ResearchUnderstanding the views of young people, and learning from them, is essential to The Prince's Trust. This vital strand of our work helps us develop and refine solutions for disadvantaged young people. It has also made us a key commentator on issues affecting them.
Tackling the Poverty of Opportunity
This report identifies Britain's most deprived areas and explores the impact of spatial disadvantage on educational outcomes for young people over time. It reveals that half of the bottom 10 most deprived districts in England have a below median improvement in GCSE performance, taking account of their previous level of performance in 1999. Twenty-nine of the top 35 most deprived areas in England in 2004 were also in the top 35 most deprived in 2000. The London School of Economics report was commissioned by The Prince's Trust as part of a five-year partnership with The Royal Bank of Scotland Group to develop new ways of using enterprise in the UK's most deprived areas to help 16-18 year olds who leave school with no qualifications.
Reaching the Hardest to Reach
Based on interviews with almost 1,000 of the UK’s ‘hardest to reach’ 14-25 year olds, Reaching the Hardest to Reach, identifies the barriers that disadvantaged young people believe prevent them from achieving their goals. It also highlights the perceived gaps in services and who they turn to for support, setting out a blueprint to help meet the needs of more than one million young people in the UK who remain not in education, employment or training.
Mapping Disadvantage: young people who need help in England and Wales
The first major attempt to find the 'hot spots' where young people are less likely to succeed. Through a series of maps and tables, Mapping Disadvantage highlights the geographical location of young people facing deprivation.
Starting Over
Starting Over highlights the issues facing a highly disenfranchised group in the UK: young refugees and asylum seekers. The study captures the challenges and expectations of young refugees, and assesses ways in which the voluntary sector can work to enrich their self-development and improve their skills, help them find confidence and motivation, and make net contributions to our society
The Way It Is
Following the success of It's Like That, this study continues querying the attitudes and aspirations of disadvantaged young people, shifting the focus to young people who've been excluded from compulsory education, who have left care, or who are from ethnic minority backgrounds.
It's Like That
This seminal report, presented to MPs and policy makers, challenges media myths about disadvantaged young people. It details how, despite the background of negative messages they're fighting, young people have positive attitudes and aspirations and want a place in society. Young fathers feel great love and responsibility for their children, young mothers feel able to cope with and enjoy motherhood, and most unemployed young people want to work.
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