Youth Unlimited Issue 2A

Hiya! / Contents

Welcome back to the magazine that puts the ‘you’ back in youth. Young people face a lot of issues these days, and we have pulled together a whole bunch of different young people to help deal with some of those issues.
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Home Sweet Home

Homeless People
If you walk down the streets of London, or indeed any major city, it is obvious that the number of homeless people living on the streets is ridiculously high and it is obvious that this number should not be so high. However, when researching this article I discovered that there are many more homeless people. Homeless people that we do not see…
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KYC / The Reel Event

KYC
If you don’t like being branded as a lazy teen then get up, say you’re going to do something and do it.

The Reel Event: Racial Justice in Kingston
Each year Kingston holds a memorial event in remembrance of Ricky Reel. This year we chose to look forward, asking questions like, what is racial justice and is there racial justice in Kingston?
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Reading Festival 2005 / TheVent

Reading Festival 2005
Take the

Bank Holiday weekend in August, mix in some bands both old and new, sprinkle thousands of music crazy, rockstar hungry fans, and leave to simmer in the mud, the rain, and the scorching summer sun…

Letting off Steam at TheVent
Hoards of teenagers were milling about in cliques in the church in anticipation of the doors opening to THEVENT; a night where local bands come to play for those organised enough to book a ticket on time.
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Turn It Up Loud!

When can you smash drumkits, play with plenty o' pedals, be secret fans of The Beach Boys in a "Pop Rock Punk" band AND find loads of fit girls armed with spacehoppers? Why, when there's a Red Storm Rising of course… Red Storm Rising are John, Spencer, Duncan and Craig. Now, they write their own songs and play gigs at venues like The Peel and The Garage.
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Tom's Regular Rant / Full to Bursting?

Taggers
This issue, I thought I would look at taggers, and how exactly they can get fun from what they do.

Full to Bursting
Life these days is an unhealthy business for many our age. The question is, is it the fault of the pie pushing corporates taking advantage of our wealth or should we look further into ourselves for the root of the problem?
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How to Lose a Guy in 1 Week / New Malden

This boy has no brains...
Ok, so you meet this really hot emo guy with his cute lip-ring and black hair, or this really amazing sporty blonde, or this totally cute Usher look-a-like. Sounds sweet! Urm, no, actually you realised you’ve messed up.

New Malden: A Hidden Beauty
Now New Malden may look a bit shabby on the outside but, to paraphrase a common proverb, you really shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, and accordingly a town by its looks.
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Schools

News and perspectives from students at Tiffin Girls', Coombe Boys and Coombe Girls' schools.
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One More Step Along The World I Go

Gap Year Programmes
Not sure what to do after school? Confused about university or just don’t feel ready to get back into study just yet? A gap year may be just what you need to get yourself sorted…
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Substance Sisters / Positive Activities

Drug Information Dealers
Earlier this year, I, together with 6 other young carers, took part in a series of workshops about drug awareness. During the project, we learnt about different drugs, and we ended the project by holding our own drugs workshop for other young carers.

Positive Activities
Over the summer term, Kingston Youth Service ran their Positive Activities for Young people programme offering a variety of challenging, fun, educational and new activities for young people who normally wouldn’t have these unique opportunities.
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