I quoted George Orwell's Road to Wigan Pier - "lazy idle loafers on the dole" - as many were demonising young people who were unemployed.
The positive responses I shared were three job-creation projects our youth centre sponsored. The first employed 25 young people to set up a farm in London Docklands - 30 years later it is still flourishing as Newham City Farm. The second was Newham Ferro-Cement Boats - building boats for youth and community projects - and that scheme developed into Landmark Training, now seen as one of the best youth-training projects in London. The third placed young people as assistants in youth and community projects. One is now a lecturer, one a social worker and another a vicar.
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