In the box below, please write what leisure activity you would choose to spend time on, if you were not limited in any way, for example by time, money or access to facilities.
Attend cultural events such as concert, live theatre, exhibitions.
I would like to go to as many concert and live theatre events as possible.
Archery, some from of Marcel art, Guitar & Villain pipes.
Listening to music and attending concerts.
Badminton Squash, Canoeing, Kayaking & Surfing.
Playing Squash & Golf. Flying a plane or small aircraft.
I would go to more concerts and the gym more often as can be expensive.
Going to more gigs, more music lessons, swimming kickboxing gymnastics & dance.
I play guitar and sing and write songs - Music is my life and it will be my career. I am working hard to ensure I get a record deal in the future. I worked trusted from being very young.
I would like to attend the gym if it wasn't so expensive.
Shopping in Belfast/Dublin with friends and going to concerts.
I would spend my time on the basketball court training, also football. Doing as much outdoor things/activities as possible.
The gym, Badminton, Variety of dance classes.
I would love to go ice skating but there isn't any facilities near by.
Go Carting, Archery, and Pellet gun shooting. MMA.
Take part in more running - I am limited by time/school. Dancing.
Camogie, Gymnastics, Football, Acting, Trampolining, Singing.
Watersports e.g. water skiing, sailing, Parasailing.
Going to the gym , going shopping I would have more time for.
Cheer leading, shopping , hockey & swimming.
I guess surfing or snowboarding because they look very fun, skillful and look full of adrenalin.
I would like to spend time on swimming and going to the gym.
Music - listening to music, playing piano and singing. (I'd like to have my own recording studio!).
I would love to go studying; the feeling of no control in enables me to feel free.
I like to go out shopping when I have enough money. I love getting together with my friends and family they make my life in school. I use the PC and internet daily and I also like to go for a walk daily as it releases stress and keeps me fit.
Extreme sports (sky diving, paragliding, crime fighting, abseiling etc).
Personally, indoor football or football on a synthetic pitch.
Spending time with friends / social activities travel.
I go to the gym but it is expensive so I go less often only when I have money.
Extreme sports e.g. Skydiving, going in to space skiing, learning to break dance and pop & rock.
The Gym, because I want to be fit and use that sort of equipment but I can't afford the fees.
Going to concerts and shows or taking part in sports.
I would spend time going to concerts of my favourite artists all around the world.
The internet on social networking sites such as facebook for up to several hours a day.
Gaelic football and going out with friends.
I would look to be able to take up swimming again as I did enjoy it, along with tennis.
Go to a concert or to a comedian or something.
No facilities in this area; This applies to Q17, Q.18 & Q20.
Meeting up with friends and going out as I don't have the time to do this as often as I'd like or the permission from parents.
Horse riding, dancing, singing, sky diving, absailing, canoeing, showjumping, acting, touring Europe, modelling, Bungy jumping!
Learn to play the cells. Engage in more creative writing.
I would take part in team show jumping every month.
Meet with my friends in town to chat and hang out during the day.
Shopping, spending time on the internet.
Sporting activities like football or go to the gym.
Athletics, going to the gym, football, cooking.
Swimming - no local leisure centre. American football - don't think there are any local clubs. Hurling/Football - my local club has no facilities.
I would probably spend my time reading books or writing stories or drawing.
Going to girl guides; spending more time on my common wealth award, fundraising and working towards my leadership.
I would prefer to swim or play instruments.
I would spend my time in outdoor activities like; rock climbing, campaign, hill walking, canoeing & activities like team building etc.
TV, reading, listening to music, seeing friends, badminton, dancing, baking.
Go to the local outdoor activity centre more often.
My X Box 360 online or play station 3 online or my laptop.
Skiing, Show Jumping and going to movies.
I would like to spend time with friends more often going out or too the cinema. Currently it is quite expensive.
I would spend more time doing sporting activities.
Football, running, basketball basically just any sort of sport.
Go see rugby matches, read more & exercise more.
Attending cultural events such as concerts take part in physical activities such as sports, going to the gym.
I would choose to go to a go-karting circuit if I was not limited in anyway.
Figure Skating - ice rink is too far away.
Horse riding, swimming & going to the gym.
Either reading or going to the cinema as both help me to escape to another world and leave my worries behind.
I would spent time in a gym but unfortunately money would hold this back.
I like to play 5-aside football with my friends or go to the gym and into the swimmers after.
Squash, badminton, Frisbee & snowboarding.
Swimming, going out with friends, football.
Swimming, dancing , sailing, horse riding , rock climbing, art, paint balling, zoo, roller balding. There are loads of things that I would like to try.
I would like to read more, use the internet more. I would also go to the gym a lot more go shopping a lot more, meet up with friends more, go to gigs in Belfast.
Travelling going places and doing activities there that are not available in my own town.
I would go to the movies once a week if I could. I could use it as a way to meet up with old school friends.
I would love to join a tennis club, because I really enjoy it. It is cheap and fun, but not many places offer it near me.
Spending time with friends & attend events.
Taking part in more sport such as surfing or ice-skating.
Swimming, going for a walk & Kick boxing.
If I was no limited in any way I would good time swimming or cycling.
I would spend time on going to the swimming pool and also go to the cinema.
More horse riding, more going to the movies anf go swimming more often.
Walking, Swimming and going to the pictures.
Netball and Hockey also the gym if it wasn't so expensive.
I would love to start dance classes but I can't cause I am working can't afford classes and I just don't have time.
Go to the gym more or see my friends more.
To get young member of the community together to 'bond' and from this organize a more evening for example.
Take part in physical activities such as sports, going to the gym, going for a walk.
Gymnastics, Concerts - Lady Gaga etc. Camoaro Travel - Holidays.
I would attend the movies more if I had more money because it helps me socialise & build relationships.
Cycling, Skiing, Watching films/internet, music at home & cinema.
Going to the gym, concerts, shopping more often.
Skiing, Sky Diving, Golf & Motor Facing.
I would love to spend my time at the zoo because I have a great passion for animal and wild life.
Irish dancing more often, hockey and going to the gym.
Water-skiing, water activities & hot-air ballooning.
I would play the piano or go to dancing classes.
Watching TV, Reading Books, Shopping and attend cultural events.
Skiing, Swimming & outdoor adventure activities/water sports.
Going on nights out (clubbing etc), go out shopping.
Horse riding, going to concerts and live theatre.
Football, Pool, Darts, Technology & Tennis.
Gym more often, if I had more free time.
The Leisure activity would be football because I have so much time for it and love it.
Performing on stage, taking part in plays, drama in general.
Golf, gymnastics, gym, swimming, time with friends/family, more duties for St. John.
I would thoroughly enjoy a dance session.
Musical Instrument (Drums) and Sport (Gym, Rugby, Cricket, Badminton etc.).
Going to concerts and the cinema/theatre & traveling.
I would chose to spend time on dancing and learning to play a musical instrument.
Go to galleries and cultural things I would also love to go swimming.
Skydiving, as I love adrenaline rushes, I've just always wanted to do it.
I would not change a lot. I enjoy reading and feel I should read more now like I used to.
Airsoft, basketball, football, shooting club and cadets.
Hockey, swimming, running, art and listening to music.
Sports and spend time with family/friends.
I would go to the cinema if I had more money.
I would like to play more sports but I have a job of other things that are more important e.g. schoolwork, playing music.
I play netball, play violin and piano and go out with my friends a lot. I would like to see family more.
I play Gaelic and soccer on a daily basis. I also would attend a gym over winter.
Camogie, I'm not really interested in other sports.
I would love to spend time daily on extending my speech & my vocabulary. Possible/I would also like to spend time training to become a dancer.
Sports in a leisure centre. Meeting socially with other groups of young people.
Access to the stadium in Belfast in order to play football with everyone who wants to learn how to play.
I would like to spend time on going out to with my friends and socialising.
Sports, spend time with family and friends.
Time: read more books & see friends and family more.
Sport - Hockey, Tennis, Shopping, Parties.
I would go to the cinema often with friends in free time & have fun, as we can't do this while at school.
Travel around the world with my boyfriend.
Go to men united matches regularly/buy a box in Croke Park (Soccer/Gaelic).
A handball alley, going to the Gaeltacht.
(Singing, dancing & acting) performing arts.
Play musical instruments e.g. drums & guitar.
Going to the gym. Meeting up with friends.
The leisure activity I would probably spend time on would be swimming, but I don't go swimming that often due to my location/time access.
Concerts as much as I can, time with family, swim more often, beauty therapy, holidays.
Shopping, netball, play musical instrument and swimming.
Going to cultural events (e.g. concerts).
Play football in youth club or local park.
The leisure activity that I would choose to spend time on would probably be dancing or swimming. I would go to the gym to keep fit and healthy.
Going to the movies, shopping, watching TV, getting together with friends, attending cultural events ad take part in physical activities.
Go swimming, go to the cinema and go shopping all the time.
I do not have a leisure activity that I would choose to spend time on as I only play Camogie.
Hunting with lurchers, shooting and fishing.
Museums, exhibitions, theatre/plays, language groups, art, concerts, bands music, fashions.
Playing piano, playing guitar and draw colour with copies.
I would like to go to the gym more often.
Going to more concerts e.g. Ulster Orchestra or plays/theatre.
Sculpt/build large scale portraits, characters from TV etc i.e. fun (advertising time TV show).
Swimming and football maybe hockey at occasions.
Rowing, skiing, swimming, diving, go skating.
Climbing (rock face, mountain), sky diving, travel to foreign counties, scuba diving, get military skills Airsoft competition (similar activities) do triathlons, physic training, bungee jump, climb me eve fest.
I would like to go horse riding every week, as it is very expensive to do and the equipment e.g. boots and a hat are expensive to buy also.
I would spend most of my time going to concerts, but it's to expensive.
I would love to spend my time on trampolining if money was easier.
Playing guitar, writing songs, singing and performing on stage.
I would participate in more sports and the gym. Video games and music would still be important.
Go to the gym weekly. Attend a fashion design course.
If I was not limited in anyway I would like to spend time on learning new languages and other cultural as being from Great Britain their is a laziness in learning new languages.
Dancing, going on the internet and reading more.
A dance class, shopping, going to the cinema.
I already do drama, but I'd like to spend more time at the theatre, watching plays etc.
Playing on MMORPG (RuneScape) with my girlfriend.
Would go out on trips with friends to various places in Northern Ireland.
Music, if I had mor money I would pay for lessons to play guitar as it is a big passion of mine, just I've not got the money to pursue it.
Spending time with my friends somewhere other than the cinema, or bowling alley etc, but there are limited facilities for young people in this city. Especially if you don't want to go out to bars and nightclubs yet.
If not limited in any way or form I would love to take part in some water sports. Windsurfing swimming diving etc.
I would love to be able to read in peace book after book and have the time to research enough to write a book or novel.
Visiting famous places with my friends such as New York London Rome etc.
SwimmingZip linning Park facilities Surfing Canoeing Water sports
i would spend time on sports or adventure activities
I would spend time on my laptop as I can listen to music talk to my friends and write or read easily and do many things I enjoy at once.
For my leisure activity i would go to my friends' house and i would chat to them for a while about school and stuff.
Music lessons for guitar bass singing piano and drums
I would purchase a gym membership and attend daily
Attending social activities ie Guides Youth fellowship
If i had the time and money i would like to go horse riding or perhaps learn how to sail or windsurf as we have a boat etc. but i haven't learnt how to use it myself
its not exactly the leisure activity that matters it is the company that your in such as friends and family because you can make anything good fun with the ones you love so money or access wouldnt be an issue it is just the time because school work is ver
cinema music concerts swimming yoga gym fitness classes
I would like to do horse riding and badminton.
Something extreme where i can get an adrenaline rush like:Sky divingBungee jumping
I would go shopping more often if money wasn't limited. I would also go to the cinema more often.
shopping if i had the money and going out more with friends if i had the money and there where more facilities
i would enjoy doing skiiing or motor bike racing
I would love to play basketball as often as i could but there are no courts in close proximity i also enjoy drawing and arts &amp; crafts as well as fashion presentation &amp; cooking.
i would start up kickboxing different types of dance like ballet tap and salsa. would also like to do bellydancing and pole dancing when im a bit older eighteen or something
Skiing if there was an indoor ski slope near me
If i had the choice to do any activity at all i would do gymnastics. I cannot do gymnastics due to the fact that i have scoliosis and it would hurt if i tried to do it
I would like to spend time on my musical instrument because currently because of sport and homework I have little time to practise so more time would be a total gift.
