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| Children as young as 11 could be asked to discuss the issue of 'consent' in the context of pornography, following the publication of new guidance. The material, produced by the PSHE Association, contains lesson plans tackling issues including ‘pornography, sexual images and consent’. | |
| Young People | Christian Concern - 21st March 2015 |
| School-aged children who take part in some form of social action are significantly more likely to volunteer their time later on in life, according to a new report. | |
| Young People | Civil Society News - 13th March 2015 |
| Public money is being used to supply under-age children with condoms, it emerged this week. The NHS is promoting the 'C-Card' which children as young as 13 can use to claim free condoms without the knowledge of their parents but does not mention that the law forbids sex involving those under 16. The scheme is intended to prevent pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases but research suggests that similar initiatives have not had this effect. | |
| Young People | Christian Concern - 21st February 2015 |
| Children in Staffordshire were threatened with Tasers 44 times over two years. The youngest person to be tasered was 14 with police firing the stun gun at under 18 three times in 2012 and 2013. The latest figures released by the Home Office show officers drew Tasers on children 17 times in 2012 and 27 times the following year. | |
| Young People | The Sentinel - March 11th 2015 |
| Primary school aged children are among thousands of girls under the age of consent who are being given the contraceptive implant by the NHS. Over the last five years the implants have been administered to nearly 10,000 under 16s including at least three ten-year-olds. | |
| Young People | Christian Institute - 23rd January 2015 |
| Sky broadband is to automatically block online pornography, the company has announced. All customers will have the choice to opt out of the system, which is designed to block content deemed unsuitable for children under the age of 13. | |
| Young People | Christian Institute - 23rd January 2015 |
| Research from the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IPS) has shown that young people have suffered most during the economic recession. In the five years following the economic crisis, those under 30 saw their incomes reduce (twice as much as older people). The research also showed that employment among the under 30’s fell by 4 percentage points, but was unchanged among the over 30’s and that one in four 22-30 year olds depends on their parents for somewhere to live. | |
| Young People | Youthwork – September 2014 |
| A poll for the National Children’s Bureau has suggested that young people’s attitude towards traditional teenage vices are more restrained than previous generations. More people (42%) thought that the legal age for buying cigarettes should be raised (it is currently 18) than thought it should be lowered (10%) Similarly, 37% would raise the age for gambling (only 9% would lower it) and 21% would raise the age for gambling (only 9% would lower it) and 21% would raise the age at which you can buy alcohol (7% would reduce it). Young people also believed that 16 was too young to join the army and would raise the minimum age to get married. Yet while 39% agreed with Ed Milliband that the voting age should be lowered to 16, only 13% said they would be certain to vote in a general election when given the chance. | |
| Young People | Youthwork – September 2014 |
| A poll for the National Children’s Bureau has revealed that more young people would raise the age of consent than lower it. The research, consisting of over 2,700 interviews with school children aged 11-16, showed that 22% believed the age of consent should be higher, with only 16% saying it should be lowered. | |
| Young People | Youthwork – September 2014 |
| A study by Soul Survivor Church in Watford has found that 41% of young people would go to church if invited. The research, by those on Soul Survivor’s Soul 61 gap year also found that 31% of young people would describe themselves as Christian. The research was carried out among 1,000 young people in Watford earlier this year. | |
| Young People | Youthwork – November 2014 |
| Research from the Teenage Cancer Trust has suggested that teenagers may be too worried, embarrassed or uncomfortable to talk to their doctor. The charity spoke to 1,000 13 to 24 year olds and a third of them said they found it difficult to speak to doctors. The main reason given among those who found it difficult was embarrassment, while a difficulty expressing themselves or the concern that doctors would think they were stupid were also a major concern. | |
| Young People | Youthwork - November 2014 |
| Collected reports from the Department for Health have suggested that this generation of teenagers are remarkably more sensible than their predecessors. Teenage pregnancy rates are at their lowest since the 1970s, with a simultaneous drop in abortion rates. The numbers of young people drinking, smoking, and taking drugs has also shrunk massively since 2003, 9% of young people had drunk in the last week, compared to 25 % ten years ago. Similarly 16% had taken drugs (down from 30%) and 3% described themselves as smokers (down from 9%). | |
| Young People | Youthwork - November 2014 |
| A study has shown that family breakdown can have a negative effect on children’s exam results and personal life. In the study of 4,000 adults and 500 young people, 65% said divorce had damaged GCSE results, and 44% said it had a similar effect on A Levels. This may be linked to the result that 15 % of those questioned moved schools following a divorce. | |
| Young People | Youthwork - February 2015 |
| With startling statistics such as one in 12 young people self-harming, 850,000 children and young people having a clinically diagnosed mental illness and 95% of imprisoned young people having a mental health disorder, it’s plain to see that we have something of a health crisis on our hands. In the UK we spend just £40 million per year on mental health services. This might sound like a decent amount until you compare it to a spend of £671 million on sexual health initiatives and £108 million on tackling obesity. | |
| Young People | Youthwork - February 2015 |
| 1 in 12 UK adolescents self-harm on a regular basis, the highest rate in Europe. 10% of 15-16 year olds have self-harmed (usually by cutting). 50% of 15-21 young people know someone who self-harms. Girls are four times more likely to self-harm than boys. Most aged between 11-25. | |
| Young People | Liberti - October-December 2014 |
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