Bring Back EMA!

Youth Fight for Jobs (YFJ) is campaigning for the reinstatement of the EMA. This is a small grant of £30 a week for 16-19 year olds in further education. It allows students to pay for their bus fare to school or college and for books and other equipment.

The government says it cannot afford to pay this small amount of money. Yet the banks that were bailed out with billions of public money are still giving their chief executives millions in bonuses. The number of billionaires is increasing as young people are being denied the right to go to education. There has been an estimated 49% drop in the number of students going to college this year as a result of this cut. But this is not the only attack. Those wanting to go to university are being told they will have to pay £9,000 a year. There are now over 1 million young people unemployed. Instead of creating jobs, the government is just going to force people to work for their dole money. We didn’t cause this crisis and so shouldn’t be made to pay for it! YFJ says: we won't be a lost generation!

Southwark Council in London is going to continue to pay EMA to people living in that area. We demand that our local councils do the same. But we don't think that they should just cut other services to pay for it. They should launch a campaign to demand that the government gives them the money!

We are collecting signatures on a petition to give into the council. If we get enough, they will be forced to debate the issue in a full council meeting. We want to organise lobbies and protests of the council to make our voices heard and make them bring back EMA!

***WHAT CAN YOU DO?***

SIGN OUR PETITIONS:

NOTTINGHAM - need 5,000 signatures for the city council to debate

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/...

LINCOLN - need 3,500 signatures for the county council to debate

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/...

DERBY - need 8,500 signatures for the city council to debate

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/...

LEICESTER - need 1,500 signatures for the city council to debate

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/...

COME TO OUR ORGANISING MEETINGS:

NOTTINGHAM

Saturday 10th December
3pm
ICC (YMCA) 61B Mansfield Road, Nottingham, NG1 3FN

LINCOLN

Saturday 10th December
3pm
Community Centre, Croft Street, Lincoln, LN2 5AX

DERBY

Saturday 3rd December
3pm
Lonny Wilsoncroft Community Centre, Stepping Lane, Derby, DE1 1GL

LEICESTER

Saturday 3rd December
3pm
Room 216, Attenborough Building, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH

JOIN YOUTH FIGHT FOR JOBS!

- Visit www.youthfightforjobs.com
- Message admins for more info
- Invite your friends to join this group and sign the petitions
- Organise a Youth Fight for Jobs in your local area!