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Respect - An interactive sex education guide for young people

Admovere Project and leaving care team, Royal Borough of Kingston.

Free from www.younglivin.org.uk or Alison Carnie 020 8547 6932, e-mail alison.carnie@rbk.kingston.gov.uk

This bright, colourful and eye-catching CR-Rom was developed by young people receiving a leaving care service in Kingston, London. They worked for over a year with a graphic design team in order to advise, educate and inform young people aged 15-21 on the issues of sexual health.

Calculating a Fair Price for Care - A toolkit for residential and nursing care costs

William Laing, Policy Press, from Marston Book Services, PO Box 269, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4YN; 01235 465500; or e-mail: direct.orders@marston.co.uk; price £10.95

This report presents a method for calculating the costs of providing nursing and residential care for older people. Aimed at commissioners and providers of care services, advocacy groups and policy-makers, this report argues a case for fairer funding. A free spreadsheet toolkit is available with the report, which allows commissioners to calculate reasonable local costs.

Working It Out - A handbook for violence prevention in work with young people

Stephen Briault, Russell House Publishing, 4 St George's House, The Business Park, Uplyme Road, Lyme Regis, Dorset DT7 3LS, 01297 443948 or www.russellhouse.co.uk

This book, aimed at everyone who deals with young people in their work, can be used as a toolkit to develop a range of practical approaches to violence prevention. Its source of new ideas can be used as guidelines to help transform the organisational culture. It provides 27 activities that you can run yourself and is based on both UK and international best practice.