Social Well-being
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What's it like being in care?
We interview a young person currently in care to find out a little bit about what it's like.
The Summer of a Lifetime project
This year the Government launched a pilot scheme of the National Citizen Service and FOCUS, in partnership with v and the Dame Kelly Holmes Legacy Trust,
The Bingham Cup 2012
It was a close run between Manchester and Sydney, but it was announced that our very own Manchester is up, and about to host the "Bingham Cup" in June 2012!
Sexual Health "Mystery Shopper"
Sexual health services in the Oadby & Wigston Locality "Mystery Shopped"
MTV Base Presenter, Zara Martin and Bebo's Big Think
The winners of the ‘Bebo’s Big Think’ – Sex. Worth Talking competition headed to London for a ‘Girls Night In’ at the luxurious Hotel Russell and a ‘Boys Night Out at the Bloomsbury Bowling Lanes, hosted by MTV BASE presenter, Zara Martin.
Young Parent’s Groups in Leicestershire
Leicestershire Youth Service provides a number of Young Parents Support Groups based in a variety of community settings,
Hate Incident Monitoring Project
Leicestershire's Hate Incident Monitoring Project aims to give people a way to report such incidents, and is working alongside schools and young people to make this happen.
"Kicks": Leicester's teenage docu-soap
Leicester's NHS Primary Care Trust launches a new teenage docu-soap about pregnancy and STIs, so I catch up with some of the actors to find out more...
British Sign Language
It's just like English, but with signs instead isn't it? Well, no - read on to find out more about the fourth most common language in the UK.
Barnardo's Safe4U Young Runaway Project
Barnardo’s Safe4U project aims to help young people aged 16 and under who are thinking about running away, have run away, or who have been forced out of home in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
Asylum Seekers and Illegal Immigrants
Two of our writers attempt to clear up some of the confusion and common misconceptions surrounding Asylum Seekers and Illegal Immigrants
ID Cards
The Jitty had heard reports that many bars and vanues in the city didn't understand or accept perfectly valid proof of age cards, so we went to find out why.
Drugs - A Personal Story
Read Phil's frank tale of his early experiments with 'soft' drugs and the downward spiral as he started to become addicted to Class A substances
Gay, Bi, Lesbian, Bi-Curious?
Sexuality can be a really confusing thing, especially in your teenage years.
Teenage Pregnancy - Charlotte's Story
Charlotte found herself pregnant at 17 and again at 18. She tells her story and offers some advice.
Drugs - talk to someone!
It's easy to forget that people around drug users can suffer just as much. Mitch talks about his experince with his brother Harry, and how it helped to talk about his drug problem.
Britain's Teenagers - Worst in Europe?
Following a number of articles suggesting that young people in Britain were the worst behaved in Europe, some of the Jitty's editorial team got together to voice their views on the matter.
NSPCC - how u feelin?
The NSPCC are encouraging people to express how they are feeling by becoming part of the Moodi Million