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Bexley Mencap: Finding a job with a learning disability Youth umemployment has risen to a 17-year high at 1 million out of work between the ages of 16-25. But what about those with learning disabilities? How are they looking for work and what support is out there for them? A group of young people from Bexley Mencap made a training dvd that help give other people with learning difficulties advice and tips for finding a job. 16 November 2011
Black Market Playgrounds Has the healthy schools programme created a monster in the playground? Black market trading in sweets, chocolates and fizzy drinks are making enterprising pupils some extra pocket money. Headliners reporters investigate. 16 March 2011
6 Billion Ways 2011 On March 5 Rich Mix hosted 6 Billion Ways, a conference aimed at sharing ideas and actions about how to make the world a better place. Headliners reporters went a long to talk to the organisers, the speakers and those attending the conference. 16 March 2011
Volunteering for Nothing? As part of the Big Society the government is appealing to people to get involved in volunteering. Part of this initiative is to encourage young people who are not in employment, education or training to take up volunteering opportunities as an approach to gain new skills, and work experience. A group of Headliners reporters investigate other young peoples’ responses in this podcast – Is Volunteering the Solution. 1 March 2011
Pause Magazine Summer 2010 Pause is an exciting new magazine produced by young people from East London. Offering a mixture of entertainment and advice alongside investigations into hard hitting issues, Pause showcases the talent of Headliners young journalists. 1 July 2010
FC Bankruptcy Football is loved and played in hundreds of countries around the world. But sadly Football is being ruined by greed and unnecessary money spending; millions of pounds are spent on footballers and manager’s wages, along with the building and up keep of stadiums, slowly resulting in clubs getting into unimaginable debts. If this continues will it be the end of professional football as we know it? 17 June 2010
Barriers 2 Employment Wanting to change how the world often sees them, Headliners worked with a group of care leavers about the barriers they face in trying to find employment and in wider society. 30 September 2009
Don't they know? It's not the end of the world... With the global recession getting constant coverage in the news, Headliners reporters investigate it’s impact on young people. 28 May 2009
Too Much Too Young Orrel Lawrence, investigates the problems faced by young people looking for a job and their struggles when they enter the workplace 5 December 2008
Credit where credits due Headliners Foyle reporter Gavin Moran discovers that money, money, money aint so funny. 16 October 2008
Money Talks Volunteering Rocks 22 August 2008
Is Halloween 'getting out of hand?' Headliners member Eabha Doherty, 16, reckons Halloween should be a time to get creative rather than end up with no money. 2 November 2007
Mind the generation gap Employers' attitudes towards today's teenagers mean that the mature, conscientious and smart are held back, says 16-year-old Charlotte Lytton writing in The Guardian. 24 August 2007
What Are Gap Years For? Headliners reporter Pamwan, who has just completed his A-Levels, considers whether gap years are worthwhile in a piece for The Guardian. 18 August 2007
Baby Shambles! One mother's opinion on the real value of child benefit. 29 May 2007