Dianne speaks powerfully about her hopes and fears for the future. On a personal level Dianne hopes to own her own home where the sun shines through the window. On a societal level Dianne wants to see structural inequalities dismantled. Her ultimate fear is these inequalities will not be dismantled and the next generation of young people will experience even more extreme forms of inequality. She speaks about how our current system has led to selfish decision making based on short term profit making, where the voice of young people has been marginalised.
This story was gathered by a youth advocate from the Equality Trust as part of a project called Reconstructing the Social Contract. 10 young people trained as community reporters and spoke to people aged between 16 and 25 in the United Kingdom to explore what impacts young people's life chances and their relationship with the state.