The Big Issue

‘THIS IS A TURNING POINT’ ‘THIS IS A TURNING POINT’

For young people, the taste of freedom from pandemic restrictions is bittersweet. From sudden under-socialisation without schools and youth groups, crucial for our development and growth, to the double worries of paralysing eco-anxiety and constant fears of Covid-19 infection, the combination of the pandemic and impending climate disaster has left young people in the UK feeling stranded, isolated from our peers, and uncertain about what remains of our futures.

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