In 2012 Lee gave his first ever TEDx talk “Riot – onomics” – looking at the reasons (and some solutions) for the UK riots in August 2011…
The official TEDx talk video is here…
As well as his 20 years experience of working with young people in many different contexts Lee also researched this subject heavily… in fact you generally spend more time researching a short talk than a long talk!
Here are some helpful links to some of the UK riots research he used…
Understanding the Riots …
https://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/series/reading-the-riots
1,500 convictions so far https://t.co/dmk887Vg “Average sentence 14.2 months = four times longer than in 2010.”
https://twitter.com/leejackson/status/160053473705082880
The riots in quotes – https://www.totalpolitics.com/blog/176607/the-riots-in-quotes.thtml
https://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/dec/05/anger-police-fuelled-riots-study?mobile-redirect=false
https://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/oct/24/riots-analysis-gangs-no-pivotal-role
https://www.education.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/STA/t001042/index.shtml
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/2011/11/22/riots-and-occupy-movement/
https://www2.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/news/archives/2011/12/riots.aspx
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/video/2011/dec/14/ed-miliband-riot-report-video
Other background information about this TEDx talk on the riots…
18% youth unemployment in Leeds – national average 8%!
http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/banking/2011/12/bankruptcy-light-hits-young-people
Famous African proverb… “it takes a village to raise a child” but a less well known one… “if the elders don’t listen to them they but the village down”
Teenage Brains – http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/10/teenage-brains/dobbs-text/1#
Poorer children’s educational attainment: how important are attitudes and behaviour? http://www.jrf.org.uk/publications/educational-attainment-poor-children#
100,000 children and young people could be hospitalised due to self-harm by 2020 warns YoungMinds – http://www.cisionwire.com/youngminds/r/100-000-children-and-young-people-could-be-hospitalised-due-to-self-harm-by-2020-warns-youngminds,c9194954
They don’t live for work … they work to live – http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2008/may/25/workandcareers.worklifebalance
http://blog.ssatrust.org.uk/blog/index.php/2011/10/14/working-class-boys
Holistic success research that Lee uses in his work in businesses and education people…
If you enjoyed this TED talk Lee can be contacted here