Section 5
Worries and issues
What's on your mind, what matters to you, and where young people want more say.
Filter100 young people
If you had to pick just ONE thing affecting your life most right now…
- Cost of living and money24%
- Finding a job or earning enough money19%
- Exams, grades or falling behind15%
- School, college or university work15%
- Housing or being able to afford somewhere to live in future7%
- My mental wellbeing or stress6%
What this means: "Cost of living and money" comes out on top. Money and future security dominate.
Everything they're concerned about
- Finding a job or earning enough money46%
- Exams, grades or falling behind37%
- Deciding what to do with my future33%
- Housing or being able to afford somewhere to live in future33%
- The rise of the far right, extremism or hate33%
- My mental wellbeing or stress32%
- School, college or university work31%
- Climate change and the environment28%
Social issues that matter most
- Jobs, wages and opportunities for young people38%
- Racism and discrimination32%
- Cost of living and poverty32%
- Climate change and the environment26%
- Mental health and wellbeing25%
- Education24%
- Youth violence and community safety22%
- Immigration and refugee rights22%
Where young people should have MORE influence
- Jobs and careers39%
- Education33%
- Decisions made by organisations that work with young people31%
- Mental health services30%
- Youth services29%
- Arts and culture22%
- Public transport21%
- National politics20%