Stop the cuts to our essential Youth Provisions - Young People Matter!

Stop the cuts to our essential Youth Provisions - Young People Matter!

What does this mean for our children?

Youth Clubs
Drastic cuts to our youth service means there will only be 8 youth clubs or even less to cater for the fastest growing youth population in the country. This also means less funding available to third sector community based organisations. As a result there will be very little or no access to positive activities to keep young people engaged with during the evenings, weekends and over the holiday periods in most parts of the borough.

Implications:
Rise in crime and anti-social behaviour
Careers Service
Drastic cuts to the Careers Service means there will be very little or no one-to-one support and expert advice available to young people to help them move into further education, university, training, apprenticeship and employment.

Tower Hamlets Careers Service saves tax payers around £53 million pounds a year by keeping youth unemployment down, based on research undertaken by the University of York.

The Careers Service was instrumental in reducing youth unemployment in Tower Hamlets from 10.9% in 2006 to 3.4% in 2016 through its work in schools and in the community.

The Careers Service helps young people with job preparation, realise their career aspirations, overcome barriers to progression and supports them onto higher learning and into good jobs.

The Careers Service supports over 4,000 young people every year including those with special needs, looked after children and young offenders.

The Careers Service is key to retention, social mobility, economic growth and reducing unemployment.

Implications:
Rise in youth unemployment
Drop in educational attainment

Targeted Youth Support
Drastic cuts to Targeted Youth Support means there will be very little or no one-to-one support available to vulnerable young people with complex issues to get timely and coordinated help to prevent their problems from escalating or arising at all.

Implications:
Poor outcomes for our most vulnerable children
Rise in long-term unemployment

Cuts to these essential services will be detrimental to our children’s future progress and success.

People's Alliance of Tower Hamlets call all concerned about young people's lives in Tower Hamlets to sign the petition.