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Foundation after hearing about the work it does for local volunteer and community groups.
Oli is a popular pupil at Plymstock School and he has found many ways of raising money from leg waxing, netball and sponge the teacher. He is a keen outdoors enthusiast being an explorer for the 1st Elburton Scout group and has completed the Ten Tors several times.
Oli is also a police cadet in his spare time, has completed one week’s voluntary work for the police and has been awarded a police good citizenship award for the work he’s done within the community.
The Drake Foundation is very proud to have Oli working with them. Steve Davis the CEO of the Drake Foundation said: “Oli is a remarkable young man with a passion for helping others. He is extremely motivated to support his community. All of the people I know that have met Oli are amazed by his commitment and drive”.
The Drake Foundation will put the money into the Plymouth Grassroots Challenge; this will ensure all of the money Oli raises will be matched by the Government and then available for community groups to apply for grants.
Councillor Monahan, Cabinet Member for Children and Young
People, said: “Kids Are Alright aims to show the public all the good things children and young people are doing.
“We want to gather up all the good news stories about young people and make sure they are promoted in the local media. We want to put into perspective the bad news stories, so that people realise only a small proportion of young people do the things they see on the news and read in the papers. The majority are good and hard working, and want to do well in life.”
challenging perceptions
The Kids Are Alright campaign challenges what people think about youth crime and antisocial behaviour by highlighting the positive contributions young people make in their communities. Nationally, only 7% of youth are responsible for 83% of youth crime. The rate of offending hasn’t risen since 2001.
Research by the charity Catch 22 shows that two thirds (64 per cent) of adults in Britain overestimate the number of young people involved in crime. Furthermore, one in 10 of the adults questioned over-estimated youth crime by a staggering eight times, effectively assuming two in every five teenagers is a criminal.
The research also found that 40 per cent of British adults thought teenagers had a predominantly negative impact on their community. Only 7 per cent associated young people with volunteering. Yet the latest figures show just under half of all teenagers (48 per cent) have volunteered in their communities.
In 2007, 54% of Plymouth residents surveyed believed teenagers hanging around street corners to be a problem. In addition, 43 out of 43 Neighbourhoods identified Anti-Social Behaviour as one of the three Partners And Communities Together (PACT) priorities.
The 2009 Place Survey found that there has been a reduction (by 11%) in the number of Plymouth residents who see teenagers hanging around on street corners to be a problem.
For more information visit www.tkaa.co.uk
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