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| A survey in Wales has found that almost 2,500 teens have attacked other young people in the past 12 months. Of the 13,000 questioned, police figures found that one in six boys had set upon another young person in the past year, aiming to cause serious harm. 60% of boys and 40% of girls said they could beat up someone else if they were provoked. 15% of boys aged 14-16 say they have attacked another child with the idea of causing serious harm in the past year. 60% of boys aged 14-16 said it was alright to beat someone else up if the other person started to fight, and 44% of girls aged 14-15 agreed. | |
| Young People | Youth Work – December 2005 |
| Number of 16 to 19 year olds who know a friend – Using alcohol or drugs 23%; Harming themselves 9%; Being bullied 15%; With anorexia / bulimia 12%; Suffering street violence 5%; With parents fighting 11%; Struggling with sexual experiences 6%. | |
| Young People | Youth Work – December 2005 |
| Number of 13 to 15 year olds who know a friend – Using alcohol or drugs 38%; Harming themselves 32%; Being bullied 23%; With anorexia / bulimia 23%; Suffering street violence 19%; With parents fighting 15%; Struggling with sexual experiences 15%. | |
| Young People | Youth Work – December 2005 |
| A survey of 1,600 teenagers carried out by the NSPCC found that half of those questioned know a peer who is suffering from harm but keep it a secret. The survey found 13 to 15 year olds were far more likely than 16 to 19 year olds to know another teenager being harmed. 13 to 15 year olds were four times more likely to know a friend being harmed through sexual experiences, five times more likely to have a friend who is self harming. | |
| Young People | Youth Work – December 2005 |
| Recent research commissioned by the Commission on Urban Life and Faith shows that, while 70% of young people who live in urban areas said they felt life was worth living, 52% said they often feel depressed and 27% have sometimes considered taking their own life. | |
| Young People | Christian Herald – 10th September 2005 |
| Teenagers in Wales say God is more likely to listen to them in times of trouble than parents or close friends. A poll by the UK's largest Christian youth organisation Youth for Christ claims 43% of those questioned said they turned to God when they had problems with 28% opting for friends and parents coming in third at 16%. | |
| Young People | The Universe - 30th January 2005 |
| Every seven seconds someone in Britain is being bullied. One in five secondary school pupils have experience of bullying. One in four people are bullied at work. Most people who bully have been bullied themselves. 20,000 young people got help last year when they spoke out against bullying. In 2003 one quarter of 12 to 15 year olds felt there was a lot of bullying at their school, 17% of 16-19 year olds felt similarly. | |
| Young People | Youthwork – February 2005 |
| YMCA England says it is extremely concerned at the latest figures on youth homelessness. In two years the numbers of young people without a home to call their own has almost doubled, from 5,830 to 11,150. But the figures released by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, represent only a tiny proportion of the country's homeless young people, according to the charity. | |
| Young People | Christian Herald – 1st January 2005 |
| Britain's children are becoming a nation of square-eyed loners, according to a survey released today. More than two-thirds of children spend more time playing alone than with friends. | |
| Young People | The Sentinel – 29th October 2004 |
| Soaring numbers of children in the UK are being prescribed anti-depressants and other mind altering drugs, research revealed today. No anti-depressants are licensed for use in children under 16, but doctors can prescribe them where they feel it is clinically appropriate...the biggest increase was seen in the UK, with prescriptions up by 68% between 2000 and 2002. | |
| Young People | The Sentinel – 18th November 2004 |
| Teenagers respect the Queen more than any other public figure, according to a new survey by the Samaritans. Some 42% of teenagers favoured the Queen compared with 30% who chose pop star Robbie Williams. | |
| Young People | The Sentinel – 16th December 2004 |
| In shocking revelations yesterday, the grim reality of daily life for the world's innocent generation was laid bare. More than one billion children are now being denied the healthy and protected upbringing promised by the 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child..More than one in six children is severely hungry. One in seven has no access to health care...As two reports showed yesterday, perhaps the most chilling statistic of all is the number of young lives snatched by conflict. Since 1990, 3.6 million people have been killed on the front line in wars around the world - almost half of them were children. | |
| Young People | The Independent – 10th December 2004 |
| Nearly three quarters of Britain's poorest children are concentrated in just four cities, trapped in urban ghettos of acute deprivation that have seen little or no improvement for a generation. Ground-breaking research by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, the country's leading social policy charity, has found that in the worst pockets of poverty, almost 60% of families claim means-tested benefits - a figure three times the national average. At its centenary conference today in York, where Rowntree founded his trusts in 1904, the foundation will consider the first detailed geographical analysis of poverty by council wards. This shows that 70% of the poorest children are concentrated within the conurbations of London, Glasgow, Merseyside and Greater Manchester. | |
| Young People | The Independent – 13th December 2004 |
| A third of primary school children think oranges grow in Britain. Almost half believe margarine comes from cows and a quarter assume bread is made from potatos or rice. The findings are revealed in a survey of children aged 8 to 11 by the polling organisation Mori. Half of the 356 children questioned did not know ham was produced from pigs. A third thought it came from chickens, 10% assumed it was from cows, 5% from sheep and 2% deer. | |
| Young People | The Independent – 3rd December 2004 |
| Hundreds of people are being needlessly killed and injured by the growing numbers of cars carrying out the school run. School runs have increased by 20% in the last decade as the number of children walking to school has fallen by 14%. Reducing these car journeys to school could prevent 190 deaths and serious injuries a year, research by insurance company More Than has found. The company also called for staggered school start times to relieve pressure on the roads. | |
| Young People | The Sentinel – 6th December 2004 |
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