...Do you get enough?

Young people across the UK feel undervalued and misrepresented by the media and politicians in the UK. In a report by the British Youth Council (BYC) and YouthNet, based on a survey of young people aged 16-24 across the UK, it emerged that:

* 90% of young people denounce anti-social activities and the majority accept that swearing, arguing and loud music can be anti-social.

* 98% of young people feel the media always, often or sometimes represents them as anti-social.

* 75% of young people lose respect for politicians when they say negative things about young people.

* Over 80% of young people believe the way they are portrayed leads to older people respecting them less.

The Respect? campaign - led by an advisory group of seven young people - aims to change the views of older people across the country and reverse the image of the "hoodies" and the "ASBO generation". It's not constructive, it's undermining us and it's undermining society.

We need your support! The campaign has so far been presented to the House of Commons, and the young people involved have met many key players within government and in a position to make a difference, but more can always be done.

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...Do you get enough?

Young people across the UK feel undervalued and misrepresented by the media and politicians in the UK. In a report by the British Youth Council (BYC) and YouthNet, based on a survey of young people aged 16-24 across the UK, it emerged that:

* 90% of young people denounce anti-social activities and the majority accept that swearing, arguing and loud music can be anti-social.

* 98% of young people feel the media always, often or sometimes represents them as... (read more)