Maybe, tomorrow

This report amplifies the voices of young people aged 16-25 experiencing financial hardship in the UK. It documents the barriers and challenges that young people are currently facing in their everyday lives, and outlines the solutions they think would break down these barriers.

About the research

To better understand the challenges faced by young people from groups most likely to need the support of a food bank, we hosted 12 roundtable sessions between November 2023 and May 2024 across all four nations of the UK, speaking to a total of 96 young people. This report is separated into three sections following the structure of the roundtable workshops: Fulfilled life, Barriers, and Solutions. In the report, there are also two case studies examining the responses of young mothers and care experienced young people, in order to highlight the particular issues that these young people are facing. All quotations in the report are from the young people themselves.