Skiing :) i love the sport so much and would love to be a ski instructor in Whistler some day!
Shopping Ice skating Badminton Running.I would also start different activies like karate judo or fencing if they were available but they're not in my area.
spending time with animals so i would like to visit the zoo because its interesting
I would like to spend more time practicing my music as I find it difficult to find the time due to school work. I would also like to spend more time with my friends at the weekend although lack of money prevents me from doing so.
horseriding ice-skating singing lessons cinema...
the liesure activity i do more often is keep at the gym but i dont have the time because of coursework
I would probably take part in the running club at school.
i would attend a stage school although these can be extremely expensive and can take up a lot of time - I am currently doing my as levels and am constantly busy with schoolwork.
i would like to take part in more sports but due to time restraints and not living close enough to sports groups amd my school having little facilities for female sports i am restricted to activites.
Propably go to the gym and swimming pool.
Swimming Bungee Jumping Sky diving Outdoor activities Mountain boarding and Synchronized Diving.
would go out more often with my friends to the cinema shopping etc
Go-karting, quod biking, or dance lessons (street dance)

22. If the government had extra money available for play and leisure for young people, how would you suggest they should spend this money?
In fixing up all council ground that is waste/derelict and through different projects get all the community involved to make it into allotments/park/gardens etc.
More facilities. Lower costs for students.
Perhaps something different that already exists, such as something to do with arts and not sporting leisure facilities.
Expand all amount of activities in one area not have the same as everywhere else.
On leisure facilites that will attract 16,17 and 18 year olds not only children.
They should try to raise awareness to get young people more involved in play and leisure.
Develop a sports/leisure facility close to an area where there is a lack of these.
They should give more information on the current clubs and societies running play and sports schemes and arts some more.
By having more youth halls, to play badminton, volleyball and netball etc. Community Gyms.
Building youth club. Bring in roller skating.
They should open a ice rink and bowling place in Lisburn as would give us more to do and the only ice bowl I know of is in Dondonold which is quite far away.
More leisure centres, like swimming pools with school etc. More dance room to practice in.
More areas for out door activities e.g. Skate parks and areas for trial bikes. Make the play park bitter, by adding more equipment and picnic areas. Private transport for youth groups.
Gym's for younger people, memberships are to expensive and to pay everytime is also very expensive.
More youth group but make them relevant for our age group.
Facilities in rural areas or provide transport to and from rural areas to facilties.
Have free or reduced prices on cinema tickets etc for lower earning families.
Develop new facilities and put more into town.
A community centre or youth club so were not always freezing & hanging around the streets.
Constructing parks or youth centers around housing area.
Indoor areas for people aged 16-18 to go because the government are always complaining that we hang about streets, but if we had somewhere enjoying to go, we'd go there.
Swimming Pool - Gym in local area - nearest 20 miles away.
Have a variety of sports, not just football.
Light night cafe for young people to hang out in.
Youth clubs that don't discriminate against gender/religion/age and that are modern appealing and local, with arrange of activities and day trips or on university fees.
I would suggest they spend the money on providing leisure centres in non interface areas.
Make gym fees cheaper for those still in full time education, not just those under 16 years old.
They should make more leisure centres in towns so young people can socialise more and more fun.
More activities for free, e.g. swimming, football on a good surface.
Upgrade facilities to make them more attractive for young people.
In this town, on a cross-community youth project.
Having something for people between the ages of 15 - 18 as there is nothing for them and it would take them off the street. Examples would be: discos, sports club with both sports and gym.
More areas for cycling, more parks with swings for older teenagers.
More sports facilities e.g. indoor tennis.
Ideally, it would be great to have a wide or more open variety of leisure facilities in every path if possible.
Projects to keep people off the streets at night.
Equal amounts to cash agent. At just football and to more popular agents.
On activities for teenagers or social gatherings.
Good leisure centre including 10 pin booking and proper concert venue.
Development schemes to get young people into sports - summer camps, stay overnight meet people over N-1, developing skills & friendships.
Attempt to bring new facilities to the area rather than repeat was already available.
To keep up to date with the facilities. And maintain them to the highest standards.
Make a wider range of sports available at leisure facilities e.g. fencing and boxing.
Asking young people what they would like in their local park or play area.
Ask young children to what they would like to have as they are the ones using it.
Upgrade current facilities i.e. gaelic football clubs.
Provide more play areas and leisure facilities.
Make more activities available to young people.
By creasing more youth clubs and more activities that don't cost money.
I don't know I rarely visit these facilities.
More play areas that are not vandalised by teenage drinking and more affordable leisure areas.
Not on one single thing - different things for different areas and people in the area.
Ensuring leisure centers are clear and also better public transport to the facilities.
Re-modelling of play parks/playing fields.
A proper indoor football pitch in more areas as towards this time of year outdoor pitches tend to flood.
On transport to allow young people easy access to public facilties.
More facilities available in leisure centers, for example swimming pools.
Give us more things to do in the community.
I would suggest they stop wasting money on play and leisure and start putting it back in to education, where it should be . I would rather have the security that I will be able to afford university costs than have a new play park.
Decrease entrance fees and try to improve the facilities.
Something for young people to do in the area.
Improving parks and removing broken glass bottles.
I suggest they should spend the money on providing better sports facilities such as swimming pools and gyms that are accessible and affordable to young people.
Look at statistics of crime and anti-social behaviour by young ones and invest most of there many into these areas. They could organise more activities in the area such as dancing, yoga, football, music etc.
Make current facilties bigger or larger.
Bowling Alley, Ice rink, - these facilities closer to skate boarding park, home. Mini 200, nature trail/park/garden.
For leisure activities that actually work. I don't understand why the government waste so much money on alcoholics etc. when young deprived people need an activities to, often take them away from reality.
Build more parks for young people or some soft of free indoor play. For teenagers youth clubs and halls.
Make more activities for teenagers to do, this would keep them off the streets and stop anti-social behaviour. They should make the activities interesting to attract young people and also make them local and easily accessible in all areas.
Providing extra community resources in anti-social problem areas.
Encouraging youth groups/enjoyable, positive ways for young people to spend their free time.
Open more gyms that are cheaper enough for a young person's budget. Gyms with swimming pools with pool toys - for kids.
Maybe get people in from different organisations to go to different areas and do different team building activities etc. Also young people shouldn't have to pay as much for things live swimming, money for membership in football clubs etc.
On special areas for skaters, as my friend get told off looks for skating and 'disturbing the peace'.
Running community groups such as art or reading groups.
Give it to our parents, for them to give it to us for a social life.
Give to churches who spend time with youth and other community organizations.
More sports clubs and sports facilities, a wider range of sports on offer at local sports centres.
Promoting more sports activities and advertising them better, retail shops.
Half price days in the cinema or swimming pool etc or something similar.
They should spend it for places where young people could get together and 'handout' instead of the street and just to have fun.
Develop better sports facilities for schools.
Build more swimming pools with facilities for badminton, tennis etc.
They should spend it on youth clubs in areas or buses on weekends to local facilities such as the cinema.
More indoor facilities such as sports grounds and courts (Especially for the winter).
Funding their athletes a bit better for their sporting talents and enable them to gain experience by travelling abroad.
Provide a place for girls and boys e.g. - trampoline and gymnastic, will also help keep fit and strengthen boys.
Something for teenagers to do that is not just sports based.
To get more youth groups together. To get young teenagers off the street taking drugs & drinking, so build them some place to go.
A big leisure complex with facilities for lots of sports.
Bringing in more facilities which allow more/different activities to take place.
More exercise gained at local leisure centres.
Teenagers around my area need a place for just them to be able to use, as there isn't anywhere, leading them to the only solution, going out at weekends, drinking.
More places for teenagers to hang out rather than just children.
A new youth/leisure centre where people can participate in activities and meet new people.
Create bigger facilities such as a bigger gym or swimming pool etc.
Designing something for teenagers specify as most leisure and play areas are for small children or for adults.
Improving and upgrading facilities or giving it to sport clubs to improve their own facilities.
Making facilities so that as many people as possible can enjoy them, more movie complexes, ice rinks, bowling and make them safe!
Youth clubs, charity events, cross community workshops fundays and lowering the cost.
Many buildings close to where I live are becoming increasingly derelict - these such buildings could be put to good use.
Build more spa's and more swimming pools with slides and fun stuff for people so they will keep on coming back.
On youth residential. Cross community projects.
More social events for my age group, e.g. concerts, nights out. More sporting and leisure facilities easily accessible for the younger population.
Refurbishing facilities that all ready exist and creating useful facilities that young people actually want.
Giving people a place to go that isn't seen as strictly for one type of person.
More recreational facilities such as - outdoor pursuits centres, leisure complexes.
Inside areas for young people 16-18 places.
Maybe creating a skate park as that sport is not faciliated in very many places.
In more youth clubs and groups to help keep young people off the streets.
More shops in Ballymoney and also a cinema because Ballymoney doesn't have one.
Any facilities in my area at all as there is a lot of young people and no play area or leisure area. There is a hall but events that take place in it would be for older people. People from all areas and religions getting together and taking part in compet
More protection for facilities. More local facilities, the only leisure centres in North Belfast or in loyalist areas where Catholics can not attend in confidence unless in a group.
Build indoor water parks, have more ice rinks for ice-skating. Have more/better health suites and spas.
Don't spend it on us develop the economy with any money available. So I have a job when I graduate.
Build more cycle ways and walk ways through Northern Ireland.
Making good use of existing facilities, such as community halls at weekends to have live local ponds etc.
Youth groups or workshops so they could enjoy themselves but get something out of it or places such as swimming pools, cinemas & bowling allies possibly.
Make sure the facilities are well kept and clean by employing more people to do so and making sure the facilities are not easily vandalized.
They should spend their money on secure playing areas which have something for every age. The should also fund youth groups with more money to enable all children the right to leisure activities and reduce the cost for children of public transport.
Spend the money on introducing leisure activities for young people.
Put it towards communities who have none, or very little sports, or leisure activities for things like youth clubs to bring communities together.
On somewhere for young people to get together.
Make facilities cheaper for student's and cut down the price.
Fix up some of the older facilities before creating new ones.
Cleaning up sometimes and making them safer for some children.
Provide more sporting equipment to leisure centres.
On opening large multi functional camps to play football, rock climbing etc giving youth the chance to learn more about different sports.
On youth clubs, small golf clubs, leisure centers and swimming pools.
More local facilities easier access and lower costs.
Brighten up play areas and parks for young people.
Developing somewhere suitable for older children.
More places to go out at night like Bowling Alleys etc around our area.
I don't know hold a meeting and invite young people to it and see everyone's views on it.
Lower prices in many institution. More wide range e.g. golf, tennis etc not just cinema & swimming pool.
Do something for older teenagers (15-17 years) because that why young people drink and sit about the street because there's nothing to do.
On development of rural areas, which have little, if any facilities of the sort.
A play area for younger children and somewhere for teenager to go to at night.
Talk to young people in the area and invest in an interest of theirs. Young people need more things to do to get them off the streets.
Providing better services and opportunity for young people in leisure centres.
They should bring Hogwarts to Lisburn NI and make magic real or a theme a Park-1.
A park and a leisure centre for kids and adults.
On a decent leisure centre in the town instead of spending it on perfectly good footpaths. Wider range of activities instead of usual. A lot more activities with roofs because the weather in the UK is so unreliable.
Make fees cheaper or make them free for leisure centres.
More sports pitches and cheaper costs of leisure facilities.
More easy access for disabled children in play and leisure centres.
Build ice skating ring in my area as many people like this sport.
Local leisure centre, with pool, gym and sports available also local park with football pitch.
More play areas & more facilities for teenagers.
Make facilities larger with more equipment.
Organizing youth schemes for sports with schools and local communities.
Free excess to facilities for youth more handball courts-out of hours opening at weekends.
On youth clubs and facilities for young adults.
Surveying young People first of all, then see the highest result, personally I think more youth clubs widely available, events for young people taking into consideration transport issues.
