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Youth centres have gone from warm banks to ‘revision banks,’ charity warns
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TEENAGERS are using youth centres as “revision banks” for summer exams due to a lack of internet access and space at home, a charity warned today.
Many sites used as so-called warm banks, for young people whose families were hit with soaring energy bills over the winter, are now in demand as places to study ahead of GCSE and A-Level exams, OnSide said.
The organisation, which runs many youth centres in England’s most disadvantaged areas, stressed that sky-rocketing broadband bills, rising tech costs and crowded homes could see teenagers from low-income families become the “hidden casualty of the cost-of-living crisis.”
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