With so much focus on regeneration, economic deprivation and inner city crime (all real issues) a large swathe of social deprivation in suburbia is overlooked. Many young people in relatively well off areas have no social infrastructure and few adults around to inspire or guide them. Along with their comparative affluence and freedom […]
Archive for 'Excluded Young People'
Archive for April, 2008
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Young people are not receiving the vital financial literacy education they need to have every chance of succeeding in a modern society. As financial services become increasingly complex, young people face an increasingly high chance of becoming financially excluded. The problem is evident when considered that 91% […]
Continue reading 'MyBnk - Tackling a lack of financial literacy'
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Dance United proposes a leading role for professional contemporary dance training and performance as an innovative and realistic alternative to custody for young offenders and a transformational pathway for those at serious risk of offending. Dance United seeks to make this work an indispensable part of the […]
Continue reading '‘SENTENCED TO DANCE? YOU MUST BE JOKING…..’'
40% of young people with autistic spectrum conditions (ASCs) do not have a single friend. Coping with school, dealing with change and communicating socially are real struggles. 40% are bullied, and more are marginalised, due to their perceived eccentric mannerisms, odd obsessions and poor social skills. A quarter are excluded from school […]
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Most young people are excluded from decision making, especially where this relates to the design and delivery of public services. Those opportunities that do exist tend to be via outmoded 20th century representative and supposedly ‘democratic’ structures which are a turnoff for the majority and engage […]
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Existing services are failing to deliver the outcomes vulnerable young care leavers require. It is during the transitional period from school to work that young care leavers are most vulnerable as their poor academic attainment, lack of work experience and low self-esteem puts them at a […]
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We want to help children and young people who cannot currently read text books and other educational material because they are visually impaired, are physically unable to hold a book, or turn the pages or to physically focus or track with their eyes. This is around 5% […]
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• What is the problem you are working to solve?
There are a vast range of activities & projects that aim to help young people develop their skills and raise their prospects - but how do these projects ensure that young people actually get the benefits they need, and how are young […]
Rural Youth Network is a national charity that works with partners from all sectors to make a difference on the issues that affect young people and those that work with them in rural areas. If you have a Case Study of a example of good practice relating to rural children and young people please send […]
We’re working to solve 3 problems:
lack of access for isolated young people to activities they enjoy, in a space they want to be, and building up their hard and soft skills,
the tendency for frontline organisations not to know what their opposite numbers in other areas are doing and, therefore, not sharing good practice and learning,
sustainability […]
