Youth Unemployment

I'm glad to surmise that media coverage on youth unemployment has been plenty. I fear that inevitably though, like all news cycles, something else scandalous will occur, causing this issue to be consigned to the bin (or at least recycling bin I hope). However, unless someone can tell me otherwise, I don't see the government doing much about it except for forcing us into unpaid employment with big chains stacking shelves. lest they cut us off from the whole £7 a day they give us (a one day travelcard for zones 1-2 is £8 a day).

• Are they simply happy to cut jobs therefore leaving the nation's lives in the hands of the free market? 
• The same free market that caused millions to suffer in the first place? 
• Is it a wonder why so many simply hope to win the lottery? 
• Is it laziness like the Conservatives maybe think it is or is it that having a pot of money is the only chance normal people have to get on in life? 

We are taught that money is all that matters so of course we would crave the thing that we do not have. Not only that but we live in Great Britain, a developed nation, and yet we have to either a) a lot of money or b) a lot of debt, just to access the most basic things such as education and housing.

We must not lose sight of the fact that the young are important, not limited to the following reasons;
Who else is going to pay for the baby boomers' pensions?!
In an increasingly globalised world, if the young are unable to compete with the youth of other nations, Britain's economy will die a rapid death.
In the Arab world, 50% are under 18, with their burgeoning democracies hopefully on the horizon, this is a region with massive potential, so this is another group we will have to compete with and/or work with.

While many will have blamed the England riots on 'pure criminality' it would be absurd to deny that the youth are disenfranchised. If something is not done is it undeniable that this generation has the potential to cause even worse havoc than previously seen. Or if you really are economically unconvinced, perhaps this will convince you; if nothing is done, the youth will achieve absolutely nothing, thereby burdening the welfare system and our economy will never reach the potential that the free market always promised.

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Wake Up Britain!

Throughout filming 18 and 19 year olds who are all students, to show what the real concerns of young people are, we have gained some insight. We were heartened by them but also alarmed. Heartened because higher education is so important to them and they just want to achieve the things their parents could not. They have relatively modest and fair ambitions; to make a better life for themselves and their parents. Alarmed because they do not seem to realise that having that coveted piece of paper i.e. an over-hyped English degree means nothing in reality. Hows that for 'real' terms? Let's go geek for a second and talk about real terms. Graduates in 2010 who graduated with the average debt of 22k can now pay (if they have a wage of a whole £15,000 a year, if they even have a job) £30 a month towards their debt. Not a princely sum right? No it's not but that £30 does not dent their debt one bit. Paying £30 a month for the next 25 years will leave them with still £22k of student debt. At the age of 46!! That's not even taking into account the treble of tuition fees next year and the upping of the interest rates.

They have been somewhat brainwashed into thinking that £20k+ of debt at the sprightly age of 21/22 is perfectly manageable and the norm. Well, the latter is true, but how did we get to the stage that a plethora of young graduates will be in this amount of debt as standard. OK it's the cheapest loan you'll ever get but what about the exorbitant costs that we must think about in the future; housing, a family etc. We are not going to be able to afford the most basic needs. What are going to be the results of the cost of housing and life in general in London? Over crowded housing and mass homelessness?

A degree can inhibit you from getting a job for fear of being over-qualified. A degree from a non-red brick university is worthless to massive corporations who actually give out the coveted real graduate jobs. Even a degree from a top 5 university can mean nothing if your name is foreign or you are, shock horror, working -class.

The young need to know the world is not their oyster! Unless Britain actually wakes up, stands up and makes a change to the system we have in place now, designed to keep the poor, poor and the rich, rich.

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Trailer for the "Hopeless Class"

Support young people and small business!

If snippets of our preview were not clear enough we would like to allude more as to what our aim is in the trailer above... Feel free to comment and like or dislike on youtube :)

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Watch our Preview

Below are two small snips from our documentary which is currently being filmed.

These two girls bravely came forward to share their story regarding their life in London and the constant struggle they face. Many aspects of their life may not be ideal, yet they stay positive, all the while statistics show that people like these are typical in the over million unemployed between 16-25.

We follow them and many other youths in different backgrounds and how government policies truly affect the future of our nation.

Watch the two links and comment.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1e43XYE5ps

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wSSoxlM0nI&feature=feedu

 This one is brand new! Click and watch!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVeLaOt6--w&feature=BFa&list=ULaVeLaOt6--w&lf=mfu_in_order

 Watch out for our trailer coming very soon.

If you want to be apart of this project and have a story to tell us, and aged between 16-25, please do contact  us:

rara2011.productions@gmail.com

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RARA Productions

We want to highlight some issues that people may be going through within the UK and even some outside the UK... the main issue many young people are facing today is unemployment.

This is an issue that has been getting worse the last few months as many large and small companies start to downsize, which starts a vicious cycle of fear and more downsizing. The economy is sluggish, as growth is minimal or static, and as we enter the cold months, many people go without food and a place to stay.

Many young people who have invested large amounts of time and money in education, are now in a situation where an unskilled person also finds themselves. Everyone is suffering, from a company director who has been sacked to the cleaner who no longer can get work as their employ can no longer afford them. No one can see the light at the end of the tunnel just yet, making many people anxious and stressed.

We are not contributing to the fear and worry of the economy, we simply want to document it and find out what people are going through. How are they dealing with this situation and what measures are they taking, and if not, why? We would like to understand the struggle people are going through.

We want to hear from anyone who has suffered from the Recession.

Comment on the Blog with your email address to be contacted or email us at rara2011.productions@gmail.com  or follow us @raraproduction on Twitter.

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