While we are all facing the onslaught of job losses, cuts and insecurity in the public and third sector, we also have to be balancing our ongoing need to support the young people we have been working for.

Increasing cuts like those announced to the young people’s advisory service mean that young people will be receiving even less support at time when things around them are more uncertain than ever.

In the short to medium term we need to effectively harness the existing information, services and opportunities that are out there, and link them together in a way that puts young people in a position of control, and empowered to access to support they need.

However, there are 3 key factors that we need to be aware if we’re trying to create an effective online tool to do this:

Yesterday Sue Cranmer and myself went to the UKCCIS summit. Futurelab is listed as one of the council’s members and it’s obviously an area we are interested in. What follows are just a few of the thoughts I had about the event.

Children are now are just one click away from the children’s international digital library.

Some recent research commissioned by Channel 4 provides an interesting insight into young people and their attitudes towards and use of technology.
Some top-line stats may surprise you about the average 12-24 year old (or not, if you are one):
They personally own 8 devices (including MP3 player, PC, TV, DVD player, mobile phone, stereo, games console, [...]