youth

Listen: Bristol Unpacked with Neil Maggs

Listen: Bristol Unpacked with Babbasa CEO Poku Osei on changing the system from the inside

In the wake of the recent murder of St Pauls teenager Eddie King Muthemba Kinuthia, Neil talks to Poku Osei from Babbasa who aim to empower young people from local income and ethnic minority households.

Neil Maggs Adam Cantwell-Corn
Neil Maggs, Adam Cantwell-Corn and George Colwey

Edition 20

Time to play as Bristol launches plan

Joe Skirkowski

Photography

Photos: A Vibrant Youth

Seb Peters

Reports

Felix Rd celebrates 75 years of adventure play

But playworkers warn that the future of play in Bristol is at risk, with adventure playgrounds struggling to stay open without council funding.

Hannah Vickers
Hannah Vickers

Voices

Why are young people turning to prescription drugs?

Maria da Silva

Visuals

Watch: Knowle West boxing club puts up a fight

Charlie Watts
Charlie Watts

City

Council awards new youth services contracts two months late

After months of delays, Bristol's reduced youth services will finally launch in June.

Hannah Vickers
Hannah Vickers

Reports

The Ranch

No more play: council slashes youth services by 30%

Youth workers and parents want to know why the council has cut out play, open access and work with under 11s from its new youth services.

Hannah Vickers
Hannah Vickers

Reports

Transforming mental health provision in schools?

Therapists and educators criticise the government’s proposed changes to how mental health services are delivered.

Hannah Vickers
Hannah Vickers

Features

Becky Romero’s family: “Our children deserve better than this”

Family of teenager failed by Bristol’s mental health service demand more funding for the sector.

Hannah Vickers
Hannah Vickers

City

Determination and struggle to shake “hangover from the past” in Southmead

Sensationalist coverage of “riot” in area shows how media failed to grasp the real challenges faced by the community.

Hannah Vickers
Hannah Vickers

City

Learning the legal hustle

Bristol-based project Street2Boardroom is ready to shake up the street and business worlds, but challenges lie ahead. “We can’t live in a society where people...

Jack Newcombe
Next ···