Kids on Prices of Facilities
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Sherifa asks some young people at a youth centre what changes they would like to see. One of the answers was pretty interesting, and at its heart scrutinises the effect of government cuts to community facilities and the communities themselves
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It doesn't make sense...
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A young person talks about how it can be next to impossible to defend yourself once accused of wrongdoing at school
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Get Yourself Away
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A mother gives advice to girls who find themselves in a situation: "Remove yourself from that situation. Don't get dragged into it; don't get caught up into it."
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You Need a Strong Mindset
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When you come out of prison how do you stop yourself from going back to your old ways? JJ gives some advice from his own personal experience
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You Need a Strong Mindset
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When you have just come out of prison, it's easy to start falling back into the old ways. But you don't want that. Apart from family support, JJ talks about determination to change.
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Talk To A Teacher
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JJ gives some advice to young people, about how there will always be some teacher who is ready to listen to you, and who will give you some good advice when you need it.
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Why Are Young People Exploited?
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Why do you think, a lot of the youth nowadays are getting exploited? Do you know what? I think it is a lot to do with, first of all like self-esteem, confidence. I'm not blaming parents; not all parents are bad, some parents struggle, you know? I think that the family needs more support.
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Exclusion Doesn't Work
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In a discussion held with some young people at a youth club, Freddy from The Childrens Society comments on how schools' use of exclusion only makes the problem worse: Audio: "So with exploitation you can have, like, one of the reasons a child may be sort of misbehaving or acting out, that may be because they're being exploited, and the school don't know that and they just get kicked out. And then when a child is kicked out they're obviously more vulnerable to being exploited because they're not at school; they've got nothing else to do. So that's why we're also working on exclusions...
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Schools not recognising SEN
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A young person talks with a representative from the Children's Society about how his ADHD wasn't recognised at school for years. This is a common problem which needs to be identified more quickly. Too many children are slipping through the system undiagnosed. audio text: "Yeah I used to be in detention for like fidgeting and stuff, stuff like that. But I couldn't help it because whenever I've got stuff in my hand I'm either doing something naughty in class or just doing, yeah, naughty stuff in school and stuff like that." "One of the big issues is undiagnosed special educational needs or...
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School's an Escape
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Sherifa explains how she thinks that schools are often failing students, because they are often too focused on their own reputation
info_outlineYoung people at Bede talked about how they felt that people who got involved in knife crime were getting off too lightly.
Some people thought that prison was too cushy and others even suggested bringing back the death penalty.
In this recording a young person expresses his opinions on the subject.