These problems, highlighted in a Countryside Agency report last month, are tackled on a daily basis by Helen Trudgeon in her role as project manager of Cornish youth initiative YP2-Clay.
"They are happy with their lot," she says of the young people she works with. "They are positive and cheerful. But they have problems with finances and the lack of jobs. Some have parents who have two jobs, and this creates problems."
The Clay area, halfway along the south coast of Cornwall, consists of small communities that were once home to thriving fishing and mining industries.
But those industries are in decline and the employment market is drying up. YP2-Clay was set up through the Prince of Wales' Rural Revival Initiative.
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