What are you rights, as a young person
Find out who is your MYP and how they represent you.
Opening a bank account, criminal offences,
dangerous performances and films you can see.
Your rights about alcohol, weapons and getting
a job.
Alcohol, the Armed Forces, gambling, leaving
school, sex and getting married – what can you do at 16 – and what
happens if you commit a crime?
Care orders, pilots’ licences, driving,
weapons and criminal proceedings – what happens once you’re 17?
Buying alcohol, cigarettes and fireworks,
getting married without your parents' permission, signing
contracts, minimum wage, tattoos... what you're allowed to do once
you reach 18.
Adopting children, supervising learner drivers
and getting a flight navigator’s licence – you can do all this once
you’re 21.
Don’t let yourself get treated less fairly
than other shoppers because you don’t know your consumer rights –
they’re not just for the over-18s.
When people hold information about you, they
must treat it in a certain way by law. Find out what your rights
are.
The Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) aims
to end the discrimination which many disabled people face. The
Act was then extended in 2005.
The UN Convention on the rights of the child
is a list of articles that define the rights of everyone under 18
years old. Article 12 is the most important part of the
convention.
Find out more about the benefits and financial support you could
receive as a young parent.
Racial discrimination means you have not been
treated well because of what someone else has said or did. There
are four different types of racial discrimination.
This pledge has been developed with young people. It aims to
inform young people about what they can expect from our Youth
Support and Development Service.
The advocacy service provides support, advice
and assistance to Looked After Children and Care Leavers. An
advocate helps children and young people to get their views across
and make sure they are heard and acted upon.