Raleigh International

Raleigh International welcomes the launch of the government's Positive for Youth strategy. The paper, produced in collaboration with young people and youth professionals, calls for a partnership approach to support families and improve the lives of young people, particularly those who are most disadvantaged or vulnerable.

Positive for Youth places developing a strong sense of belonging, having supportive relationships, strong ambitions, and the chance to realise their potential at the heart of its aspirations for young people. It aims to provide more opportunities and better support for young people.

Eddie Botsio - a Raleigh International trustee - spent much of the early part of this year photographing a raft of media personalities for a special exhibition in support of Raleigh's Widening Participation bursary fund.

The exhibition ran throughout most of September at the Reading Room gallery in Soho and closed after a glittering evening attended by many media stars.

In Raleigh expedition country India, life really has imitated art after a poor government clerk became the first person to scoop $1m on the Indian version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire.

Echoing the plot of Danny Boyle’s 2008 Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire, Sushil Kumar and his wife of five months wept when Indian movie legend Amitabh Bachchan, the show's host, handed them a check for 50 million rupees (just over $1 million) after the contestant gave all the right answers on the show.

Prime Minister David Cameron will not be going to the Rio+20 Earth Summit in Brazil next year as the June date clashes with the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.

Yesterday MPs from the Environmental Audit Committee called for him to attend the summit that covers the green economy, sustainable development and the millennium development goals.

MPs are calling for Prime Minister David Cameron to go to next year's global conference to show commitment to tackling the world's environmental crisis.

The Rio +20 Earth Summit in Brazil next June, marking 20 years since the original Earth Summit, will focus on the "green economy" and sustainable development, but at the moment there are no binding agreements or treaties on the table for the conference.

Costa Rica is mourning its only celebrity crocodile, Pocho, known for his loveable character and infamous double act with trainer Gilberto Shedden.

Hundreds of people from the crocodile's home town of Siquirres turned up to the funeral of the 15ft 60-year-old creature.

The Scout Association is planning to reintroduce 'bob-a-job' week in a bid to encourage young people to get more involved in their local communities.

The scheme had previously seen young people, from age six to 25, across the UK carry out various jobs including car washing, gardening and helping elderly people with their shopping.

The world's population is set to reach seven billion on October 31 and could double by the end of the century, according to figures from the UN Population Fund.

The world's most populous nations are China and Raleigh expedition country India, with 1.3 billion and 1.2 billion people respectively. The UK has 62.3 million.

India has dominated the Asian category at the World Travel Awards this year scooping the top titles for best tourist board, best economy airline and best destination among others.

The Raleigh expedition country saw off the likes of Bali, Korea and Sri Lanka to win Asia's Leading Destination. Incredible India! won the tourist board title and Air India took best economy airline.

The Mayor of London Boris Johnson's flagship Team London volunteering programme is set to attract 60,000 volunteers by the end of a single mayoral term – almost half the size of the British Army.

Boris Johnson made the announcement as he delivered almost £600,000 of Team London small grants funding to over 60 small community groups across London, which rely on volunteers to keep their projects going.