More youth clubs, leisure centres and pools. All with better facilities.
More facilities for 16-18 year olds to go to, to spend time.
Set up and run a building for young people in central location and provide transport from different areas.
Give grants to keep halls (for youth clubs etc) in good condition. Pay some people to organize more activities.
Astro turf (water based) pitches at all schools. Each town to have an indoor Astro turf pitch so hockey matches in winter are not cancelled & our training session.
I would like there to be more outdoor pursuit centres like raft building, hovercrafting.
On something that will be used by all young people e.g. swimming parks.
Making sure rural areas have some facilities with proper supervision.
Take a survey of what young people want, calculate the results and then satisfy their needs.
Develop more leisure facilities in rural areas.
Consult with young people - they are the ones using the facilities. More sports that are less available - tennis, horse riding & hockey.
More cheap days out that aren't normal activities e.g. paintballing & rock climbing.
Build more please like indoor football or astro ford.
They should make the leisure centres and sports areas easier to get to by organizing transport.
Indoor multisport pitch for hockey, football etc. e.g. at (UK).
Bowling Alley, Ice rink, funding for youth clubs.
It should be spend on fun leisure at the 16 years olds.
I think they should refurbish the local leisure centre as it isn't very appealing to teenagers who don't just want to swim lengths.
In my area a swimming pool would be an advantage or money to start up youth clubs again.
They should have somewhere warm were young people can hang out with games.
Putting money into all areas that need it our local community centre. The bridge is never opened.
By giving extra facilities in the poorest areas so we don't have to use transport, so it would be walking distance.
Build or make more activities for the older teenagers e.g. gyms, skate & parks etc.
By improving the leisure facilities in local areas.
Development of youth clubs for smaller towns.
Ballet - cleaning facilities up, so they are more welcoming & nicer to look at! Area Foyle St (e.g.)!
Parks, cinema, lights or maybe just something new.
Have more football pitches and basketball courts where there is none.
A leisure for our area cause there is nothing here for us.
Equipment and facilities for different activities.
I think that they should build a club in Colerain for 16 year olds and over (roughly up to the age of 19). It could be a non-alcoholic nightclub.
More youth clubs or places for teenagers to hang out, and not having them on streets, giving themselves a bad name, when really they are just bored with nowhere to go.
Put more money into extra activities, e.g. Canoeing and trying to motivate young people to join in.
Make more things available for teenagers and also light up the facilities that are available now.
Give children all free passes for leisure centres and gyms.
Sports centres with different activities.
Youth centres - residentals for youth groups, exchanges in schools & youth groups also. More park & the youth groups.
To set up a type of club or bar for young people, so they have somewhere to hang out at night. I would be a dry bar.
By having a whole leisure centre in one in the middle of Newey and that all people's leisure needs are in one place.
By helping more young people at an earlier age to get into sports more facilities, coaching staff.
On more community centres & on more leisure centres.
Improving public football pitches such as Dunleath in Downpatrick.
They should ask in certain areas how they would like them to append it what they need/want in the area.
Have more youth groups for all ages as I know people who attend them and have got a lot of out of them and the leaders have helped them a lot.
More swimming pool and leisure centre, more youth club facilities.
Setting up events for young people to enjoy so they can meet new people without drink involved.
Get softer play parks, more things to do around Wee villages.
Grants for sports club to help pay for the facilities so that fees are lower.
The government should equal the money out. They always build something toddlers, but not young adults so I think they should build something for 16-18 years old.
I suggest they build a gym but make it cheaper than all the other gyms as young people can't afford the prices other gyms in our area are requiring.
They will never give money to this area so why bother saying. They only ever think about themselves and use our money for their private lives.
More things introduced such as a bigger variety so people have more of a choice.
By reducing entrance fees or by creating a place of play/leisure facilities for young people only.
To advertise them more to make people aware of them to redecorated the older buildings.
More facilities for 16+ youths concerts/youth clubs just for people 16+.
On what young people want, not what they think young people want.
Investing in leisure facilities which do not suit the complete needs for every individuals e.g. people with disabilities should have the easiest of access to everything.
A purpose youth centre indoors with outside facilities.
Cinema in Portadown, another library in Portadown, the one in town is too small.
Gross community activities to bring young together in areas of sporting activities etc.
By making better facilities inside the leisure centres such as bigger gyms & swimming pools. We need better parks as well that suit toddlers as well as young children.
To help towards the cost of participating, including travel cost associated with training and competing.
Investing in youth clubs : Deprived areas.
To make sports such as ice hockey and bowls more readily available and advertise these less common sports.
Under 18 nightclubs, parks & more youth clubs to hang out.
More youth clubs. Educate people more about children and adults with special needs.
Developing leisure & sporting activities for kids to lower the obesity level & get kids off streets.
It should be spent on programmes for children with special educational needs and children of an older age group.
Different zone areas for different age groups.
Developing more leisure facilities to get young people off the streets and trips for young people as drug use is increasing heavily.
Better facilities/transport in rural areas.
If the government had extra money available I would suggest them to do a lot more activities for teenagers.
Improving current facilities. Doing research and finding out where there is a lack of facilities and then provide them with facilities.
More youth groups based around ages, which you can join and offer you different activities at a discounted rate.
They should spend this money by opening more youth centers and parks to keep kids off the streets.
Create facilities were teenagers can go to hang out without any bother.
Invest their money into the most popular sports/activities.
Asking young people what they feel the money should be spent on and have them work with the adults on spending it.
They should set up designated areas where children and teenagers can meet up with each other and socialise. It should be a safe environment where they can come to relax and transport could be made available for those living further away.
Build more complexes people can hang out in.
Invest in youth sports and have more community activities.
Setup new or refurbish existing sports clubs in my area especially Rugby and Football clubs.
On leisure centres (pools, gyms) and hockey, football pitches for schools as well as play parks.
Bigger, better & more advanced facilities open 24/7.
One better parks, more benches in parks and better youth clubs.
Swimming pools like the Lisburn pool and ice skating facilities.
More outreach to youths, more youth centres etc to keep children from drugs & alcohol.
Dance studies, improve parks, younger fitness facilities that would attract that target range.
Due to the freezing weather in N. Ireland and rain I think it would be good if there was indoor hockey pitches so I don't freeze!
Ice skating rink, bringing the cost of the cinema down and have more student deals. Create more 'teen' friendly environments e.g. cafes that open later.
Make leisure facilities available to everyone but not just sporting facilities literary extra-curricular and charity work too.
Modernise the facilities already in place or build a big concert stadium nearer to where I live.
Making more play parks filled with more than just one slide and swing or more leisure centres with bun water slides and in turn attract a wider audience.
They should use it by creating AstroTurf pitches, for all sports regardless they should have a few in each town/city.
Should help re-do all the youth clubs and give them more facilities so as they can get involved in more activities.
Youth clubs for 16-19 yr olds, because there is very little for that age group to do.
A range of activities for all children of all needs.
More sport specific grounds such as Skateboarding etc.
Improving all leisure centres and updating and create new play areas.
More play areas for young children. Public parks, greens etc. should be developed.
Better/cheaper transport, more advertising of groups/events for young people. More events that aren't based on religion or involve religion.
I believe they should look at deprived areas then ask children teens & families for suggestions.
Community centres for older teenagers, but not youth clubs with young children.
Build a park and football field in Bellany Crescent.
An ice rink in Coleraine, more cheap but fun facilities.
Make more groups available & make it cheaper for young adults.
Improve standing leisure and play centres and try to subsidies to lower costs of entrance. Also train more youth workers and set up new youth centres and activity centres.
Provide a leisure center, bowling, tennis & indoor soccer facilities.
Establishing specialised groups to obtain a wide variety of sports e.g. Archery.
They should make it easier for young people to access play & leisure facilities.
Building something which is usefully to all young people (cinema, bowling).
More sports clubs and youth clubs. Large community events getting different groups like BD's, Cadets, Youth clubs etc together for a day/weekend.
Youth groups could be better funded, to enable them to do more activities like taking the children on residentials etc.
More facilities for teenager eg. bowling alley.
Build a cinema in Limavady instead of having a half an hour drive to get to the cinema in Coleraine.
Design or create an area for older people 16+ to go and hangout with easy other not a club!
Building facilities for leisure & encouraging use of the facilities & leisure buildings in general.
Invest into schools, will be available for the majority of children.
See what areas need it most and see who would benefit from it.
Build a youth area with a pool and games.
I suggest that they ask the young people from the areas that need developed and to actually listen to what they have to say instead of ignoring our opinions as per usual.
I think that they should open a youth centre. Were all the children could play and do all kinds of activities?.
They should build more parks for younger children to play and they should provide youth clubs for over 16 years old to attend.
On building an all weather sports arena for all sports.
To build more facilities in the estates in which they live, then less people would get into trouble if they had something to do.
Donate money to local sports clubs, community groups etc.
Make more facilities for young people to use in their free time, such as swimming pools, youth clubs.
They should spend there money fixing youth clubs in the local area too stop people from drinking and they should be open on the weekend.
I think personally that there should be somewhere for 16 and over to go and meet socially not for destroying or in the future to close due to lack of money or funding.
More things should be placed in the suburbs for example, in order to go bowling it costs the price to bowl plus bus or train journey.
A bowling alley and an ice-skating rink in lisburn.
Have more money for trips for youth clubs.
Upgrade existing or build new leisure centres.
Develop areas for young people to gather with adult supervision to prevent vandalism/bullying etc. Improve sporting facilities for clubs etc.
Making community groups for 15-19 year olds to help prepare them for the big world of work.
Build parks that would be safe to be in.
Give children more chances to experience the chance to use these facilities more often, by getting together and providing transport.
More money should be spend on the performing arts.
Have more activities like dancing classes or spinning to exercise but in a fun way.
Provide a lot of facilities to have over winter. Currently there is no more football in English and the gym is not open. So they such provide circuits or indoor training to clubs to keep youth fit.
A gym, with outdoor facilities, and lights outside so as they can still play at night after work.
I Feel they should consider investing the money in to a project which has been designed & decided on for everyone, as then there will be usage of it.
Clubs like boxing or football set up in areas with high youth crime rates.
Opening places where young people could meet and interact socially.
More facilities for teenagers - swimming and cycling.
Into making better, improved facilities for young people.
More gyms and lighting in playing fields.
Better transport facilities for people who live in less populated places.
More after school clubs, more community clubs.
Add ice skating, add slides etc to swimming pool, park that suits my age group. More activities of any sort for something to do.
Build some kind of leisure facility centre available for young teenager.
They should invest in a youth club for that local community both Catholics and protestants for them to meet and socialise with each other to build their confidence.
A make facilities cleaner all maintained to a high standard.
Develop areas for young people to gather with adult supervision and improve sporting facilities.
To build a youth centre were young people can use gym or sports courts without a high entrance fee.
In my town particularly have a cinema, more sport, better leisure facilities. Their would bring more teenagers off the street, away from drink and so ports. Start certain clubs e.g. hip hop classes, boxing that young people are interested in.
Make the play parks better for younger children & create somewhere for teenagers to go.
More cinemas leisure centres, parks in areas where the facilities aren't already available also, another suggestion would be to update facilities.
They should investigate different areas in Northern Ireland & donate money to build an area for 16 year olds to hang out as there is nowhere where I live to do so.
Open more leisure centres or update (etc) the ones already there.
Build more youth clubs or even extend the wons that are in area's already.
Build more play areas and football pitches etc, in an open park with nothing in it.
On building more recreational area for young people in NI i.e. pitches etc.
Use it to create more leisure facilities in rural areas or reduce transport costs so other facilities can be easily accessed.
Improving safety in activities such as sport.
Build on indoor swimming pool closer to my area.
To make the facilities better and more types e.g. banana boating.
Providing funds for other sports in local areas.
Trips and outings and workshops brining young people together.
The money should be spent on facilities suitable for all types of teenagers from 16-20 therefore I could not say one particular facility.
Spreading these facilities wider through out the towns, cities and the villages.
Creating leisure areas for teenagers & older children that are regularly accessible.
Cheaper gyms and more swimming facilities.
An astro turf or a youth club that opened more than one night per week.
Spend more money on indoor gym facilities.
On something better like welfare and public services (health, education, low enforcement)!
