Ill Manors

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Ill Manors

• Life for Young People in Firs Bromford

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Ill Manors

• Weve had it with you politicians
• you bloody rich kids never listen
• Theres no such thing as broken Britain
• Were just bloody broke in Britain
• What needs fixing is the system
• Not shop windows down in Brixton
• Riots on the television
• You cant put us all in prison!
• Plan B

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C.H.A.V.

• Council
• Housed
• And
• Violent

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BROMFORD ESTATE

• Council Estate in East Birmingham
• High Levels of Unemployment Low Educational
  Achievement
• High numbers of N.E.E.T. Young People
• Fair share of problems with Drugs, Crime, ASB
  Mental Health
• Broken Britain or Big Society

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Bromford Estate

• Daily Mail January 2011
• 7th Most workshy estate in Britain
• Home of the workshy
• Stats Dont lie??
• What is the story behind the stats and the
  headlines?

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Bromford Estate

• Culture Society
• Family
• Young Peoples Aspirations

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Society Culture

• Kids have Little or No respect for authority
• Police, Teachers, Politicians etc.
• Feel ignored isolated Uncared for
• So young people dont listen
• Turn to hip-hop Grime music
• Romanticises Violence Crime, possessions
  Power by fear
• What do young people value?

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Family

• Broken Families
• Dysfunctional Families
• Single parents, drugs alcohol abuse
• Children raised to believe they cannot achieve
  anything or do anything with life
• Not shown any encouragement or motivation
• Family is important Valued?

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Aspirations

• Dont want to work hard
• Dont want to achieve or work or contribute
• I have never met a young person who doesnt want
  success, a job, a good life
• Young People dont know what it is to achieve
• Role models examples
• Celebrating success valuing achievement

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Final Words

• "There is demonisation of youth throughout the
  media. People fall for it. If you had no direct
  contact with the kids how can you judge them?
• "How did we get to a society that cares more
  about shops and businesses than lives of young
  people.
• "You've got kids that do not feel part of society
  they start rioting looting. Taking things
  society says are the most important things.
• "Find out what these kids are good at, what they
  care about, what they like, and draw it out of
  them because it will change lives."