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Through its ‘See What Sam Sees’ campaign Balance says it is inviting North Easterners to take a child's eye view and witness the way the alcohol industry is bombarding young people with ads which make drinkers appear popular, successful and attractive. In the region 55% of people already agree that alcohol targets under18s. 

Balance is urging North Easterners to visit www.balancenortheast.co.uk  and sign its petition

UK Youth Parliament Priority Campaign
 
‘Make public transport cheaper, better and accessible for all'


BYC/UKYP calls on the UK Government to address the concerns of young people about expensive bus fares.
Following the British Youth Council campaign and the UK Youth Parliament’s debate in the House of Commons Chamber based on a ballot of 65,000 young people across the UK.


Young people across the UK currently face a postcode lottery of expensive bus fares – many of us don't receive concessionary fares and the age to be eligible for child fares varies. On top of this, many existing concessionary schemes for young people are being cut. 

We need the UK Government to work with bus providers, transport authorities and local authorities to make sure that there are cheaper bus fares for young people, concessionary schemes, and standardised child fares
for those aged 16 and under. 

We need to make sure bus fares don’t affect our ability to get to college or get a job. Our generation can’t afford to miss out on opportunities because bus fares are too expensive.
ACTION– PLEASE FILL THIS IN: 
 BYC/UKYP Transport Petition
 
This e-petition calls on the UK Government to address the
concerns of young people about expensive bus fares.

Department of Education: Positive for Youth

Positive for Youth is a new approach to cross-Government policy for young people aged 13 to 19 in England. 

Bringing together all of the Government’s policies for this age group, presenting a single vision across the interests of nine departments.
 
Positive for Youth sets out a shared vision for how all parts of society – including councils, schools, charities, businesses – can work together in partnership to support families and improve outcomes for young people.
 
Working towards a common goal of young people having a strong sense of belonging, and the supportive relationships, strong ambitions, and good opportunities they need to realise their potential.

"Positive For Youth makes a strong, long-awaited commitment to young people to support their relationships, their ambitions and opportunities to be successful. The strategy brings a welcome partnership approach from central and local Government and the voluntary sector in order to give young people the best possible start in life, supporting them to become engaged and active citizens. Whilst the strategy underlines a strong strategic direction towards a positive, young people-focused vision, I have concerns around the achievability and measurability of the strategy, particularly during this time of austerity and limited investment in local youth provision."
 
Josh Harsant PG Group, and UKYP rep to stakeholders group to DFE on Positive for Youth.



Xavier Hussain UK Youth Parliament Media representative said:
 “It is also particularly worrying that the statement continues to allow councils to cut our youth groups and centres, as the Government "won't tell them [the councils] what services to deliver or how to deliver them", and is allowing private organisations to bid to take those services. I will continue to campaign with the UK Youth Parliament for more concrete measures to tackle youth unemployment, rescue youth services faced with closure and reduce the cost of higher education - so that my student debt doesn't have to skyrocket as the Government's debt falls.”

BYC and UK Youth Parliament will continue to campaign against the cuts to youth services particularly those who will be needed to support the growing numbers of youth voices participating at the heart of Positive for Youth.