Allow everyone to have equal treatment. No city should be different to a rural town/village.
Better swimming pools, football courts/pitches gym's.
Asking young people what they would like.
Open more activity centres with coffee bars, bowling alleys, ice rinks, restaurants places where we aren't looked at weekends.
Cheaper transport, more activities for weekends e.g. under 18 clubs.
Finding for school gyms and facilities to stay open for leisure time after school.
By increasing the amount of facilities and activities for young people to do.
Facilities like bowling alleys, ice rinks, cinemas, wider range of shops - that would bring more money and people to the area as well.
I would suggest to add better leisure facilities in places outside Belfast.
More youth centers specialized in dealing with a child's hobby.
Football facilities and more training schemes.
A better range of extra curricular activities after school and at weekends.
Producing gyms especially for young people up to 19 or 20 years old.
Swimming pool, sports events, free leisure programmes.
Build football pitches for young children.
More range of sports on national curriculum so young people would increase amount of extra-curricular sport hence the government could spend more money on better sporting facilities.
Better youth clubs and places to go for the going people and better transport nothing to so not the weekends when with friends.
I feel the government should build a leisure centre in every community or should consider what young people are interested in today and build on area for their purpose.
More youth centres for older people, teenagers to get together.
Making more places for teenagers e.g. shopping centres and more places for teenagers to hang out instead of being out on the streets.
Improving existing facilities and building new facilities in rural areas.
Creating more easily accessable sports facilities that aren't too expensive to use.
By imparting hygiene and safety around the play areas by hiving more cleaners etc and also have more fun activities for the children to play in these areas.
Just centres where young people can go to socialise with others.
Artificial playing surfaces for sports so less matches are called off because of weather.
Give it to youth club so they can improve facilities.
Go to the towns/villages with less facilities first, then improve from there.
Expand the libraries their range of books is very limited.
Create more cultural activities in the East Belfast area e.g. invest in drama, music and art facilities in the area - campaign to get more involved in these activities.
Advertising for and encouraging smaller businesses to open craft/activity shops e.g. day workshops. Cutting events (more of them) like Belfast culture night. Graffiti walls.
An average amount of the money should be put into the ideas of young people.
Creating youth centres or somewhere for young people to go and hang out.
Open up new leisure centres for cheaper or make the already existed ones cheaper!
To put something in avers for girls because it unfair because boys have football pitches and all.
More money given out to local communities make more astre pitches, make things affordable for parents.
Build a place for young children to play for example a safe park.
I think that affordable interesting and fun leisure areas that are local for people aged 14-15 to around 18-19 this will attract people in which would reduce things like under age drinking and vandalism or the main course is bored teenagers young adults.
I would organise a day and get a few people from each school in the area, and come up with ideas or suggestions, e.g. a hall to play in, sheet your friends, that isn't just for Catholics or Protestants.
More play areas for young children (under 16) places to congregate for teenagers (16+).
Additional bus router in the country so that transport may not be an issue.
Free membership for gym's etc up to 18 years.
Making the areas safer-drug users and alcohol users scare people away from certain play and leisure areas.
That they gave teenagers a certain amount of time & month to do their favourite activity at half price for that time.
To attempt to bring e-sports (Star Craft 11) to Northern Ireland.
Complex including a bowling alley, ice-skating rink and a swimming pool.
Youth leisure centres, basketball courts.
Building a concert arena in unused land around the Poyle in Derry.
More local outdoor policies i.e. BMX, skateboard parks.
By buying more land and make more parks and football pitches.
Having if more widely available across the country.
Provide more facilities local to family names.
Youth clubs so that we can get off the streets.
This money should be spent on either improving existing facilities e.g. swimming pools, gyms, etc or else making them more accessible.
Provide areas for young people from 13-16 to go. Youth areas/clubs.
Cross - Community activities and more open areas like parks.
Decent leisure centres/swimming pool for youths.
Fun activities to keep people fit, cool like Hip-Hop or some kind of dance.
I believe the government should spend the money new centres which young people can learn instruments, languages, write articles or magazines which they could access at the weekend.
Multi-purpose sports arena near Moira, Hockey, Football, Tennis, Netball, Basketball & Athletics etc. Play parks.
Put a leisure center in a catholic area near me.
Providing useful facilities for us to use in our free time.
I am a runner and where I live there is little facilities for training, that are safe or adequate. Running is ever growing in populanty. Yet with no nearby facilities several of us travel to avail of those in Belfast nearly an hour jorney. A track in the
Providing places where young people can go to hang out & relax. Keep them off the street & out of trouble.
Doing up play parks for children. Having gyms for more teenagers.
On a campaign to get young people to take part in healthier forms of leisure like physical exercise, rather than anti-social or less healthy forms etc - motivation is a key factor.
To have more leisure facilities for people over 16 years of age.
Something that everyone will enjoy, e.g. a program for each week/month with many different events & classes. Space for people to relax.
Something for young teenagers. We have to hang around on street corners.
Give each young people extra money for their entrance make more gyms for 16 year olds instead of 18's.
Spend it on activities young people want, not what they think they want.
They could spend the money on a place where people of any age. Between 11-19 could go and there would be things for them to do.
They should spend the money on things they need such as school books and begs.
Improve the leisure centres and swimming pools.
Clean up the Dundonald ice rink, a new leisure centre in newtownards offering more activities.
I think they should have a music school that helps develop all musical areas and either to not cost at all or to nt cost too much
More parks and ther places for young people to visit
Creating alternative places for young people to hang about in, rtaher than those too young to get into bars, resulting n hanging around street corners annoying residents
making public transport free so as more people will use busses trains etc. meaning easier acess to leisure activities
I would honestly prefer if the leisure centres were less cut-off from where the majority of people live. Where I live I have to cut through numerous streets and passes to get to some areas. I would like public areas where people live to be cut-off from th
i think it would be better spent on other things
asking kids in poorer areas if there is anything they can do to help that community
They should spend more money on things such as new leisure centres public parks etc
Making leisure facilities cheaper building more of a range of leisure facilities
they shouldnt because young people probably wouldnt use it and if they wanted to there are already things such as youth clubs etc.
By setting up fun days in local towns and improving facilities in local towns. By providing equipment or giving discount to schools and clubs for equipment. Improving trasnport to sports facilities.
Spend on it on places for young and older people to all have fun together. E.g A facility in which there is a swimming pool computer games gymnasium board games etc.
Places for teenagers from around the ages of 15-17. So many people this age go out and drink because there's nothing else to do with their friday or saturday nights.
give more money to youth clubs around our area so they can produce more activities and also facilities for the youth. also have more projects running for example cross community. another would be to provide the parks with more useful things and to think a
Play full sports such as water sports most people enjoy playing in the water! A wet suit and life jaket and anyone can rome free in the water with added sporting such as wake boarding they can get excercise!
i would suggest that they invest in somthing that all young people would enjoy as everyone has different personalitys which means they will enjoy different activities.
by creating areas of leisure that are in demand of the children and improving the quality of facilities that are already there
The government should take into consideration that people 15+ need something to do rather than doing things when there is a lot of younger people in the same facility and also people 15+ or so need something to do and some where to go were they can have a
Providing more leisure services for older young people and for maintenance of current facilities.
Increasing the monitoring of usage of public facilities and the surrounding area to ensure safety
opening a gym and a gymnasium for young people which had a low cost membership as many gyms today have a very expensive membership price which many young people are unable to afford
they should spend this money on creating more facilities for older children and teens eg ten pin bowling ice skating go karting etc
Reduced fees into lesuire centres and activities for young people
Spend it on more clubs etc in smaller communities which would encourage people from the coutryside or in isolated places to use them and meet more people
More initiatives to encourage sport and leisure amongst young people.More opportunities to gain skills in a fun way.
Build more parks with things such as a place for skateboarding and long paths for walking and cycling.
i would suggest they invest more in the facilities available to local community centres and the courses and activties offered there.
Build more areas for children to rlax and play use old buildings that currently arent being used for anything its a shame to see them waste
more areas for teenagers to socialise rather than out on street
Improvement of facilities better advisability for different age groups
They should ensure that there is plenty of activities for everyone to do no matter where they live throughout Northern Ireland.
an ice bowl or somewhere safe that is open later at night
on making gym memberships to goverment run leisure centres much cheaper for students and applying student discounts to all government run organisations
Build more areas for teenagers to hang out. Should have more cinemas etc.
More facilities for people over 16 but under 18
Ensure teachers choose teams etc based on talent and attendance and not favourites
More indoor things for teenages eg wall climbing lazer quest
They shouldn't they should put it towards lowering university fees
More sports centres that children/young people can enjoy for example that have swimming pools dance classes etc. Fun activites.
Provide more equipment for example balls and hurling sticks as these can be expensive for those who have failed to aquire a part time job and have to ask their parents for money.
cheaper leisure activities for both girls and boys
have more social activites in country areas
by making a place for young people to go to to socialise and make new friends!! so they have something to doo!!
clubs and societies in schools chance for people to become involved in sport and other activities easily through school
they should open better community centres and more parks but dont put alleys in as groups of people tend to hang around in these areas which then in turn put people off
By creating more organisations to get kids involved in a healthy &amp; active lifestyle as obesity is going up amongst the whole population children need to be educated upon the benefits of a good physical help. With increasing petrol prices it is making
More night time leisure activities for young people to stop rise in under age drinking and keep young people off the streets in gangs at night.
build new faclities in Belfast as the best sporting faclities are approximatly 30 minutes away in University of Ulster Jordanstown. More tournaments within which will inmprove the friendly competitiveness between schools and clubs.
More things to do for all age groups e.g. more ice skating rinks
They should get opinions from all different types of young people. I personally feel they should spend this money in giving young people the oppertunity to do things they wouldn't have been able to do otherwise. They should put the money towards opening n
A bowling alley or an ice rink. Something the whole family can enjoy.
Spend it focusing on sporting facilities geared towards teenagers for example gyms or gym sessions and other exercise classes. I feel that many young people are too embarrassed to go to a gym because of the adults and other users there. I also think it wo
building more parks and having more youth centres for young people
I think they should spend it on a place that is interesting and fun for young people to go to.
On school hockey pitches and tennis courts so we would not have to travel anywhere any time we wanted to play hockey or tennis :)
build more play facities for teenagers instead of just for young children
Spend more money on arts for young people; there is enough for sports already
Don't build any more play and leisure facilities in big cities but improve the facilities to make them easier accessible and more attractive to young people.
Invest in my local area- Aghagallon. there is very little to do which results in most teenagers hanging around the streets drinking and misbehaving.
A larger variety of activites should be available.
Make public transport better especially from small towns or villages where buses come every hour
Not squander limited money on politicians salaries!!!!
reduce the entrance cost to leisure facilities in order to promote healthy lifestyles
they could spend the money on opening youth clubs at the weekend and get entertainment like quizz nights and karaoke nights and trips to ice skating etc.. which would take the young people off the streets that say they dont have anything to do and give th
More swimming pools bike tracks (e.g bmx)
Improve indoor sport facilities in the area for winter months
More activities facilities available in less contoversal sectarian locations. also their should be sheltered areas for young people to hang out in during evening times playparks for older children such as 14+ without supervision just a sheltered area wher
Invest in leisure complexes for towns instead of concentrating on their money being spent on these facilities in larger cities.
Making new football fields and new basketball court
They should create a place where it encourages people to make use of their facilities. They should have a place that can offer a range of things to do so that they over their services to everyone in the community.
i would have an area where teenagers can go to in the evenings (especially friday and saturday nights) - this could mean a decrease in anti-social behaviour. they could offer free tea coffee hot chocolate biscuits etc. games that encourage socialising cou
having somewhere were people of my age to meet and have leisure activites
Free midnight football leagues that any one could partake in with in age limitations.
I have always wanted to do gymnastics but my nearest gymnasiun is Lisburn. I would like to se one in Dungannon Portadown or Armagh.
i think they should have local outdoor gyms so kids can use them and get fit my friends and i want to work out but most gyms are 18 plus we have a school gym but it is not open every day and the day it is open are not suitable for myself and my friends. i
They should spend it on developing leisure facilities in smaller towns and villages so that the young people dont have to travel so far to do the activity and therefore it wont waste as much time travelling and it would cost as much for the activity as yo
More money into school sports/ give grants to sports teams so people dont have to pay as much money to be in a team
By buliding a leisure complex locally as for eg. the nearest swimming pool/cinema is 14miles away.
