Youth Rising by NCS

Prison Reform and Pressures of Social Media

Youth Rising by NCS is made by young people from all over England speaking about youth driven stories and showcasing campaigners doing amazing things in their community.

In this episode the roundtable discussion on Prison Reform is led by our reporter Stephanie. She's joined by Alex from Prison Reform Trust, Callum from Prisoner's Education Trust and Elena our presenter for this podcast. For the second story Elena speaks with Laura Bartlett from House of Coco about the pressures of social media, and how she was affected, following on from her appearance on Dragons Den.

This podcast is created by a group of young content creators and the team behind this episode is:
Presenter - Elena
Researcher - Abraham
Reporter - Stephanie
Editor - Abbie
Editor - Joe

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This is the podcast that tackles the issues that matter most to Gen Z. A podcast for young people, made by young people. The National Citizen Service, or NCS, aims to champion, develop and turn No You Can't Into No We Can! This season we’ll be diving deep into all sorts of thorny issues and answering questions like “whose job is it to save the planet?” “what do we really want to know about sex?” and “in the 21st century, is privacy a luxury?” as well as a how to on adulting and being an ally to the disabled community. We have an amazing roster of guests, a brilliant cohort of young producers and new episodes every week for the next ten weeks. Get excited- we are!