The researchers spoke to 50 young people aged between 10 and 18. Many said that although they didn't see themselves as marginalized, they often thought of youth groups as unwelcoming and unsafe spaces, citing pressure to conform and feeling "decorative" and "tokenistic". Young people said that they felt youth services should be safe.
The author of the Count Me In report, Save the Children's senior researcher Katy Radford, said that existing youth work models might be inappropriate for minority ethnic young people. Radford also reported a tendency for the rights of young people from small communities to disappear, with service providers favouring economic viability over access to inclusivity.
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