'Social exclusion' plan launched !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Guest guest]

" There will also be schemes aimed at helping children in care,

families suffering from drug and alcohol abuse, and people with

mental health problems. "

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/5335768.stm

'Social exclusion' plan launched

The government wants to prevent teenage criminality

Cutting the rate of teenage pregnancies is the focus of a plan to

tackle social exclusion unveiled by the government.

Minister for children Beverley promised a " more targeted

approach " to " teenage pregnancy hot-spots " .

Youngsters will be given " enhanced social and relationship

education " as well as more access to contraceptives.

There will also be schemes aimed at helping children in care,

families suffering from drug and alcohol abuse, and people with

mental health problems.

Several government departments are involved in the plan, which

proposes a " range of systematic reforms aimed at fundamentally

changing the way we deliver help and support to the socially

excluded " .

'Vulnerable groups'

Ms , speaking at the launch of Reaching Out: An Action Plan On

Social Exclusion, said the government would need to identify

teenage " pregnancy hot-spots " .

This is now the government's 10th attempt to tackle social

exclusion but yet again there is no big new idea

Philip Hammond

Shadow work and pensions secretary

Then it would have to make sure it focussed on " vulnerable

neighbourhoods and also on vulnerable groups of young people " .

She said there was a gap in performance between local authorities

that needed to be closed.

Social exclusion minister Armstrong said the message behind

the reforms was that " no-one should be written off, no-one is too

hard to reach " .

She added: " I don't believe that there is anyone who doesn't want a

better future for themselves and their children. "

'Repeatedly let down'

Several charities welcomed the initiative, but warned that improving

the lives of the most underprivileged would not be easy.

" Social exclusion is the result of complex, interwoven factors in

people's lives, and there are no simple solutions to such stubborn

problems, " said Farmer of mental health group Mind.

Clare Tickell, of children's charity NCH, said she supported the

government's belief that health workers and midwives should

intervene early if they see problems developing - perhaps even

before a child is born.

" But for this approach to work it must be done in a way that does

not stigmatise - families need support to change, not to be punished

because they are struggling, " she said.

Earlier, shadow work and pensions secretary Philip Hammond dismissed

the scheme as " empty rhetoric " .

" This is now the government's 10th attempt to tackle social

exclusion but yet again there is no big new idea.

" When we look at [the government's] record, it is clear that for

nine years society's most vulnerable have been repeatedly let down. "

[Guest guest]

" There will also be schemes aimed at helping children in care,

families suffering from drug and alcohol abuse, and people with

mental health problems. "

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/5335768.stm

'Social exclusion' plan launched

The government wants to prevent teenage criminality

Cutting the rate of teenage pregnancies is the focus of a plan to

tackle social exclusion unveiled by the government.

Minister for children Beverley promised a " more targeted

approach " to " teenage pregnancy hot-spots " .

Youngsters will be given " enhanced social and relationship

education " as well as more access to contraceptives.

There will also be schemes aimed at helping children in care,

families suffering from drug and alcohol abuse, and people with

mental health problems.

Several government departments are involved in the plan, which

proposes a " range of systematic reforms aimed at fundamentally

changing the way we deliver help and support to the socially

excluded " .

'Vulnerable groups'

Ms , speaking at the launch of Reaching Out: An Action Plan On

Social Exclusion, said the government would need to identify

teenage " pregnancy hot-spots " .

This is now the government's 10th attempt to tackle social

exclusion but yet again there is no big new idea

Philip Hammond

Shadow work and pensions secretary

Then it would have to make sure it focussed on " vulnerable

neighbourhoods and also on vulnerable groups of young people " .

She said there was a gap in performance between local authorities

that needed to be closed.

Social exclusion minister Armstrong said the message behind

the reforms was that " no-one should be written off, no-one is too

hard to reach " .

She added: " I don't believe that there is anyone who doesn't want a

better future for themselves and their children. "

'Repeatedly let down'

Several charities welcomed the initiative, but warned that improving

the lives of the most underprivileged would not be easy.

" Social exclusion is the result of complex, interwoven factors in

people's lives, and there are no simple solutions to such stubborn

problems, " said Farmer of mental health group Mind.

Clare Tickell, of children's charity NCH, said she supported the

government's belief that health workers and midwives should

intervene early if they see problems developing - perhaps even

before a child is born.

" But for this approach to work it must be done in a way that does

not stigmatise - families need support to change, not to be punished

because they are struggling, " she said.

Earlier, shadow work and pensions secretary Philip Hammond dismissed

the scheme as " empty rhetoric " .

" This is now the government's 10th attempt to tackle social

exclusion but yet again there is no big new idea.