Make a place where children can go to hang out eg. a clubhouse
making tennis more accessible by runnng government run clubs
youth centres, tabe tennis, pool, footbal, basketball etc.
Have differentnew activities in different towns so there is a variety because all the fun activities are in Belfast.Ask each town what they fel they need.
By building more sports complexes and leisure centres
on something young people will have fun doing

37. If yes, please say, what it is.
Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children & Young People.
An organization which provides for children and young people.
Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children & Young People. (They provide help and support for young people).
Northern Ireland Children's Council Youth?
It helps protect the rights of children & young people.
Northern Ireland Community Caring for Youth.
Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People
Northern Ireland Council for Children and young

43. Please state here how this made you feel.
Bit annoyed as I did not feel I was putting anyone in danger of scaring anybody.
Gritted, that we were make feel different and outsets.
Annoyed as we weren't doing anything wrong get we were told to more.
Discussed it was because I was in my school uniform waiting on the bus.
It made me feel like I couldn't be myself in the place I live.
We were angry because we don't damage or do anything wrong we just chat and have a laugh.
Annoyed, we weren't doing anything wrong.
Annoyed as we weren't doing anything wrong, being noisy or arts school.
As though we were scary/causing trouble/felt unwelcome.
Mad as we were not loud or disruptive at all.
Guilty, even though we were not doing wrong.
Angry as there is not were else to go to.
Annoyed because I wasn't doing anything wrong.
Annoyed because we weren't doing anything wrong.
It was degrading as it is a free country.
Annoyed because we weren't causing trouble.
Like me and my friends were there only to make trouble.
Annoyed because we were simply standing talking.
Confused & angry as we weren't causing trouble.
Judged based on others building a name for teenagers unjust and unfair.
Upsetting as we were not causing trouble.
Slightly angry but more disappointed and sad than anything.
Disrespected and judged because of my age.
Annoyed we weren't doing anything wrong.
Made me feel like I didn't have a human right to be there.
As if they thought we were going to cause trouble.
Angry as we weren't doing anything wrong.
I was insulted as young people have a right to go everywhere.
Annoyed as I have every right to be there as them.
Angry because we were not doing anything and we had no where else to go.
It made me feel as if I did something wrong when I didn't.
Annoyed because there's no who else to go and it wasn't their land.
At one time I didn't pass remarks as it was my regular.
Did not really bother me as we were not doing anything wrong.
As though I was being given a stereotype - being judged.
It made me feel like I done something wrong.
Like we were doing something wrong but we were only chatting.
It made me feel like I was being made unwelcome.
Annoyed and frustrated as we didn't do anything.
That people did not trust me or my friends.
Fair enough - probably annoying them, I probably wouldn't like it.
Annoyed, we might have been to loud I'm not sure.
It made me feel bad for just standing around (almost ashamed).
Bad because we would just be standing talking.
Like we were causing harm when we were just standing talking.
Quite angry as we were doing nothing wrong.
Ok because I wouldn't want anyone standing round my door.
Embarrassed Em that we can't stand where we want.
Like I was doing something wrong by hanging with friends.
Bad because we went doing nothing wrong.
Felt excluded from the community and confused because they done the same thing at my age.
Very unwelcome and as if i was misbehaving.
It made me feel not happy as we weren't doing anything wrong.
It made me feel as if I was doing something wrong and I wasn't.
Made me feel as if I was always going to be negatively prejudged because I was a young person.
Disappointed in local community members for thinking poorly of young people.
Victimized and frustrated as we were not doing anything wrong.
Annoyed becasue I didn't do anything wrong.
I understand that groups of young people standing around maybe blocking entrances to shops but it mostly made me feel annoyed as we weren't doing anything sinister.
Less important, judged that we were doing something wrong even after we were not.
Very unwanted and stereotyped as a mischief teenager.
I felt this was disrespectful towards me.
Annoyed because just because were young, doesn't mean we're hoodlums.
Angry because we weren't doing anything wrong.
Victimised. I felt I could not be trusted even though I don't look at all threatening.
Like I was being judged because I m a teenager.
Like I was a bad person and up to no good.
We weren't doing anything wrong, felt unwanted.
Like I was doing something wrong and I wasn't.
Annoyed as we were just talking to anyone group of friends.
Angry and upset for being treated as suspicious.
Like i was doing something wrong when I wasn't.
Considering who it's from, I didn't care.
A little annoyed, but quickly get over it.
Had no immediate emotional reaction to this, I could see how it would seem intimidating.
A little annoyed, but I can see reason for doing so.
As I was doing something wrong, when I wasn't.
Didn't bothered me because i didn't do anything wrong.
Upset because we will just array others.
Annoyed slightly as there was many of us.
Annoyed because we were not causing harm/irritation to others.
Like you don't have the night to stand there.
Annoyed because they assumed we were going to do something bad.
Bit stupid & as if I had done something wrong.
Made me feel annoyed and judged by someone who doesn't know me.
Annoyed as I was judged by someone who didn't know me.
Deeply sad as I am just a person like everyone else.
Like we were under confusion where were we supposed to go? Home and act socialise.
Made me feel guilty that I done something I hadn't.
I was quite confused when we only waiting on a friend.
As if I was up to no good when I was just talking.
Annoyed that people assume you will cause trouble because you aer young.
Like I was being treated like I didn't deserve to be on that street.
Scared and Annoyed as it was in my own area.
Frustrated that there was nowhere else to go without annoying someone else
If I was messing around It wouldn't bother me I would simply laugh about it and move on. If i wasn't causing any harm in any way or form I would feel annoyed due to the fact that I generally don't get in trouble - but I know now that in someones eyes I ap
Angry as we were only waiting for our friend to buy some lunch.
Makes you feel bad as you could just be standing there with friends and not doing anything wrong but because you're young people assume that you are up to the wrong things when you aren't
Feel guilty even though I wasn't doing anything wrong.
Annoyed. There's no where else for us to go to hang out and we weren't doing anything wrong.
disrespected in many ways offended. looked down upon
Feel that we couldnt socialise in our street
It made me feel disrespected and also made me feel like i was a child even though i was not doing anything wrong.
when these things happen you feel shamed and also you feel as if some people are not being fair i think it is awful as young people are the voices for the future and older people should respect that as we have to show leadership as things are changing and
annoyed because we were not causing any trouble
Unfairly treated for my age group if this had of been other adults it is unlikely that they would have been treted in the same way
I felt discriminated against as they were accusing us of doing something bad
Annoyed embarrassed and shocked because we weren't doing anything wrong
Angry because we were not doing anything wrong
this made me feel insignificant and inferier as if i were being treated like a child.
it made me feel angry as i was doing no harm and feel as if other young people that are out on the street causing trouble are giving other good teenagers a bad name.
bad. as if i was doing something wrong. when the real reason we were standing there was because there was nowhere else to go.
Like I was trespassing on someone else's property even though I wasn't
annoyed that i cannont be trusted because im a teenager
Annoyed Just becasue I am young and with my friends does not mean I will commit a crime.
very annoyed cause i should have the right to stand anywhere on a public street aslong as im not disruptive
like we didnt have a right when we did!!
annoyed - behaviour f some young people give us a bad reputation - assumed by public (especially older people) that we are all the same
angry as we were honestly causing no harm
It didn't bother me to much its normal but shouldn't be. A little unfair and judgmental of the accuser.
very annoyed as we were doing nothing wrong. we had nowhere else to go as in mount eagles the club is only open once a week and for one hour which is pointless
undermined as if i was some sort of human pollution littering the street i felt rejected from society to a certain degree &amp; lost my hope in the vision of equality in human treatment.
Guilty for something I hadnt even done and humiliated in front of the public
It made me feel as if i wasn't as important as the rest of the people around me just because i'm young. Older people think that just because we are young we will get up to bad behaviour but i know i wouldn't cause i respect the place i live in and the peo
Annoyed mostly because I wasn't doing any harm. My group of friends and myself where leaving a local park area after spending the day sitting talking and when walking through the car park we met another group of people from our year and we stopped for lit
This made me feel like my friends and I were not allowed to have a laugh outside anywhere.
Annoyed because we weren't doing anything.
uncomfortable as was not up to anything bad just standing talking
it can make u feel angry upset annoyed disappointed. also make it very irritating how the adults believe most teens are like the 'ASBO' teens get upto no good. no everyone is like that.
It didnt really affect me very much as i have other places that i could go to.
That i wasnet even doing anything wrong an madd at the person.
Less respect for those who did it strong dislike as if being attacked for no reason
It made me feel angry as they tarnish all young people with the same negative stereotypical views. It was very unfair as all of the time i was told to move on or not allowed into a shop I was doing nothing wrong.
Like we werent trusted and that the people didnt feel save with us there
awful, like I'm only alowed to stand in certain places in public becasue of my age

45. What do you think could be done to improve attitudes to young people?
Get those who are giving young people a bad name and help them, be there for them, a lot just don't have enough attention while others just need discipline. Constructive & moderate discipline.
Help them understand any dangers that resolve around the area.
Focus on the positives that young people do instead of the small minority of negatives that are always highlighted.
I think most young people (not all) tend to be destructive/disrespectful and this why adults tend to suspicious young people should learn to accept adult control in life.
Nothing, it is up to the people themselves to act reasonably.
Try to get. young people at in the community more.
Practice good points about young people.
Do some TV adverts showing kids are nice like the fire works safety. Ones give a bad image.
Show the good side of young people (e.g. comers).
Instead of the media always reporting negative things they should report positive things.
Encourage young people in a community youth club.
By showing more programs on the positive things young people do like volunteering.
Take them out of the town late at night and have a drop off centre which could private info.
For media to stop making us out as rebels etc.
Report on the good acts of teenagers not just the bad.
If government make harsher punishments on bad teenagers then it might make other teenagers think twice about doing bad stuff.
Provide a place for teenagers to go like clubs - we can't get into clubs sows long around the streets.
Show that it is a minority of young people that portray anti-social behavior not all of them.
Show more positive that's they undertake like charity work etc. Show recognition for high hard school work's & the time it takes up.
Stop the stereotypical views and treat them as individual young adults.
To see how much they do benefit the society.
Less negative press people only hear the bad things, never good!
Young people should all show that they are good people and should be treated fairly.
More activities so we don't look like wasters.
Allow young people to contribute positively in communities.
Highlight the positive contribution that youth make to society.
Show people that they should not judge all young people because of a couple of them. Get young people involved in important activities to show others that they can be trusted and care.
Ban drugs and drop setting alcohol and cigarettes.
Show people the positive things teens do.
Media should show more things that are positive.
Both young people and adults must treat each other with respect.
More praise for the good things that they do.
Stop generalising the majority by one acts of a monitory.
Certain young people having hampers and behaving no alcohol or drug.
If young people were viewed in a good light in the media.
Show more good remarks and work of youths on TV and in the media.
Ask them why their opinion is like it is.
Young people who did good things should be recognized.
Not judging everyone because some young people are bad.
They need to learn that most are well mannered !
Stress that all young people are not like the ones you see on TV.
Sitting down and getting to know them better as individuals.
Show young people positively on the media.
People arranging. How they portray themselves.
Less kidding of the positives of young people on behalf of the media.
To involve young parents in parenting programs so it well reflects on their children.
Showcase more positive behaviour of young people.
To not sows on the very good or very bad youth but on all youth.
Try to help stop negativity towards young people.
Five young people important responsibilities/jobs and they will see they are good.
Allowing them more responsibility and treating them as adults.
Stop showing young people as though we are all bad, its just a majority of young people.
The only way for the attitudes to improve is for the prejudices to stop being true in so many cases.
Give them somewhere to go that way, people won't think that they're up to something and they won't act so aggressively.
More positive stories in the media about children and young people.
Having positive role models and a good support system with good values.
Give them a chance to prove they are not all tarred with the same brush.
Be listened to more - understand that not all teenagers are the same.
More good news about young people on TV.
Not to prejudge young people - style etc. is an expression of their inner beings.
For people to be shown not all young people do bad things.
Show young people through the media in a positive light.
Treat everyone with respect, just because we are young doesn't mean we don't know things.
