One in five do youth work:
More than one in five Brits has devoted time to youth work, according to research by The National Youth Agency. Twenty three per cent of people have helped out at a local youth club or association. The research is to launch a campaign to show the contribution youth work makes to society.
IF Campaign success :
For months the Enough Food IF campaign has been lobbying the government – ahead of the G8 summit – to put the issues of aid, tax and land high up on the agenda. The efforts paid off; the UK government kept its promise to spend 0.7% of GNI on aid, and the G8 leaders agreed to greater transparency in the area of tax.
Alumina launch :
Selfharm.co.uk are launching the first online recovery programme for young people in the UK. They’re looking for young people between the ages of 14-18 to sign up for September – if you know anyone suitable email alumina@ selfharm.co.uk for more details.
Teens propping up their parents :
Quib.ly, an online community designed to support parents raising children in the digital age, has released new research which shows that 56 per cent of parents of 11–16 year-olds seek help from their children on everything from downloading music to installing a printer, and even tuning the TV.
‘I Levels’:
The latest in Michael Gove’s plans to radically transform GCSEs, the new I Levels, will see the current A* to G grades scrapped in favour of numerical marks.
Young people ‘reject religion’
Results of a YouGov survey show that young people in the UK have ‘rejected religion.’ The poll, carried out for The Sun placed religious leaders bottom in terms of who had most influence on the respondents lives’, with just 12 percent of the vote, behind politicians, brands and celebrities. The results also showed that those questioned view religion as more of a source of evil than good.
