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Barclay’s Money Skills Champions

Details: 20 February 2012

In their recent report The Financial Inclusion Centre found that only 15% of 18 – 24 year olds have moderate to high levels of financial awareness. 54% have over £10,000 of unsecured debt and 75% are relying on some kind of credit. Credit Action's findings are no less worrying; 27% of all students had received no education in money at school, 46% do not talk about finance with their parents and 36% see debt as an inevitable part of their lives.

Details: 18 January 2012

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Details: 13 December 2011

On Saturday 26th November Cafe Zu, a coffee shop with a difference, will open its doors in Newton Abbot. Every penny in profit that it makes will improve the lives and prospects of disadvantaged children and young people in Devon.

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Young Devon on Film

A short story about a girl who followed the Children & Young Peoples Services route. She decided to be accommodated through a host family (SLS) but this is not the only option that is available if you decide to follow the Children & Young Peoples Services route.