I've come back to this a bit late but in answer to your post Brian - Yes, EMA was not available in 'our day' but it is available now and it is the difference between a less affluent/supported young person attend college and further their educational, vocational and social skills. My comment was not that it is being removed as such - it was more about a range of services being removed at once and the detrimental impact this will have.

It would be lovely if all young people had positive parenting experiences (and if all parents had sweet, thoughtful little darlings) but they don't. That is where support services come in - and actually it is a legal requirement to look after minors.
My team are about to be made redundant, hopefully that will swell the number of volunteers available in the DIY state, hopefully FH job centre is now safe to be in?

I believe PSF's post asked if anyone wanted to volunteer to be a steward?

Right, better get off to work while it is still an option we had a flood on Friday and the ceiling came in, really looking forward to being part of the clean up!!