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I agree with the idea of mental health and wellbeing programmes being of strong focus as I believe that there are many young people who are aware of mental health but not accurately informed about the effects as well as support available to them. In addition, in terms of the education programme post COVID-19, I advise that businesses are targeted in order to offer more jobs and work experience for more young people.

These are all great - I am a deputy headteacher and wellbeing is a focus for us at school; however, there remains the conflict between the results agenda and the wellbeing!
Schools need to prioritise children's mental health and wellbeing - but in order to do that school staff need to be mentally healthy - COVID-19 has seen a negative out pour to those in education trying to do their job and the media has been unhelpful! This is not just in London but countrywide. 
Education post Covid needs to look at what the vulnerable children need - high school quality computer facilities and internet so that they can access the same learning at home as the less vulnerable! Social care needs to be more effective - in East London it feels like things that would get picked up and raised to higher levels in other areas of the country and ignored or left to go on too long as there is such huge demands on social workers time - the children are at risk of neglect, gangs and exploitation.  As a school we raise the issues and educate against but the support is only there in the community.  As a primary school we do not even have access to community police on a regular basis to come in and talk to the children - this all needs to e thought of in an education programme - it is more than the school it is the community. 

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Sounds good. The difficult part will be how people will be notified about this on this website and on social media platforms.

Employers should be obligated to provide quality apprenticeships and training placements, subsidised or funded centrally which would give people real Experience and skillls to get a perm job and make it more likely they would get one at that company.

a massive focus is needed on preventing young people getting put on a path to prison via exclusion and "special" education.

how do we give young people hope and dreams to pursue? They need to know what's possible.

creativity is key

For a new deal to be effective and impactful in the long term, the financial investment via funding applications need to be for a minimum for three year but preferably five years especially during this recovery phase. This could then be reviewed to readjust length of times of grants. I have seen time and time again great work on the ground stopped and halted thought the cycle of grant applications. To be able to justify the five year grants, quarterly reports could be submitted for example including showcasing the work done and really be able to learn from the process. Oraganisations would then be able to focus their efforts on delivery with less financial concerns.

All sounds very good as a starting point. Please ensure that young people are on the panel to help shape and communicate the true direction that most young people wish to travel in. I volunteer to be on the panel and have lots of experience in the areas being debated.

Of course this is a fine ideal.  However, should this not be the politician's goal for All Londoners (if not all UK residents) irrespective of their age?  As long as politicians and administrators continue to split the community into sections, encouraging the residents to choose priorities based upon funding one group or another rather than the community as a whole, we will remain a divided community.  Let's have one comprehensive plan to make London the best place to live, work and play..

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I think there is a short term opportunity to keep schools running with social distancing by using the vast office space that stands empty at the moment. 
A class of 30+ could easily socially distanced in an open plan office for 100 plus people. Children need schools and parents need to work otherwise the future for us all is a mess for much much longer. 

This is such an important area to focus. I run gateway community training and we deal with young people first hand including young ex-offenders and we see hear all the danger areas. Housing,jobs, life skills, training & education. Our training creates jobs - life skills - opportunities with the help of government we can do much more. We believe young people Need to be economically self sufficient and develop long career plans and safer productive futures. We need to empower our young people with the knowledge that shapes and directs their pathways. This is what needs to happen and we already doing this but it needs to be on much much larger scale and all young people in the UK needs to benefit from this as they are the next genaration.

Hi as a parent of 2 teenagers and 2 young adults I would like to see the streets safer for our young people.My 16 year old son hardly goes out alone for fear of being approached by gangs Covid or not covid this is still a major problem that our young people face .

Make both maternal and paternal leave obligatory. This way, employers cannot discriminate between men and women who are incoming parents, and the child gets to spend important time with both parents at the beginning of their lives. There should also be substantial economic support for new parents this way.

There needs to be plenty of decent apprenticeships made actually available that take young people without requiring so many qualifications and experience. They are meant to be giving people opportunities and training people. Apprenticeships are very rare too, not many exist.

Try to get young people in to big jobs in central or any other nice areas to work in to gain experience. 

 Students to help their local community as part of their curriculum: help the elderly, help cleaning parks/streets, help gardening, help charities. ""Confront"" them with reality.

 Encourage reading - using a proper hard cover book. Do it class if necessary.

 Improve grammar and spelling.

Keeping the free zip card is very important to the well being of young people in london

YES to this.  Local councils need more funding for youth programmes and services i.e youth centres, sports clubs, youth 'after school' educational programmes - covering anything from IT to creative arts skills, film-making, gardening.  

Increasing youth mental health support services and making them more accessable within the community as well as at schools and colleges.

A scheme that youth groups can apply to for funding for their own theatre clubs, sports groups, etc.

An education programme post Covid-19 is vital and should address the reasons behind the behaviour of young people who have been excluded from the mainstream.  Implicit bias in educators must also be addressed as these can effect perceptions of challenging behaviour (i.e adultifying Black children, maintaining stereotypes).  Discussions about race and culture must be encouraged and more support and resources provided for teachers to actively develop race conscious policies.