More youth facilities. More counseling opportunities.
PR campaigns about young peoples positive impact on society.
Spending time with different young people, to learn that not all young people are the same.
Show good things they have demo more often.
Showing that they help people and not all young people are the same.
Not treating them like they are useless.
People could be shown that not all young people may take drugs and have meaningless sex, very few of us are like that and it is an annoying stereotype.
I'm not sure, but it needs to be shown that we are not about knives from our hoodies and go on a killing spree!
Show more community work and achievements.
Show that just because some youths do bad things. This isn't all youths.
Young people giving into care setting e.g. elderly home & answering questions.
I don't know how to change Stubborn minds.
Remember that they were young and more pressure on us today.
It is the fault of a minority of young people that we are viewed in this way so nothing can be done.
Give young people a chance don't judge us before hand.
Try to show that not many young people are as they portray they are the minority, many of us are good.
Focus more on young people as a whole, rather than just the scumbag holds.
Don't know what can be done because I would say that most young people get the same attitude.
Broadcast positive stories about young people not just negative ones.
Have more public meetings with young people so they can interact and see all young people aren't the same.
People should talk to younger people and base their judgments then.
Bring a larger variety of sports into schools.
Not much it's the minority of young people who portray the rest negatively.
Speak to young people more and ask them about problems.
To get them to behave better, get them off drink & drugs.
Provide more cross community opportunities.
Don't judge them before knowing them based on their appearance.
To stop printing and televising stories about the few bad young people.
Give them places to go things to do that don't cost that much.
More news reports that focus on the positive.
Not sure, maybe highlight more how much good going people do, like way campaigns etc.
Show people not all young people are bad.
Give them somewhere to go. Help get them movated about something.
More publicity for good things young people do.
Less media attention on just the negative things young people do.
Trying to show people that not all young people cause trouble some of us are actually nice and genuine.
Highlight the positive aspects that young people do.
Nothing - many young people act like delinquents, which reflects badly on those who don't!
Stop putting them down so they will stop giving abuse.
Debates, Youth clubs to allow adults to bond with young people.
The minority of young people are mentioned the bad ones. The majority of us who are good never get mentioned.
Make it clear to the public that we're not all knife carrying ASBO's.
People should stop judging young people by what they wear/look like.
Show the young people who are good more regularly than the ones who are bad.
Nothing I think the stigma will always exist.
Don't have under age sex or drink underage as that is what some young people are doing.
More awareness of the good things we do and not just focusing on crime that some young people do.
The media need to stop this slader campaign against young people because of the actions of a few. Older people need to develop a mutual respect & trust with young people.
More young people getting involved in their community.
Don't report on us at all we let us make our own impression in our own area.
Focus on the positive things young people do rather than the negative.
Looking at what good they do and applauding and rewarding achievements.
Don't always associate all young people with violence, drugs & drinking.
It's not easy to change peoples negative attitudes but if they were to be around young people possibly.
Educate older people to take their advice and not discriminate against someone because of what age they are and how they dress.
Publish more about the good things young people do for their communities.
Young people should be allowed to express their opinion.
Have more young people speak out in the community and show we want to do good.
Stop focusing on the negative views some young people create, not all young people are like that.
Actually report the decent things young people do instead of the typical underage drinking nonsense.
Show the positive things young people do more.
Having community activity days for both young people and adults to interact with each other.
Give them more time with the right people.
Treat them with respect and give them a chance.
Give them a chance to explain themselves and listen to them more.
Adults looking positively on young people and putting themselves in our shoes.
The media portraying young people in a positive way.
Listen to them they have a voice 2 and feelings.
Don't judge them until they have actually done something wrong.
The media decide public opinion so the media should show people in a more positive light.
Show more young people who are not delinquents on the news.
Representatives in the community are young people.
Older people must be brought to realise that the young people aren't changing - rather than they are getting old and cynical.
Highlight the positives and try to remove stereotypes. Not all young people are bad.
Cover more stories with young people doing good stuff, just to show we aren't all bad.
Instead of media and other people portraying young people negatively look at the positives.
Teach old people we have net bad, give them compulsory "teens are not bad" classes.
Show more about the smart, talented young people.
Treat us with respect like an adult and trust us with responsibilities!
Show them in a more positive light in the media.
Focus on showing that most young people aren't what they are made out to be.
The media should not portray them as negative but positive.
Youth clubs, trips young people events voluntary work for young people.
Talk more about the positive things we do.
Draw more attention do the work young people do within their communities and the voluntary & charitable acts done.
Jobs within community - involving us in community debates.
Less programmes about 'jobs' and bodies. Portraying youth in a bad light.
Showing example of younger generation role models e.g. Taylor swift.
The media reporting more positive information about young people.
Make people realise it's no different to how adults acted when they were teenagers.
More positive things mentioned in the media about young people.
More opportunities to be part of/help in the community.
Ensure young people are included in community decisions.
Show the good young people do instead of negatives.
Show the good they do volunteering etc on the news/newspapers.
Show that yeah some young people do drink and are portraying others in a bad when we can't as I am not!
Adult should look around themselves and see the good that we do as young people.
More positive reporting rather than negative.
Not just show the bad things childern do, but show the good things we do.
Never judge a book by its cover give youth a chance.
Show or let the elders know we aren't all rude and disrespectful and lot them know they were young years ago.
Just because chaug always make the headlines doesn't necessarily mean every young persons the same.
Listen to us and don't judge us by the way we dress or look.
More youth centres to get them of the streets and talk about dangers of smoking or drinking.
Interviews and programmers about helpful young community members.
Young people get more involved in the community.
Campaigns against ageism? Ageism taken as seriously as racism.
Not to have such negative media towards young people.
The media showing two sides to the story.
Work done by young people that is viewed positively e.g. volunteer work etc.
Young people should be given the same respect as adults were deserved.
Stop tarnishing them all with the one brush, and not judge us as a collective.
For people not to stereotype every young person.
Stop publishing that young people are all noods and bad people.
They should think about what they are doing before doing it.
Have young people more involved in governmental decision so people can see were not what they think.
Set up more activities or tasks for young people to demonstrate talent/skill and polite friendly people.
Speak to young people and publicise when young people do good things.
Job's social events more variety of opportunities.
Show positive things on the news, not just negative.
Show good people in a positive light not let them be part of stereotype.
Give us a chance to be responsible and prove a point.
Let us have our say and not be judged because of how we look.
Only judge people who have done things wrong and portraying that image about all young people.
If underage drinking could be greatly reduced.
Broader coverage of sporting activities in media. Highlight more the academic and nonacademic success of school pupils.
Provide more opportunities for young people to interact with older generations.
Get to know them they will them come across as not all the same.
Give young people more to do & more responsibility.
Have groups with Catholics and Protestants to stop all the sectarianism.
To make older people realise every young person is not the same.
Get treated with respect and we will treat it back.
By publicising young people with more positive things, not always negative things which usually only ever make it to the media etc.
Make them aware that young people rarely act the way they do on the TV.
Having less stereotypes of young people.
Talk to the young people and it will be found that a small minority cause trouble.
More activities that will show elders that most young people are not ill mannered and misbehaved.
More media coverage of the responsible way adolescents do behave in the community.
Give them chance and accessibility to do something so that they don't have to recall to go to get drink.
Perhaps to use the media to get across that not all young people are the same and not to judge them.
The media could be more positive as it influences a lot of people into believing we are rude & disrespectful.
More positive feedback from family, teachers peers and media.
In adverts with illegal activities going on, use older actors.
Youth clubs so they have somewhere to go instead of drinking on the streets.
By the media presenting more stories about young people's success in sport, education, politics etc.
Treat them as an individual and not a bad spell!
Point out positive things as its not all negatives things young people do.
News show more examples of the good young people do, general public stop stereotyping.
Don't judge young people before you get to know them. Like all things there is bad & good but people only ever notice bad young people.
Meeting for young people and talking with them.
Providing people with the positive side of young people.
Less photoshopping of perfection. More information on teenagers who make a difference in a good way rather than bad.
That they find something positive in the life to aspire to.
Adults should get more involved with younger people.
Attract more attention to stories about the achievements of young people.
Cover more stories in the media about positive actions of young people.
More things for young people to do in communities.
Let adults see what other things young people are involved in such as volunteer work etc.
Show respect and be friendly to older people and don't look intimidating (young people) media shouldn't portray young people in such a negative light.
If we where given as much respect and time as given to others.
Getting teenagers involved with their local councils.
Less emphasis of the media on negative actions of young people, more on positive actions.
Point out the good that young people do.
Set up groups doing good in the community.
Less adverts about underage drinking and drugs not all children do that.
Don't be prejudice to you people. The media should betray good things about youth.
More involved in community organisations to show that they are good people.
Separate the stereotypes of a young person and a 'hoodless'.
Stop stereotyping only the small number of young people who behave bad are shown on the news etc. There are a whole lot more good people.
Adults should learn what its like to be a teenager in today's world.
More events to portray how kind, innocent and unique our generation is.
More youth and aged work within the city.
People need to realise that all young people are not sex, drug and alcohol addicts.
Show their positive side through media etc. as it seems to have a vast effect on people's perceptions of others.
Portray that not all young people are the same i.e. not all cause trouble, but some try to do well in their lives.
For people to stop being so judgemental and realise not all young people are a 'threat'.
Show elder/adults that not all young people are what they think they are e.g. (TV. Adverts).
Learnt at each to show respect to others by parents.
Have more facilities in areas i.e. Bowling, Ice-skating & sports facilities.
Give young people their say with media coverage.
Media could say more positive things about young people.
Bigger information for anti-social behaviour.
Media could help promote what good things young people do instead of just the negative.
Showing what the majority do not minority i.e. fundraising, volunteering and great GCSE/A levels results.
More recognition of the good things that young people have done.
Activities were youth internet with the older people youth helping adults.
More platforms for people to express their opinions and they should be listened to.
Not to be judged and let them stand on the street if they haven't done anything.
Focus more on the good things & young people do.
Change the way the media portrays young people, and celebrate young people achievement and reward them.
Meetings between generations to bridge the age gap.
More activities for young people and older people to work together and get to know others.
For the local community to support local youth groups or teams.
Stop putting extreme examples of young people like 'skins' on TV. Show more ordinary people, but then that wouldn't make for good TV so they never will!
Tell people to think of when they were young and what they did.
People giving young people a chance to prove that we aren't all out to cause trouble.
Try to explain to as older person what it is like living as a young person now.
Actually talk to them it's not all negative.
Letting police know not all young people are a threat on society.
Spread Christian values such as loving your neighbour, humility and a willingness to give people chances and second chances.
We do not all drink, smoke and cause trouble. I want to see a normal teenager represented in the media.
Show them that everyone is different we are not the same as everyone else.
Give them an opportunity to express themselves.
Involve young people in the government etc.
Promote the good things young people do.
Give us more things to do with our time.
To give the good the limelight and the bad none as we are not all bad!!
Young people should be portrayed in the media as being much less anti-social.
Have more activities for them to take part in; so they aren't on the streets.
Look at youth groups and see how many good young there are.
Look at the good things we bring instead of the bad.
Stop just showing the negative side and start showing the positive side to young people.
Allow them to have more responsibilities and be treated with more respect.
Show the positive side to young people e.g. their enthusiasm.
Show not all young people are in the wrong i.e. do not stereotype people.
Getting young people more involved in the community.
More things that help to show us in a good light & our achievements to be in the media instead of all bad things.
Show them what young people are really like.
I think they should show more young people aren't this way by broadcasting the good things they do to help the community.
Children could be given more roles within society.
Do stories about the good things young people do instead of always negative things.
Teachers having more respect towards their students.
Show that it's a small percentage of young people that make the fest look bad.
Listen to what they have to say, a lot of the time they are right.
Nothing, as society will never change their views of young people as trouble-makers.
Fairer representation of young people in the media.
Making older people aware not all young people are trouble start schemes missing young people and older people.
Less negative media - instead of focusing on the bad a few people do concentrate on the good.
More awareness and trust by other people.
Nothing - people are always going to single out young people.
Get the media to actually look at 'rent' young people.
Awkward them more for what they do and positive note.
Have mixed age groups, do activities together & fun days etc.
Young people would show more respect to others in public areas.
