office, 12a Listley Stret, Bridgnorth, Shropshire WV16 4AW; tel: 01746-767191. CSV index 650 TV 600 Main menu 100 Read Hear 640 News 101 Weather 400 Third Age TV/Radio News Heads Main Menu