Posts Tagged ‘Young people’
Hackney students on new blog: ‘the common room conversations just weren’t cutting it’
Neetu Singh has the scoop on Twenty Minutes Till Bedtime, a new site chock full of opinion pieces on global affairs created, funded and managed solely by A-Level students at Mossbourne Community Academy
Read MoreDiane Abbott Foundation spent nearly £30,000 on awards ceremony, accounts reveal
Sum was more than 80 per cent of annual budget of small education charity of which MP is the director
Read MoreFoster care child sex abuse could happen again, warns Hackney safeguarding chief
‘Huge risk’ of further sexual abuse, as police body rules out policy review
Read MoreHackney Citizens Advice Bureau calls for volunteers
The adviser training programme supported by the Citizens Advice Bureau is seeking new recruits
Read MoreHackney charity Skyway celebrates ten year anniversary
Dalston Eastern Curve Garden plays host to the celebrations on Friday 28 September
Read MoreCampaigners petition Hackney Council to act over ‘criminalisation’ of borough’s young people
Residents have come together to oppose what they see as the excesses of the criminal justice system following last year’s riots
Read MoreTop Boy gets a mixed reception from Hackney’s youth
A panel of locals enjoys a preview of the Channel 4 drama’s first episode, but finds plenty of flaws in Ronan Bennett’s supposedly realistic portrayal of life in the borough
Read MoreAfter the riots: the Hackney worker teaching young men to be ambitious
Youth worker Emeka Egbuonu’s book has much to teach policymakers following the riots, writes Rachel Williams
Read MorePanel examining the riots lacks independence and teeth
To ensure the avoidance of politically expedient explanations, a public inquiry into the unrest should have been established, says Patrick Vernon
Read MoreWill the National Citizen Service stop young people rioting?
David Cameron says the scheme will restore values, responsibility and self-discipline. Its critics say it is too expensive and will not help disaffected youngsters
Read MoreWhat caused the Hackney riots? A local teacher speaks out
“You could see it coming…the kids don’t feel like they’re part of anything, they don’t feel they’re being heard”
Read MoreHackney riots: ‘The message when youth clubs close is that no one cares’
Half the borough’s children live in poverty. Missing, too, are the summer courses that kept minds and hands busy
Read MoreWhat caused the Hackney riots? Local residents speak out
“These teenagers have got nothing better to do… they think that they’re well hard”
Read MoreUK riots: don’t shut these kids out now
Put the shutters up on the shops, but not in our minds. A punitive and condemning reaction simply mirrors the alienation so many already experience
Read MoreYoung Londoners still don’t feel police are on their side
Boris Johnson has given youth violence a high profile, but needs to ask whether stop-and-search does more harm than good
Read MoreEvery parent’s worst nightmare: how ketamine killed our daughter
Bright, popular, rebellious and creative, 21-year-old Louise Cattell had everything to live for. Then she made a fatal mistake. She took the party drug ketamine and was found dead in the bath by her flatmate. There are 125,000 other ketamine users in the UK. Louise’s parents want to make sure it never happens to any of them…
Read MoreHipsters are agents of social change
The ranks of the skinny-jeaned get endlessly knocked – but I’m grateful for their part in making the lives of gay people easier
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