Eleven young people aged 16 to 18 on a range of vocational programmes run by Nacro Newcastle took part in the focus group. The EMA, which offers weekly payments of between £30 and £10 to young people from lower income families to encourage them to remain in education, was the primary income source for most of the young people.
This was one of four focus groups looking at young people's experience of money, which fed into a national event - Right on the Money - that provided opportunities to explore how developing the financial capability of disadvantaged young people would help them achieve economic wellbeing, the least developed of the five Every Child Matters outcomes. Three of the young people, with staff support, ran a workshop at the National Youth Agency organised event.
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