Organisation Shine (Salisbury Baptist Church) and Da Gypsy Crew IssueThe need for educational support and access to information.
The situation Young women at a local traveller site requested supportfrom community project Shine. They said they needed information, adviceand access to the internet. They were unable to take advantage of afterschool facilities as transport to and from their site was bypre-arranged taxi. Young people were encouraged to apply for YOF/YCFfunding in order to purchase laptops with wireless internet connection.What children and young people said.
"We wanted to learn about different jobs, look up information on theinternet, learn to use computers and do our CVs."
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