Although at a substantially reduced risk from the disease itself, the collateral damage caused by COVID has hit the young very hard. Not just economically but psychologically.  Their education has been hugely disrupted and their job prospects once they leave education are now dimmer than for a generation.

There are over nine-and-a-half million children and young people in the UK aged between 10-24. To say that their futures are currently uncertain is an understatement. Their education, their prospects for work, their freedom to move around and associate with their peers and others. And, most importantly for many, the future of the planet. A lot to endure.

To gauge how the young are feeling about their futures and how they regard the job that their elders are making of running the world this podcast by Matthew Gwyther talks to three young people:

• Ahmed Ibrahim on the university system
• Morgan Howe on the disappointment of schools (exams, not life skills) and meaningful employment
• Leonora on creativity and climate change