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Post by staffordshrew on Aug 17, 2024 11:30:38 GMT 1
An alarming number of young people seem to have been involved in the rioting, in stabbings, etc. lately. Are we missing the old council Youth Clubs available to all young people, they used to engage with a wide range of young people, even those who didn't actually set foot through the door, but engaged with Youth Workers if they were hanging around outside Youth Clubs?
The Government is apparently going to coordinate a strategy to try to reduce youth crime, meanwhile some local initiatives are already in place.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2024 21:19:50 GMT 1
An alarming number of young people seem to have been involved in the rioting, in stabbings, etc. lately. Are we missing the old council Youth Clubs available to all young people, they used to engage with a wide range of young people, even those who didn't actually set foot through the door, but engaged with Youth Workers if they were hanging around outside Youth Clubs?
The Government is apparently going to coordinate a strategy to try to reduce youth crime, meanwhile some local initiatives are already in place.
Between 2010 and 2023 1,243 council run youth centres and Sure Start Centres were closed across the UK. Food bank usage among young families grew from around 60,000 food parcels distributed in 2009/10 to over 3.1 million, a 50+ fold increase. Both of these things have played a big part in disenfranchising young people. Hungry people turn to crime if there is no other option or outlet. Drug gangs and the like are predatory and thrive in these situations. Those kids that are recruited into these gangs not only carry weapons, but are prepared to use them. At least in jail they get 3 meals a day and are warm in the winter.
If central and/or local government can reintroduce funding for youth and family centres, reduce the need for food banks and give young people another option it might be possible to turn things around, but it's going to be a long and hard road.
Alternatively we could just bring in National Service like Rishi Rich suggested.
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Post by staffordshrew on Aug 17, 2024 21:37:05 GMT 1
Sunak was only joking about National Service, wasn't he?
By18 they should be working, not peeing about on NS. It's much earlier thay any work with young people is needed
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2024 22:49:30 GMT 1
Sunak was only joking about National Service, wasn't he? By18 they should be working, not peeing about on NS. It's much earlier thay any work with young people is needed I fully agree, we need to be helping children and families to thrive, rather than just barely survive.
Better services, better education, more targeted help, reducing child poverty needs to be a starting point, not a target for future governments to kick down the road and it needs to start now.
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Post by zenfootball2 on Aug 20, 2024 17:56:49 GMT 1
An alarming number of young people seem to have been involved in the rioting, in stabbings, etc. lately. Are we missing the old council Youth Clubs available to all young people, they used to engage with a wide range of young people, even those who didn't actually set foot through the door, but engaged with Youth Workers if they were hanging around outside Youth Clubs?
The Government is apparently going to coordinate a strategy to try to reduce youth crime, meanwhile some local initiatives are already in place.
Between 2010 and 2023 1,243 council run youth centres and Sure Start Centres were closed across the UK. Food bank usage among young families grew from around 60,000 food parcels distributed in 2009/10 to over 3.1 million, a 50+ fold increase. Both of these things have played a big part in disenfranchising young people. Hungry people turn to crime if there is no other option or outlet. Drug gangs and the like are predatory and thrive in these situations. Those kids that are recruited into these gangs not only carry weapons, but are prepared to use them. At least in jail they get 3 meals a day and are warm in the winter.
If central and/or local government can reintroduce funding for youth and family centres, reduce the need for food banks and give young people another option it might be possible to turn things around, but it's going to be a long and hard road.
Alternatively we could just bring in National Service like Rishi Rich suggested.
As you say there is a direct correlation between clubs and youth activities and outreach programmes aimed at young people which cut to the bone thanks to the conservative , a short sighted approach the cost in lost liv s, life changing injuries and so many young people going down a path there are unlikely to come back from. But also a costly one in admissions to hospitals, police time court cases , last time I looked it costs forty thousand pounds a year to keep Somone in prison. I can't recall were but there was a scheme were a bus was used as a recording studio it was aimed at stopping young people joining gangs and getting gang members out of gangs, unfortunately the bus needed replacing and there was no funding available so they were trying to raise the money, I hope they did it. |
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