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3 March 2009

TOMORROW - LAST PLACES REMAINING!
Gangs Policy Briefing

Wednesday 4 March 2009, 6pm - 7.30pm
The Lewis Media Centre, Millbank Tower, Millbank, London, SW1P 4RS

Last chance to book for tomorrow's briefing on Dying to Belong, the report from the CSJ Gangs Working Group.

Speakers:
Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP, Chairman The Centre for Social Justice
Philippa Stroud, Executive Director The Centre for Social Justice
Simon Antrobus, Chairman Gangs Working Group
Charlotte Pickles, Author Dying to Belong and Senior Policy Advisor

RSVP to gangsRSVP@centreforsocialjustice.org.uk to reserve you space. Limited number of seats left!

More details click here

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA INTEREST IN UK TEEN PREGNANCIES
International media came straight to the Centre for Social Justice last month with the news of teenager Alfie Patten being the father to Chantelle Steadman's child. Iain Duncan Smith, Chairman of the CSJ, was interviewed for BBC One six o'clock and ten o'clock news, whilst Charlie Pickles, Senior Policy Advisor (pictured), was interviewed on German TV and Chris Bullivant, Projects Director, on Sky Italia. CSJ was also in the Sunday Times, the Daily Mail and the Evening Standard.

JUST TWO WEEKS LEFT TO APPLY FOR THE CSJ AWARDS
A prize pot of £50,000 waits to be awarded to the UK's most effective poverty fighting organisations. Now in its fifth year, the CSJ Awards identifies and promotes grassroots poverty fighting organisations at a national Awards ceremony in London with top politicians and celebrities. If you know or run a group that wants a chance to win £10,000, then visit www.centreforsocialjustice.org.uk/awards

MICHAEL GOVE MP AT CSJ BREAKFAST BRIEFING
Michael Gove MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, spoke at a CSJ Breakfast Briefing for senior businessmen, policy makers and third sector organisations this week. He spoke to a select audience of 20 on the Conservative Party's education policies at Marsh Insurance Brokers in Tower Hill. CSJ Breakfast Briefings are open to supporters of the CSJ.

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LATEST REPORTS

Bankrupt Britain [24/02/2009]
By Malcolm Offord

This 27 page independent report authored by Malcolm Offord and distributed by the Centre for Social Justice builds a model of the British economy and its trajectory over 10 years with results made available here for everyone to read. The author is a successful City fund manager with 21 years experience.

"Dying to Belong: An In-Depth Review of Street Gangs in Britain" [12/02/2009]
Executive Summary

228 page report which analyses the true nature and scale of gang culture in Britain. It looks at who is involved and what they are involved in; how Britain has reached this point; and what society can do to tackle it. Highlighting and learning from models of best practice in both the UK and America Dying to Belong sets out a blueprint for tackling Britains growing gang problem.

IN THE NEWS
The CSJ was mentioned in the following articles since our last email news letter:

Birmingham Post, 16 February 2009
'Ethnic and religious rifts identified in city's 400 gang members'

The Daily Mail, 16 February 2009
'Parents of 13-year old father Alfie embroiled in tawdry battle 'to make a packet' from scandal'
Read here

The Newcastle Journal, 16 February 2009
'Confusion now reigns over who did father Maisie'

The Times, 15 February 2009
'The baby shambles of Alfie Patten and Chantelle Steadman'
Read here

The Independent, 15 February 2009
'Father at 13: Little children, big money'
Read here

The Argus, 15 February 2009
'13-year old dad offers to take paternity test'

The Times, 15 February 2009
'Welcome to modern Britain, Maisie'
Read here

The Express, 14 February 2009
'Let's mend our broken society'

Liverpool Daily Post, 14 February 2009
'Teen birth "another case of broken Britain"'

Huddersfield Daily Examiner, 14 February 2009
'Kid Dad sparks massive debate'

London Lite, 14 February 2009
'4ft tall and a Dad at just 13'

The Newcastle Journal, 14 February 2009
'Dad at 13 sparks debate'

The Sun, 14 February 2009
'Holding baby'
Read here

The Times, 14 February 2009
'Barely old enough to babysit, but he's a dad- and there are lots more like him'
Read here

Western Mail, 14 February 2009
'Child father triggers debate about moral state of UK'

Daily Telegraph, 13 February 2009
'Value of marriage in times of trouble'
Read here

The Evening Standard, 13 February 2009
'Father aged 13 is 'tragic example of Broken Britain'
Read here

The Independent, 12 February 2009
'New Initiative: Partners in crime... prevention'
Read here

The Guardian, 11 February 2009
'Zeroing in on the young guns'
Read here

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