◎ contents 1. young people in the year 2000 2. The millennium challenge / Gill Jones 3. On going to university / Lynne Carney 4. The challenge of independence / Chris Woodhead 5. On being a young mum / Emma Frank 6. Young people in the new millennium / Tom Bentley 7. Young people and the democratic deficit / Ben Braithwaite 8. Reality and challenge : a national view / Tom Wylie 9. On volunteering / Stephen Foster 10. The challenge for local authorities / Tony Elson 11. Against a two-speed Europe / Pau Solandilla 12. Giving young people a voice / Bronwen Cohen 13. On being a student and volunteer / Alice Taylor 14. The carnegie approach / John Naylor 15. The beginnings of the carnegie young people initiative / Roger Frost 16. The carnegie young people initiative : 1996-1999 / David Cutler