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The Independent View: Not in my Name

By Faiza Chaudary | Sun 14th August 2011 - 11:07 am

The events of the last few days have been alarming and have raised many questions about our society. If you’re like me, you’re still trying make sense of the violence that we’ve seen in communities across England. As the leading independent voice for voluntary and community groups working with young people, my organisation has been inundated with calls and messages from our members expressing concern about the impact of the riots on young people, their image in the media and the programmes that are needed to support them.

There’s no escaping the fact that young people have been involved in …

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Posted in The Independent View | Also tagged #ukriots, ncvys and riots | 3 Comments

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