Clamp down on behaviours off the people who are letting youths down by misbehaving. What the media say is unfortunately tone. High positive more often rather than focus on negatives.
Show that not all 'young people' behave the same and do not stereotype.
Others being open minding and realizing not everyone is the same i.e. yes there may be 'bad team' but due to that should been older people's perspective of young people.
Stop people thinking that we are all bad: - media - positive light on young people.
If the media changed the way they portray young people, then people's attitudes would change too because they are influenced by the media.
More young people should be advertised as role models to neutralise the negativity.
Talk more positively about young people in the media.
Not all act so much like kids and grow up.
Get people young and old more involved in their community e.g. through volunteering etc.
The media should stop categorizing young people as rebellious and antisocial.
More attention given to positive things young people do.
Consult them about important issues which concern them.
Providing more activities to occupate their spare times.
Provide more young people with opportunities in Northern Ireland.
Focus more on the achievements of young people.
A different interpretation in the media, having more activities to keep young people from loitering.
Negative views towards young people tends to be a generational thing it will die out.
Showing that it is a minority that cause trouble.
Reduce visiting, age to 16 and encourage citizenship and political participation regardless of age.
More focus on the youth trying to help the youth with problems e.g. alcohol, drugs, gangs.
Focus on the good instead of bad which primarily promotes it.
Accept that not all young people are the same and that some have had life experiences and are not troublemakers.
Don't stereotype because of what some people are like listen to what we have to say.
Less influence from the media, stop portraying young people negatively and encouraging negative behaviour.
Also show the good things, e.g. the volunteering we do & many we raise for charity.
Portray them is a positive manner, better stories not just to do with drugs or alcohol etc.
More groups to involve both older and younger people to get to know each other better.
Give them a change to prove they're not all bad.
Listen to there parents more, do what they say obey there rules.
More media coverage of youth supporting charities or volunteering (better media representation).
Involve young people by letting them take decisions to what happens in there area.
Allow them to go to places like bars but do not let them drunk Mrs will allow them to hang out with older people so they don't have bad victims on teenagers.
The media should cones and see how young people get on in the street.
Listen to what they have to say because were not all the same.
Media should protecting to more positively and show that we are not all bad.
Make them respect the older people in the community. Older people have a negative attitude against the younger generation.
More positive stories of young people in the news.
Stop automatically assuming the worst because of the way they look/dress.
A better portrayed view through the media and show all the different ways young people can be and act.
Show what good things young people are doing (e.g. caring for others) instead of just the bad things.
More freedom and responsibility for example being able to bets of for age of 16. Make going people feel like an adult.
Treat them with respect and they will treat you with respect.
Try to put across the more positive aspects at young people in the media.
Schemes for young people to improve the city - publicise these schemes to the max.
Involve young people more in helping communities.
Give them more chances to show that not all young people are rebels.
Prom mages set up to get young off the streets.
Let them have a say you will be surprised how many have an opinion.
For the media to show with the good things young people do like charity work and generally not getting into trouble.
More educational programmes about the positive attributes of youth.
People giving young people a chance to prove themselves and getting to know us better before judging us, less negativity shown about teens.
They should be perceived more positively.
Advertise more positive things that young people do.
The media could show some of the good things young people do, such as charity work, rather than the bad.
More activities to show people, young people are not all the same.
Look at them and talk to them the same way as other people.
Nothing, crime rate is high. Therefore, all young people are suspicious.
Something to wake adults realise that all young people aren't the same. They shouldn't stereotype.
Allow their own say and for adults to stop being narrow minded because of what some teenagers old in the past.
Older people awe always going on about respect. Respect is a two way street.
Better communication with us through meetings youth work etc.
More things to keep them busy and not on street.
Let young people be heard rather than ignore their thoughts or feelings.
Show all the fantastic things that young people can achieve - I know some very talented musician and I write my own songs which is now receiving radio air play.
Focus on the positive, young people are the future and have more to offer.
Have more positive stories in news, good thing young people are doing.
Older people getting involved in youth schemes.
Better communication with schools, PSNI councils etc.
If most young people didn't have attitude to adults work both ways large minority let us all down.
If people looked to the majority who try hard at school rather than the ones who drink and take drugs.
If some young people were more respectful.
Get rid of stereotype in the media about young people.
People need to understand that not all young people are hoods.
Improve on the minority that do case trouble.
All the good stuff should be advertised e.g. volunteering.
Pay more interest to 'bad' parents as it is their kids portraying all young people negatively.
Help society to realise that their negative perception of young people is base on a minority/is not balanced.
Show positive side and not only the negative side of young people.
To let adult have open-minds about young people and not be negative towards them.
Teach people not to judge all young people from the one "bad case" young person, not everyone is bad!!
Not all young people are the same. Don't judge every young person!
Show that not all young people are negative, some are very pleasant.
If there was more things for young people to do se they could do something helpful and to prove that not all young people are the same.
More sporting facilities & keep EMA in for school.
More effort to show the talent young people have.
To say that nt all yon people are the same
Listen more to young people's views and put their views/ideas into action if you agree with them
The media should show the good and positive aspects of young people also as many are volunteers etc.
portray more positive aspects of young people's lives
Show adults that young people can be just as responsible as older people
Attitudes in my opinion will rise (can't think of the proper word for it) from parents peers and teachers. Honestly there is not that much that a community can do to properly affect a childs mind and attitude permanently they will respect the opinions of
People should stop assuming that every young person is on drugs gets drunk all the time and cause havoc. We are not all the same. Don't judge us by how the media portrays some teens
If newspapers magazines etc highlighted the success of young people in education people may start to realise that only a small minority of young people are up to no good
Stop the media making us look like bad people
maybe an ad campaign would help by showing how the negative attitude from older people affects us and that not all teenagers are the same.
More mixing of young people with their elders. People having an insight into the stresses young people face at school and in society. More positive sides of young people shown in the media
Stop blaming young people on most of the problems caused today
give the teenagers of our society better publicity around the areas and gets more young people involved in different projects &amp; also to have a say as well as older people
Programmes with young people and the older community its could be called young people and me!
i think that the media only focus negitively towards young people such as underage drinking and drug abuse where as they dont mention positive things that young people do such as communitiy work and the work that they put into school/college work.
allow people (via the media) to see all the young people who do many good things for their comunity and people in that comunity
I am not sure though people need to understand that we are the voices of the future and that our opinions do matter and just not to treat us like children and show the respect towards us that we show toward them. I think there should be a public notice to
By making people understand that the average young person is not the yob portrayed of TV.
Stamping out those engaged in anti-social acts with harshers sentences and better enforcement.Education for all removing stereotypes.
courses involving young and old people to interact
expressing more frequently the positive contributions which young people make today for their community and decreasing their focus on highlighting only he negative aspects
More Positive media of young people and the good things they achieve and do.
Have shows on TV to show what life for teens is really like we don't all drink skip school take drugs etc.like what is portrayed in other shows such as Skins""
Have more things in the news about the achievements of young people not just the bad things some do.
show more postive views of young people instead of the immature rowdy teenagers that are usually portrayed throughout the media.
Give us a chance. Not all teenagers are bad.
focus on the good things that they do too like helping out in the community and print that in the newspapers and not just the anti-social behaviour that goes on.
create a more positive attitude towards young people in the media
They could be praised for the good things they do rather than just noticing the bad some youths may do
I think that it needs to be shown that most young are good and will do their best to do others. maybe by highlighting it on the news instead of just the negatives.
Make it clear how much pressure they are under
listen to them for a change dont think you know whats best for us without asking
Point out that those who critisise our generation forget who raised it
Have more positive media especially in the news
There should be more positive stories about young people in the media. Not every young person stands at street corners with guns and knifes. Nor are they always drunk/drugged.
More positivity towards young people more opportunity's for young people to do well.
gives us a chance to show that we arent all bad.. this can be seen through respect and furthermore responsibility ...which could e shown through voleenteer work
treated with a little more trust and respect taking note of their points of view
People shpuld not judge us all the same. Its the same in every group of people the minority always give young people a bad name. We are not all like that.
if a youth club does something possitive tell people. more publicity when young people help out in there local area. more oppurtunities for young people to prove they aren't all bad.
use media to portray positive images of young people eg. volunteers and show what we contribute to society
people getting more involved with the youth
If the media portrayed a different side to the young society today. Those who aren't out drinking taking drugs smoking or vandalizing but those who are making a positive impact on the community in which they live.
that people do not judge young people by how they are portrayed by the media
show the public that some young people ar hard working and a benefit to their comunity
treat us as we treat you. But don't judge before you know a thing
if the media didnt portray young people so negitively then they would act so negitively!!
I think the older people should just remember what it was like to young.
More media surrounding positive aspects of young people
stop giving the impression that people with their hoods up are always going to be nasty and want to start a fight
an awareness could be made of how young people are treated
Getting them involved in the community i personally volunteer at the local youth club &amp; undertake regular charity work. I feel that my community is a lot more willing to treat me equally and chat to me in the street
Media portraying more of the positive things about other people e.g. charitable works and their general views on all issues.
Other generations need to be aware that it is not all young people causing trouble on the streets. And the media needs to focus more on the positive aspects of young people.
Show more of the good things young people do
In my personal opinion too much emphasis is on how people see young people to be threats. In areas of England fair enough they are larger and not everyone knows each other but in Northern Ireland usually people know who is and isn't a vandal. I'm sick of
Give young people more oppertunities to show that they are not all bad by providing more oppertunities to volunteer etc
If young people get opportunitys to prove to older people that they can be responsible like helping or volunteering around the local area
Give them something to work at and take care of boost there morale
More emphasis on young people who have made a difference e.g in charity at school in their local community and also giving young people better chances to do these things.
Not sure portray good things young people do in the media
Be sown that not all young people re the same that they are all different.
If older people treated us with more respect.
treat us with a bit more respect and stop stereotyping. not all young people are bad!
More positive news stories on young people
Make people realise that young people aren't all out getting drunk and smoking. People need to move on so maybe have an advert or something in the media that shows people that young people arent bad and a lot are nice.
Improving the media's perception not all young people cause trouble etc.
Have a festival for young people showing what skills they have etc
more positive press about the good things thay have taken part in
run more youth organisations with the leaders being at the same level as young people
possitive arcticles about young people doing more charity work joining youth clubs and helping more in the community could be put in the media to improve the attitudes of young people
look at young people as individuals - not as a majority eg hooliganism
adults not judging young people as much as critising them although its what happened to them probably
People need to have more knowledge on the young population and realise everyone was young once its easy to get bored be influenced and that their isnt much for teens to do. we need more respect they want us to respect them. well we treat people how they t
getting them the free of rights to not be looked at as being bad people
By not labeling all of them with typical stereotypical remarks that do not necessarily fit every young person out there.
more media that is positive towards young people. only things that are negative are shown in the newspapers to shock people.
having events that will give them something fun to do and help to improve their attitude in general
I don't think anything can be done because there will always be some young people who need to be looked on negatively.
i think the media could stop being so judgemental and use the figures in a more positve way i believe less than 10% of teenagers are bad"if thats what you want to call it so what about the 90% who are just trying to get on with school part time jobs and l
More edia focus on the positives that young people do such as volunteering and fundraising etc.
buy telling people that there not all bad or getting youth groups to do lots of helpful things around the community
Show the good that young people do with a program on television
Focus mainly on positive factors eg. Achievments Voluntary work Success etc.
Show more examples in the media of good things that young people do
Don't treat all young people the same for one young person's fault
Make people realise that a lot of young people are wiser and more educated and well mannered than a number of of adults.
people should be shown in a better light not all young people are the same
Get to know them and understand it's a minority who cause trouble

69. Is there anything else you would like to tell us about the risks that young people face in relation to people who might try to take advantage of them sexually?
They may believe that they are genuinely interested in them so may be emotionally hurt. May be abused when trying to make them have sex with them.
They could end up with trust issue, or low self esteem no confidence anxiety stuff like that.
It's usually not adults who take advantage of young people but people in their own friendship groups.
They may face bullying from more person or other people.
It's clear that in today's society girls especially, at least I know that I don't always feel 100% safe and it is very wise to be an guard/careful there are numerous men about who would try to talk to you I say inappropriate things. A girl essentially sho
I don't think they're warned enough about people + how some people can act. They need to be told about it and what to do if it happens to them.
