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Petition update, 07 January 2008

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In the mainstream media and in the political arena young people are demonised to the extent that a hugely negative and incorrect image of all young people in the UK has developed. Instead of continuously calling young people ‘thugs’ and ‘yobs’ perhaps we should try and address the problems with them. The overwhelming majority of young people are caring individuals just trying to get on with their lives and contribute to society. A huge amount of low order anti-social behaviour and youth crime is generated by boredom. Groups of young people hang around on the streets because literally they have nothing better to do. Please can we stop demonising these young people and make concrete strides to improve our youth centres, create new opportunities like youth cafes etc and work with our young people instead of against our young people to improve society. The Government has failed young people and needs to urgently redraw strategy on this matter.

Current signatories

Michael Joslin, the Petition Creator, joined by:

• Stephen Howse
• bob stace
• Paul Chaplin
• Edwood Walker
• R.J.McKinney
• Owen Blacker
• Stephen Wray
• Helen Clavering
• Alan Scobbie
• Mark Benjamin
• Emrys Green
• Doug Hallam
• Angela Jhanji
• Mohammad Bilal
• Sinem
• Ben Challis DMYP
• Emily Blake
• Chris Birks MYP
• Jessica Mason
• Ché Ramsden
• Freddie williams
• Michelle Taylor
• Catherine Charis Havard MYP
• Zoe Dyson MYP
• Dominic King
• Peter Dickson
• oliver rowlinson
• Eshe Nelson
• stephen marshall
• patrick wilson
• Nick Dowson
• Alexi Reynolds
• Matt Smith
• A Jones
• Jenny Mullinder
• Ben Lawrence MYP
• Ray Stacey
• Matthew Butcher
• Rebecca Harris
• Luke Christensen
• nicole Burke
• Sarah Selwood
• hope
• Jonathan Riches
• Jayesh Rajyaguru
• Ben Rattigan
• Anna Sian Bowman
• Hugo Terry
• Matthew McGee
• lucy bowen
• Julia A Ford
• Claire Adams
• Gary Plumley
• Simon Morris
• Teresa Isherwood
• Tim Paramour
• Owen Curtis
• Ed Kelly
• Richard Tingle
• Kerri Mansfield
• Vanessa Shaw
• Jan Crook
• Christopher McKeon
• Angela Reid
• Jeremy Platt
• Alex Hocking
• S A Brown
• carole bywater
• Louise Games
• Doreen Henning
• Simon Wright
• patrick fisher
• Lynn Loughran
• Michelle Luk
• Kev Henman
• John Man
• Kate Craib
• André Wilkinson
• John Stevenson
• SHARON TAYLOR
• Stella Newman
• Phil Wakely
• John Holmes
• Kim Heappey
• Tracey Quinn
• angie tooley
• John Harrison
• karen robertson
• Paul Boskett
• Dave Hanbury
• Graham Spencer
• C R Strong
• Angela Roberts
• Linda Hanbury
• Nigel Down
• Mandy Revel
• Ray Ellis
• C P Taylor
• Steve Cluett
• Katy Mallinder
• Peter Newman
• dan barton
• bernard davies
• Fiona Henman
• Malcolm Ryan
• fiona carroll
• Viv Cross
• christine slattery
• amy baker
• EDWARD MURPHY
• lindsey fish
• M J Barton
• kerry jenkins
• Tiggy Claustres
• Alan grace& Maureen Grace
• Peter Bellamy
• Ruth Swift
• Paddy prince
• Abbey Durrans
• Kulbir Kaur
• Gill Cain
• Ruth Ness
• andy short
• Robert Young
• Sandra Mullan
• natalie hewitt
• chris orwin
• Allrik Birch
• John Flett
• David Carmichael
• Richard Brett
• Caroline Gibson
• Nikhil Rudra
• Mr C Brana
• Paul Eversden
• Russ Randall
• Barbara McIlwrath
• Tracey Hudson
• Michelle Stacey
• Patrick Claustres
• Luke Lloyd
• Graham Box
• Kate Heeney
• Helena Fickling
• Darren Gillies
• Suzi Boardman
• Lesley Russell
• W MacMillan
• Mike Jay