" When we look at [the government's] record, it is clear that for

nine years society's most vulnerable have been repeatedly let down. "

[Guest guest]

" There will also be schemes aimed at helping children in care,

families suffering from drug and alcohol abuse, and people with

mental health problems. "

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/5335768.stm

'Social exclusion' plan launched

The government wants to prevent teenage criminality

Cutting the rate of teenage pregnancies is the focus of a plan to

tackle social exclusion unveiled by the government.

Minister for children Beverley promised a " more targeted

approach " to " teenage pregnancy hot-spots " .

Youngsters will be given " enhanced social and relationship

education " as well as more access to contraceptives.

There will also be schemes aimed at helping children in care,

families suffering from drug and alcohol abuse, and people with

mental health problems.

Several government departments are involved in the plan, which

proposes a " range of systematic reforms aimed at fundamentally

changing the way we deliver help and support to the socially

excluded " .

'Vulnerable groups'

Ms , speaking at the launch of Reaching Out: An Action Plan On

Social Exclusion, said the government would need to identify

teenage " pregnancy hot-spots " .

This is now the government's 10th attempt to tackle social

exclusion but yet again there is no big new idea

Philip Hammond

Shadow work and pensions secretary

Then it would have to make sure it focussed on " vulnerable

neighbourhoods and also on vulnerable groups of young people " .

She said there was a gap in performance between local authorities

that needed to be closed.

Social exclusion minister Armstrong said the message behind

the reforms was that " no-one should be written off, no-one is too

hard to reach " .

She added: " I don't believe that there is anyone who doesn't want a

better future for themselves and their children. "

'Repeatedly let down'

Several charities welcomed the initiative, but warned that improving

the lives of the most underprivileged would not be easy.

" Social exclusion is the result of complex, interwoven factors in

people's lives, and there are no simple solutions to such stubborn

problems, " said Farmer of mental health group Mind.

Clare Tickell, of children's charity NCH, said she supported the

government's belief that health workers and midwives should

intervene early if they see problems developing - perhaps even

before a child is born.

" But for this approach to work it must be done in a way that does

not stigmatise - families need support to change, not to be punished

because they are struggling, " she said.

Earlier, shadow work and pensions secretary Philip Hammond dismissed

the scheme as " empty rhetoric " .

" This is now the government's 10th attempt to tackle social

exclusion but yet again there is no big new idea.

" When we look at [the government's] record, it is clear that for

nine years society's most vulnerable have been repeatedly let down. "

[Guest guest]

" There will also be schemes aimed at helping children in care,

families suffering from drug and alcohol abuse, and people with

mental health problems. "

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/5335768.stm

'Social exclusion' plan launched

The government wants to prevent teenage criminality

Cutting the rate of teenage pregnancies is the focus of a plan to

tackle social exclusion unveiled by the government.

Minister for children Beverley promised a " more targeted

approach " to " teenage pregnancy hot-spots " .

Youngsters will be given " enhanced social and relationship

education " as well as more access to contraceptives.

There will also be schemes aimed at helping children in care,

families suffering from drug and alcohol abuse, and people with

mental health problems.

Several government departments are involved in the plan, which

proposes a " range of systematic reforms aimed at fundamentally

changing the way we deliver help and support to the socially

excluded " .

'Vulnerable groups'

Ms , speaking at the launch of Reaching Out: An Action Plan On

Social Exclusion, said the government would need to identify

teenage " pregnancy hot-spots " .

This is now the government's 10th attempt to tackle social

exclusion but yet again there is no big new idea

Philip Hammond

Shadow work and pensions secretary

Then it would have to make sure it focussed on " vulnerable

neighbourhoods and also on vulnerable groups of young people " .

She said there was a gap in performance between local authorities

that needed to be closed.

Social exclusion minister Armstrong said the message behind

the reforms was that " no-one should be written off, no-one is too

hard to reach " .

She added: " I don't believe that there is anyone who doesn't want a

better future for themselves and their children. "

'Repeatedly let down'

Several charities welcomed the initiative, but warned that improving

the lives of the most underprivileged would not be easy.

" Social exclusion is the result of complex, interwoven factors in

people's lives, and there are no simple solutions to such stubborn

problems, " said Farmer of mental health group Mind.

Clare Tickell, of children's charity NCH, said she supported the

government's belief that health workers and midwives should

intervene early if they see problems developing - perhaps even

before a child is born.

" But for this approach to work it must be done in a way that does

not stigmatise - families need support to change, not to be punished

because they are struggling, " she said.

Earlier, shadow work and pensions secretary Philip Hammond dismissed

the scheme as " empty rhetoric " .

" This is now the government's 10th attempt to tackle social

exclusion but yet again there is no big new idea.

" When we look at [the government's] record, it is clear that for

nine years society's most vulnerable have been repeatedly let down. "