£12 credit for well-behaved teens

[emad]

£12 credit for well-behaved teens

Young people should have more support and advice, officials believe
Teenagers are to be offered financial incentives not to behave badly - as the government puts forward plans for modernising youth services.
Teenagers from low-income families could receive £12 per month on an "opportunity card", to spend on activities such as sport and music.

The card would also entitle them to discounts in some high street shops.

But if young people were guilty of anti-social behaviour they would lose access to the card.

Prime Minister Tony Blair has said that encouraging "respect" among young people - and tackling yobbish behaviour - would be a priority of this government.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/4687203.stm

AND A £100 to vote for Poodle at the elections....

[Sparkman]

1. That's about $u.s.14, YOU CAN'T GET A KID TO MOW THE LAWN FOR THAT!

i don't know, what's wrong with a little ethics and civic participation?! Oh wait, that might detract from
junior-corporate-leaders-trainee's ability to screw the consumer, the environment and the taxpayer! too obsucure for government types?

[merwin]

2. Actually, it's $21

I think you're thinking of euros instead of pounds.

[Sparkman]

3. thx