• Alison Terry
• des evans
• simon boyle
• Emily BEvan
• Emily Hutchinson
• George Kruszynskyj
• Neville A. Daniels
• paul cheetham
• Gareth Davidson
• Andy Driver
• Karin Goold
• S Hall
• Joanne Cleeter
• Jonathan Doyle
• k.brown
• Paul Frost
• Bev Wilson
• Kevin McAllister
• MARYURI PEREZ
• B Thurlow
• Belinda Cassius
• Hannah McCoy
• Paul Franklin
• Sue Heard
• Billy Jones
• Graham McArdle
• David Gallacher
• Chris Hilliard
• Sharon Hutchinson
• Tony Parkes
• Barnaby Suttle
• Emma Johnson
• Sheila Thompson
• anna
• Kinsu Coneron
• Simon Short
• Zoe Harris
• Deborah Reynolds
• Anne Mildon
• Jane Field
• Jacquelien Estaugh
• Emma Spinks
• Patricia Lynskey
• Marie Donnelly
• Zoe Truman
• Tom Jordan
• Callum Willerton
• Lucy Rowe
• Grace Piper
• Aileen Skerman
• lloyd searle
• Sandra De Cruz
• David De Cruz
• Helen White
• Elizabeth Connick
• kenneth Stratford
• Sophie Parker
• Cheryl Ames
• Zoe Shippen
• Murray Tremellen
• Misbah Mahmood
• Tanuka Palit
• louise evans
• Claire Denton
• Simon Billenness
• Gill Dickinson
• Darren Edginton
• JULIA HURSTHOUSE
• LISA BROWN
• Alexander Peek
• P. Nicholas Machen
• Lynn Owens
• Carl Cheevers
• Jodi Sangster
• Jill Parkinson
• Kirstie Green
• Greg Thompson
• yvonne mcnamara
• Claire Acworth
• Anna Stansbury
• andy clark
• Jessica Quinlan
• Sonya Goodwin
• Eleanor Abrahall
• g. pascall
• Kate Roe
• Tom Bassindale
• toby wilson
• Eve Roberts
• Alice Ruth Bean
• Lauren Smith
• sarah kelly
• Corrinna Martin
• Sarah Watson
• Renee Kalia of wi5.com
• BRYN R JONES
• Fran borg-wheeler
• G Agostini
• Ellen Butcher
• William McNicol
• Honor Atkinson
• aimee bryant
• k akhurst
• Joel James
• Rachel Taylor
• Vicki Schmidt
• catherine
• Annabelle Bowyer
• Margaret King
• Isabel Bruce
• s rhodes
• Genevieve Sutton
• Hieng Tang
• John Page
• Andrew Stuart
• Trudy Mitchell
• Samantha Coggins MYP (Member of Youth Parliment in North Nofrolk)
• Martha Lawton
• Simon Adlem
• ailsa
• Katherine Rickards
• Carol Grouse
• Tahrim Mir
• Jonathan Kennedy
• Robert Edwards
• James Porter
• Leon Hylton
• Wayne Beacock
• Dan Holtham
• Gill Phillips
• Mike Kennedy
• alexandra reynolds-cocroft
• Amanda Moorghen
• Stephen Knight
• Elfyn Griffith
• Paul Taylor
• michael Wearing
• farah ghulamali
• Michael Marsden
• Sarah Hembrough
• alan foster
• Kate Allan
• Paul Matthews
• Letitia Roach
• Emily Pearson
• Dr Tony Elliman
• Siobhan McAlister
• Christine Mullan
• Liam Slater
• Tully Kewley
• Christopher Madden NIYF
• kellie sentance
• Aine McGinnity
• Eliz McArdle
• Paddy McNicholl
• Nichola McILvenny
• catherine mccormack
• Darren O'Reilly
• marc cochrane
• Ruby Smith
• Lesley Brown
• Isabel Clark
• Susan Westlake
• Thomas Wiggins
• kellie sentance
• Peter Riches BSc (Hons) MBA
• Jo Davies
• Emily Chruscikowski
• Luke Pratt
• Sophie W (age 17)
• Miss Myriam Roberts
• Emrys Green
• Hamza Modi
• A Burt
• maralyn braidwood
• Mrs Sarah Peters
• Wendy Hughes
• A Ward
• Tony Hadlames
• ms haley faulkner
• Matthew Jenkinson
• colin colvin
• Angela Blue
• Maggie Mendy
• Mike Whitby
• Sue Whitby
• Joshua Mcauley
• Holly James
• Jennifer Allan
• Mark Crosby
• susan stockton
• Ewan Robb
• -
• Patrick Gordon
• faye gayle
• Sharon Hughes
• zara lewis
• Roy Davis
• Squadron Leader Dudley Howard RAFVR(T)
• Vance Mcghee
• Benjamin Hughes
• Philip MAckey
• Rod Whiteman
• Elizabeth
• Emily Walker
• Eilidh Morris
• Umah Ganeshalingam
• Ieuan Williams
• Kelly Butterworth
• Sophie Gill
• G. Bolgar
• jason knell
• Kelly Smith