– 30% of youth clubs closed in London between 2010 and 2019.
– Teenagers in areas affected performed nearly 4% worse in national high-school exams. Youths aged 10 to 17 became 14% more likely to commit crimes.
It is cheaper to give kids something more productive to do with their lives, than it is to house them in prisons later on.
I was involved for a time with a youth boxing club and saw first hand the changes exercise, discipline and male role models can have on kids that otherwise were on the slide into gangs.
pinwroot on
My youth group as a teen saved me and pushed me in the right direction. I didn’t have good parental support and they were my lifeline.
Not everyone has positive experiences but overall this is a net positive.
I wouldn’t be half the person I am today without them. They made me a good person with good values and helped me obtain great skills. All kids deserve a lifeline, because we don’t all get them from birth.
Originzzzzzzz on
Can’t wait for the guy who goes “that’s a waste of my tax money” as though this isn’t what it’s for
Lazy-Competition7966 on
Disgraceful, this money should’ve been used to implement a quintuple lock.
/s
UnalomeJourneying on
Hire local people too. Definitely need more men youth workers in these places so young boys have a strong male role model.
Calelith on
Thank fuck we are spending money on actual useful things.
There is a direct link to the closure of yourh clubs, centres and areas and the rise in youth crime in those areas.
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Always said a lack of table tennis for teens is behind every stabbing.
This is fantastic news.
The closures of youth clubs and other facilities under austerity directly contributed to the rise in youth crime.
https://ifs.org.uk/publications/effects-youth-clubs-education-and-crime
– 30% of youth clubs closed in London between 2010 and 2019.
– Teenagers in areas affected performed nearly 4% worse in national high-school exams. Youths aged 10 to 17 became 14% more likely to commit crimes.
It is cheaper to give kids something more productive to do with their lives, than it is to house them in prisons later on.
I was involved for a time with a youth boxing club and saw first hand the changes exercise, discipline and male role models can have on kids that otherwise were on the slide into gangs.
My youth group as a teen saved me and pushed me in the right direction. I didn’t have good parental support and they were my lifeline.
Not everyone has positive experiences but overall this is a net positive.
I wouldn’t be half the person I am today without them. They made me a good person with good values and helped me obtain great skills. All kids deserve a lifeline, because we don’t all get them from birth.
Can’t wait for the guy who goes “that’s a waste of my tax money” as though this isn’t what it’s for
Disgraceful, this money should’ve been used to implement a quintuple lock.
/s
Hire local people too. Definitely need more men youth workers in these places so young boys have a strong male role model.
Thank fuck we are spending money on actual useful things.
There is a direct link to the closure of yourh clubs, centres and areas and the rise in youth crime in those areas.