My thoughts are about only one document: the government’s strategy on all things 13 to 19, entitled, promisingly, Positive for Youth. Before you all start a pantomime chorus of "Oh no they aren’t", please at least read it thoroughly. It is rich in its content, and its language about young people, stating unequivocally that most are great contributors to a society that too often judges all of them in the light of what a very small number actually do.
Much to welcome
It states clearly that they have a lot in common with previous generations of the young. It sets out what the government, across departments, wants for, promises to, expects from and will give to young people. It recognises their many vulnerabilities, whether or not they are in the groups that a wise person tells me are not "hard to reach," but "hardly reached". It covers health, welfare and safety, education, citizenship and economic prospects, the workforce and their place in and contribution to society. There’s a lot to welcome.
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