Drug abuse, rape/sexual abuse and sexual transmitted diseases. Alcoholism, Self harming, social abuse & Suicide.
The fear of the person starting to spread roumers, or tell your family or friends about this. You feel like the things they tell you to do, must obey or bad things may happen to you. Something it feels as though there is no way out of it.
Young people under the age of 15 should be supervised at all time while on social networking sites e.g. MSN & Facebook.
Predators take advantage of young teenagers through social networks such as facebook or bebo these young children need to be taught about this event that takes place daily at year 8 instead of them learning at year 9/10 and it could be too late.
It mostly happens to someone who is drunk although. Society has moved on, people are more aware.
I can't think of anything that you have not already mentioned or described.
That not all adults want to have sexual relations with young people.
Teenagers are frightened to talk about because they can be taken for children.
In my view, unless the issue of under age drinking is addressed in a more effective manner, the problem will not come close to being solved.
Emotional abuse may be caused to the young person. They may have to speak to a councilor etc.
I would believe that many girls would be targeted on nights out, usually because they are dressed in very little, and it dose not help that they are usually drunk. Thankfully not all girls are like this, like my friends and I, but for those who dress badl
They can risk obvious blackmail, and the attacker may make threats if they don't do it again. In relation to young girls, they are most at risk because there is nothing they can do if a grown man attacks her. I understand that boys can get attacked, but t
They just tell you what you want to hear then the young person does it and regrets it.
Children and young people in general should be warned about the danger of the inherent, there are sites where people can talk to strangers and sick people can be their to take advantage of young valuable people.
Strangers on social sites such as facebook.
Nightclubs and large panties are when we feel we are meet at risk very easy to be taken advantage.
They will feel devalued and have low self-esteem and some may relate in suicide in young people. May think this is what they have to do survive. Pregnancies. Alcohol and drug misuse. STD's.
Drinking with other peer's with your boyfriend that might put pressure on you to have sex with him or someone telling you they really like you and have always forced you all just to have sex with them, so drunk you wouldn't have hard sex sober.
It is mostly older guys (17-21) that would pray on younger girls - not adults.
Social networking sites should be highly monitored. There should definitely be some form of help for children and teens who have experienced this or who are going through it.
You hear a lot of stories in our city. This makes me feel unsafe and scared to go out. I understand we should be warned but it's frightening all the same.
This man rooms free around our area he used to walk past bus stop at school times and stare at us all. He never touched me out always made me feel nervous. He touched himself granting beside me in taxi office I went out and told mum but the man walked off
They become quiet, and don't talk to anyone they then become scared to bring new people into their life they feel they can not trust anyone.
Sacredness not wanting to tell anyone. Make the feel disgusted to what's happenings. Physically and emotionally sick.
No, I have never seen or experienced this or haven't heard stories of people my age, in my area that this may have happened to.
Make people more aware of what they can do if it happened from a younger age! Like maybe people telling the young people out school in primary or secondary school!
Well men can take advantage of girls that are drunk.
People on social network sites should have prop of who they are by showing ID in order to stop grooming.
Alcohol is a huge factor young people can get a hold of it very easily which causes them to get involved in bad situations.
A lot of teenagers who get drunk in clubs or the street, are left just to lie there, therefore, anyone could take advantage of them. This is very common and dangerous as it could be anyone lifting you/them and you may not come back at all. Even though its
The problem today is that any stranger, whilst being seemingly friendly and decent, maybe only putting on a facade of innocence. Not being able to trust only unfamiliar member of the public is saddening.
They should deal with it more better to stop it from happening.
No-one ever feels like they can say if something happens. Everyone feel like it's their fault and it's too embarrassing to tell anyone.
Through texting someone can pretend to be a girl and deceive you.
More and more young people drink alcohol and so this could leave them venerable, esp. on a night out in a strange town or area.
I personally don't think young people are fully aware of what all this covers and don't know what is considered to be taken advantage of sexually. Young people, generally, drink a lot and this sort of thing can happen without them knowing. I know this isn
Young people should be taught how to be aware as someone taking advantage as them sexually and taught haven't avoid this.
I believe that risks of most young people, like me getting taken advantage of is when they are out with friends and there is alcohol involved in this situation I believe is when most young people don't realise they are being taken advantage of sexually.
It may wreck their lives as they may be faced with unwanted pregnancies which in turn leads to the thought of abortion or the pressures of keeping the child alive i.e. food, clothing & heating.
No, but I think they should stop having naked babies (nappy advertisements etc) on TV, because although it seems harmless, it is kind of sick because some perverts probably get off on it.
Young people need to realise that they are at risk. The I know it won't happen to me' attitude leaves some young people at higher risk. Awareness should be raised and methods of protecting yourself as best a possible. Young people should be made aware of
There's this guy who lives opposite a friend of mine who stands near our school and stares at all the girls legs as they walk past. It's really creepy and then he would come home and follow my friend around like some stalker. But we can't do anything abou
Yong people need to made aware of what can happen if they start talking and all with older people (adults).
No - not at the minute but I'll let you know.
Better security needs to be placed amongst social network sites e.g. facebook. Checks should be made before and thoroughly to reduce chance of grooming etc.
Underage drinking puts more young people at risk.
Have had awareness talks within school. Aware of dangers but never been exposed.
I think the risks are high. There is an increasing amount of people out there who would try to sexually abuse children and young people.
Emotionally, physically traumatised, social problems and trust issues.
There are actually a lot more people of the same age taking advantage of each other, especially males. It may be good idea to do more for the victims and make the idea of help through counseling more appealing/less shameful.
Young people should be made aware of what to look for and what to do and given more information on what exactly sexual abuse is.
They don't understand what can of things that can happen and need more information about this matter. Being sexually active and not knowing consequences is a massive issue!
When young people are out and they have consumed alcohol they don't know what they are doing and anything could happen.
I think they face having their life ruined as they won't tell anyone what is happening in case the person who is taking advantage of them is threatening them.
Young girls run the risk of being "used" by boys. Boy's who won't do any harm but just trick the girl into doing sexual things by treating her well and saying things that he doesn't mean i.e. I Love You, your the one. This then may cause the girl to getti
Now a days police and organisations which help young people should be more aware because relationships are getting more voilent and sometimes can lead to one or another being forced for any type of sexual relationship which is not wanted. That is why ther
Facebook and other websites are the main risk in today's society.
You can never be too careful; people are not what you first think. If you hear of anything suspiciously!! Contact Police.
As there are not many activities for young people to do. They often resort to drugs, alcohol and sex. A lot of the times its girls who get sexually abused whilst under the influence of alcohol and drugs.
Some young people scared to say "No" and are influenced by the media and friends.
I understand that there are some innocent people who get have to deal with sexual harassment but in most cases it has been the result of the young person doing something stupid e.g. going to a club underage. Making yourself open and easy accessible on the
Peer pressure to take part in sexual activity because other people have.
If it were a female she could possibly become raped and in serious conditions killed. Affects the mind intellectually, Affects the person physically, e.g. Self harm, lose weight, Pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases (if intercourse was involved).
We are warned a lot about these sorts of events. Young people that attend school should be well aware of these dangers.
Foreigners have a reputation of sexual assault as a female I feel scared.
Young girls are very vulnerable to older men, and by that I mean like a year of two. They just seem more experienced, confident and cool. It's far two easy to get with younger girls. Somebody should teach them to respect themselves a bit more start by sto
This question is written in the wrong context. If someone has had a sexual relationship with someone who is taking advantage of them, this could mean charges of 'statutory rape' should be given to that person. However young people who are sexually active
Just that as you probably know, it would be girls that affected by this and not boys, and that it is very often.
Often feel that they are to blame, but they are innocent and have done nothing wrong.
I think young girls especially are at risk; and especially at 17-18 years of age and going out clubbing with friends. I think drinks can be spiked for too easily and something should be done about this.
Get pregnant fall out family catch an STD forced to drop out of school (pregnant) Rape.
STD's, STI's, pregnancy and emotional problems.
Sexually transmitted infectious disease. Unable to move forward with their lives (scored). Feel variable and find it have to trust people after such experience.
It's the ones closest to you, you need to be cautious of also. A family member is just as likely to approach you with a sexual motive as just a stranger on the street.
Taught what to do if someone ever experienced this.
Date-rape seems to be more common. Young people are not well educated enough about the dangers of this i.e. leaving your drink etc.
At the age of 16 people begin to feel that they are older than they are so this puts a very negative image to others, a couple of years older. This is due to the advantages they begin to receive at home and from the Government however when they abuse thes
More and more young people today can get access to alcohol and drugs. Because young people have it fully developed sexually or mentally they become wearable to each situation peer pressure is a big issue today most people have sex before they actually pla
I think that there should be more done for the children and make sure that people that are suspected that they are talked to and make sure they are judged and that the children have there say as the people would think the children are making it up and tha
It is probably more common between people in the same age group.
Young people can be at risk mentally so appropriate counseling should be available to all children no matter the level of abuse they have been subject to.
Internet sites and social networking is particularly dangerous in this sense.
Education is essential for protecting youths against these crimes.
Some of the encounters can be avoided using plain of common sense. Bars should be more harshly regulated for ID checking. Honestly, some of these bars are serving alcoholic beverages to people who are - obviously - underage.
No, if you put your hand in a fire of your on choice then it will get burned.
Children my age can't go out or can't go to a certain place because there are creeps out there who do these things to us. If they didn't exist we would all be safe!
The place where most people get groomed is on the internet. Social networking sites such as facebook are very dangerous, especially younger, vulnerable people.
When young girls dress up for a night out, older men think they are asking for a hard time or if a girls skirt is too short or wear too much make up or even look at an older man in the wrong way.
Pressures from young boys to be more experienced than you are.
I don't think the police take the risks of those who might take advantage of the serially as I personally had a male who used to watch my bedroom window but the police would not do anything about it.
Yes I feel that too many girls get raped these days because they meet people on internet and because of drink I feel that all social websites should be cancelled and the illegal age to drink to be increased to 21.
Young people are susceptible to these risks and they are often gullible and give in they also may not be aware of what is happening and the extent if causes.
Uhh. not particularly, as you can see, I'm not well versed in the love of sexual abuse of young people and as such I have nothing to draw from for advice. No.
Too many teenagers are under the affect of alcohol, sex & drugs. No one does anything about it!
They could be scared and worried for life. Might not get the bad ideas out of their mind.
I know a lot of people who have got drink and then guys taking advantage of them while they are out of it. Though a lot of girls nowadays tend to sleep around anyway at a young age, and know full well what they are doing.
spiking drinks seems to be a big problem
I know they exist but I have never been exposed to them personally.
That they are putting themselves at risk when they go out and get drunk on the streets or when chatting to people online that they don't know.
People who hang around bus station with no intention of getting a bus on mondays to fridays should be watched
Many young people find it hard to say no and think its okay to give in to pressure and it will make them fit in.
No as I am fortunate enough not to have experienced anything like that.
If someone is really out to take advantage of you they will usually try there best and when it is over the internet it is hard to know if the person is genuine or not usually it is easy to tell but that is only the blatant fake's there are some that are s
I was witnessed to a rape the boy who commited the crime was only 2 years older then his victim but because we all hung around as a group he was integrated &amp; respected &amp; therefore the victim felt unable to report him.
This type of grooming is becoming more and more frequent due to the increase of people using social networking sites such as twitter bebo and facebook.
A girl in my school got attacked by a man walking home from school by herself in a public area. I don't think it's safe to go anywhere by myself now.
Depression. Fear. And in worse cases it may lead to attempted suicide.
Most people have little or no sex education and know little about drugs which could be used against them.
possible sexual diseases and physical harm
They will have emotional problems with regards to what happens to them.
if you are out at night and someone is under the influence of alchol and you aren't they may take advantage of you sexually if they really wanted to.
unless it physically forced most of these incidents are due to carelessness
All hese questions were about the adult 'bonding wi9th the young person before anything happened. That's not always the case. When I was 8 a man called me over to his van and sexually exposed himself to me. Then when I was 15 a Polish man grabbed my breas
There are many risks faced by young people in relation to people who might try to take advantage of them sexually, especially due to social networking sites. On these sites people can pretend to be someone else or a differet age to try and get close to so