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| PM unveils community work scheme | PM unveils community work scheme |
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| Some 20,000 young people are to get the chance to do full-time community work in a £146m government scheme. | Some 20,000 young people are to get the chance to do full-time community work in a £146m government scheme. |
| Prime Minister Gordon Brown launched the project for 16 to 19-year-olds in a podcast on the Downing Street website. | Prime Minister Gordon Brown launched the project for 16 to 19-year-olds in a podcast on the Downing Street website. |
| Work will include helping the elderly and the environment on courses lasting between 14 and 22 weeks which will lead to professional qualifications. | Work will include helping the elderly and the environment on courses lasting between 14 and 22 weeks which will lead to professional qualifications. |
| The plan is being targeted at school leavers on Entry to Employment schemes in England which help them find work. | The plan is being targeted at school leavers on Entry to Employment schemes in England which help them find work. |
| The project, run by the Department for Children, Schools and Families, will start in September and could eventually become a compulsory part of the school curriculum. | The project, run by the Department for Children, Schools and Families, will start in September and could eventually become a compulsory part of the school curriculum. |
| I want everyone to have this opportunity and I want everyone to get involved Gordon Brown | I want everyone to have this opportunity and I want everyone to get involved Gordon Brown |
| Mr Brown said: "Millions of young people are already giving their time and energy to make a difference in our communities, whether by helping in an old people's home or tutoring younger pupils, campaigning on local issues or fundraising for global causes, organising community activities or helping deliver environmental projects. | Mr Brown said: "Millions of young people are already giving their time and energy to make a difference in our communities, whether by helping in an old people's home or tutoring younger pupils, campaigning on local issues or fundraising for global causes, organising community activities or helping deliver environmental projects. |
| "I want everyone to have this opportunity and I want everyone to get involved." | "I want everyone to have this opportunity and I want everyone to get involved." |
| The prime minister would like every young person to do at least 50 hours of community work by the time they are aged 19, and the scheme is part of his drive to boost "good citizenship" across the UK. | The prime minister would like every young person to do at least 50 hours of community work by the time they are aged 19, and the scheme is part of his drive to boost "good citizenship" across the UK. |
| Mr Brown mooted the community work scheme for young people in the News of the World earlier this month. | |
| He told the newspaper: "It is my ambition to create a Britain in which there is a clear expectation that all young people will undertake some service to their community, and where community service will become a normal part of growing up in Britain. | He told the newspaper: "It is my ambition to create a Britain in which there is a clear expectation that all young people will undertake some service to their community, and where community service will become a normal part of growing up in Britain. |
| "And, by doing so, the contributions of each of us will build a better society for all of us." | "And, by doing so, the contributions of each of us will build a better society for all of us." |