Young People Credit Crunched

One of the current issues that has been taken on by other youth participation organisations such as UKYP and Chair of BYC Emily Beardsmore, is 'Young people and the Credit Crunch'. Due to recent positive and negative events such as the Olympics and youth on youth crime, local leaders and providers began to involve young people more and more in decisions that influence their lives. Goverment pushed for every borough to have a youth participation officer in post and newspapers were hunting for young people stories and views. This was a much needed step forward at a time where the new generation was becoming out of touch with their community and drastically loosing faith in the countries political system and democracy. However as the credit crunch hits the UK harshly, will leaders and providers of the community still think it important to spend valuable time and finances on involving young people in decisions. Will young people be failed once again? Will it ever be possible to restore the new generations faith in their country after a rise and fall like this?