Why join Byte Night? Well, here are some pretty good reasons:
People take part in Byte Night for all sorts of reasons; to meet a personal challenge, build relationships with colleagues and network with other industry insiders. Whatever your own personal reason for taking part, here are some really important reasons why your support is so vital this year...- 60,300 children were in care at 31st March 2006. These youngsters will have dramatically different life chances than other children and young people, as highlighted through the following statistics:
- Children in care are three times more likely to be cautioned or convicted of an offence.
(Working with children, Action for Children, 2006 / 2007) - Children in care are four times more likely to have a mental health disorder.
(Handle with Care - an investigation into the care system, Centre for Young Policy Studies) - One in five homeless people are care leavers.
(Working with Children, Action for Children, 2006 / 2007) - Over 30 per cent of care leavers are not in education, training or employment at age 19 compared to 13 per cent of all young people.
(Dfes Care Matters green paper, October 2006) - Only seven per cent of young people left care with at least five GCSEs in 2005 to 2006
(Dfes stats: http://www.dfes.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000691/SFR44-2006.pdf) - Those leaving care at 17 or 18 were 50% more likely to be unemployed or out of school than those leaving care at 20 or 21.
(Dfes Care Matters green paper, October 2006) - More than a third of new cases of homelessness last year were young people aged under 25. Just under a quarter of people who became homeless over that period were forced to leave their last home because parents were no longer willing to accommodate them.
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