Young people

Youth homelessness and unemployment are rising – but there’s a simple solution
Opinion

Youth homelessness and unemployment are rising – but there’s a simple solution

Homelessness not only puts a young person in danger and at risk of exploitation, it also limits their horizons and dulls their ambitions at a time when most of their peers are looking forward to the future

How youth centres can help thousands of young people unlock their potential and shine
Jamie Masraff

How youth centres can help thousands of young people unlock their potential and shine

OnSide is a national youth charity raising funds to build a network of state-of-the-art Youth Zones in the UK’s most disadvantaged areas

Housing crisis: I lived in a hostel for 15 months because of London’s extortionate rents
Housing crisis

Housing crisis: I lived in a hostel for 15 months because of London’s extortionate rents

The stress of trying to find a place of her own caused costume designer Sara Mackenzie to lose some of her hair

The accidental food bank: How youth clubs are becoming frontline services
Food banks

The accidental food bank: How youth clubs are becoming frontline services

Just 5% of people with a learning disability are employed. This woman is out to prove the world wrong
Learning disability week

Just 5% of people with a learning disability are employed. This woman is out to prove the world wrong

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New drivers under 25 could be banned from giving their mates a lift
Road safety

New drivers under 25 could be banned from giving their mates a lift

One in six young people are living in poor-quality housing and it’s hurting their health
Housing crisis

One in six young people are living in poor-quality housing and it’s hurting their health

Low confidence is stopping young people from working. Can Amazon and Barnardo’s help?
recruitment

Low confidence is stopping young people from working. Can Amazon and Barnardo’s help?

Young disabled people are shut out from housing and forced to live with their parents
Disability

Young disabled people are shut out from housing and forced to live with their parents

Here’s where to find career advice whatever your situation
Career advice

Here’s where to find career advice whatever your situation

‘Everyone has a superpower’: How The Youth Group helps young people find the right career
Jobs

‘Everyone has a superpower’: How The Youth Group helps young people find the right career

Children as young as 14 are having to get jobs to provide for their families
Cost of living crisis

Children as young as 14 are having to get jobs to provide for their families

An Exciting and Vivid Inner Life review: Exploring loneliness when we’re more connected than ever
book reviews

An Exciting and Vivid Inner Life review: Exploring loneliness when we’re more connected than ever

Money saving tips to fight the cost of living crisis with the UK’s chief youth officer
Money saving tips

Money saving tips to fight the cost of living crisis with the UK’s chief youth officer

Check out this new podcast inspiring young people
Podcasts

Check out this new podcast inspiring young people

All This Could Be Different review: The trials and tribulations of being 20
Books

All This Could Be Different review: The trials and tribulations of being 20

Top 5 books for young nature lovers, chosen by Dr Jess French
Books

Top 5 books for young nature lovers, chosen by Dr Jess French

Go without Netflix and avocado toast? Young people say they can’t afford essentials let alone luxuries
Cost of living crisis

Go without Netflix and avocado toast? Young people say they can’t afford essentials let alone luxuries

Author Jan Carson: Britpop, bible camp, Ian Paisley and me
Books

Author Jan Carson: Britpop, bible camp, Ian Paisley and me

Half of young people have gone to bed hungry in the last 12 months
Cost of living crisis

Half of young people have gone to bed hungry in the last 12 months

The UK is facing a huge skills gap — and Big Issue Group plans to do something about it
Employment crisis

The UK is facing a huge skills gap — and Big Issue Group plans to do something about it

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A third of jobs advertised on the government’s flagship Kickstart scheme went unfilled
Unemployment

A third of jobs advertised on the government’s flagship Kickstart scheme went unfilled

It’s tough being young and broke. But help is out there
Money

It’s tough being young and broke. But help is out there

The government ‘has no idea’ whether its £2bn Kickstart scheme for jobs actually worked
Unemployment

The government ‘has no idea’ whether its £2bn Kickstart scheme for jobs actually worked

Scrap cautions and youth offences from criminal records, say charities
Employment

Scrap cautions and youth offences from criminal records, say charities