New Big Society fund is launched; Al-Qaeda ‘could target UK youths’; Female ‘talent drain’ identified; 60 child sex offences every day in England & Wales
New Big Society fund is launched
BBC – A new financial institution set up by the government to finance charities and community groups is launched with £600m in funds.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17602323
The Independent – Investment is also expected to come from existing asset funds – such as those held by the Church of England – which currently invest in the stock market. Under the scheme, a new organisation called Big Society Capital will use around £600m in start-up …
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/cameron-launches-600m-fund-to-promote-charity-investments-7615543.html
Al-Qaeda ‘could target UK youths’
BBC – British youths from African communities could become radicalised as al-Qaeda looks to Africa to build its strength, a think tank report suggests.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17606434
Female ‘talent drain’ identified
BBC – The majority of women in Scotland with science qualifications do not use their skills in work, according to a new report.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-17597062
60 child sex offences every day in England & Wales
Belfast Telegraph – More than a third of all sex crimes are committed against children, figures have shown. A child was sexually attacked every 20 minutes last year, with more than 60 child sex offences reported to police every day. Some 23,000 children – more than a fifth of them too young for secondary school – were victims of sex offences in England and Wales during 2010/11, the police figures showed. But fewer than 10% of reported child sex offences ended in someone being sentenced.
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/uk/60-child-sex-offences-every-day-16140104.html