Extra-curricular activities are crucial for nurturing children’s ‘softer’ skills outside the classroom. However, our recent Social Mobility Commission report highlights a dearth of opportunities for young people in some communities, meaning many will spend the next six weeks with little to do.
This week, I wrote a short piece for the Transforming Society blog highlighting that many young people will spend the six-week holidays with nothing to do (due in large part to the impact of austerity cuts on smaller communities). This was based on findings from a study colleagues and I conducted for the Social Mobility Commission, published during the last week of the school year. You can read the blog post here.