Opportunities outside of school
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Graph showing respondents answers to the question ," what barriers do young people face accessing opportunities beyond school ?" Participants could tick multiple options .
Don ' t know what opportunities are available
53 %
Cost 46 %
Transport 38 %
Lack of parental support 24 %
Other ( please specify )
6 %
33 young people left comments to " other , please specify " answer . This is a summary of what they said :
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I am black I have no money or food . Self con dence . Pressure . Not having the proper support that they need . Smelling toes . Spare time . Nobody can see or realise that someone has mental health issues e . g . suicidal thought or self harm or depression . Abuse .
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 % survey respondents
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Not being accepted or having dif culty going because they have to stay at home to take care of siblings or they just might not be allowed . How to cope mentally . Work and money issues with parents or mental health problems with themselves or family members . Lack of knowledge and understanding of how the working environment is supposed to work and where to go to get started . Lack of support from teachers . Chronic Illness + Mental illness + disability ( lack of accessibility , or simply unable to leave the house , nd it dif cult to socialise etc .)
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