At a time when a million young people are dealing with the tragic consequences of unemployment, the schemes that were there to help them – the education maintenance allowance, the Future Jobs Fund and the Aim Higher programme to encourage participation in higher education – have been axed.
Youth services are disappearing up and down the country at the very time when they are most needed and the frustration among young people is evident. No one is in the midst of this quiet crisis more than young people. Why then is the writing off of an entire generation not at the top of the political agenda?
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