JME, of grime label Boy Better Know, on how the arts can engage young people in issues that affect them - and their peers around the world

In the final of our series of blogs to mark National Youth Week Amy New, 13, from Dudley, talks about young people helping their communities improve their environmental credentials

Joyce Moseley, head of new charity Catch22, says communities benefit from supporting young people to get out of difficult situations

Homes in London cost more than 14 times the average income. Photo: Graeme Robertson/Getty

Boris Johnson's housing strategy strikes the right note, says Leslie Morphy of Crisis, but now determination is needed

Jeffrey Burgin, 17, from north London, outlines the policies necessary to inspire more young people to break class boundaries

Dan Pepper, 19, dreams of competing in London's 2012 Paralympics

The 10 participants from the Horizon special How Mad Are You? Photograph: BBC

Bold BBC programme highlighted suspicion and anxiety about people who have had a mental health problem, says Paul Corry

Excessive record keeping will not help avoid another Baby P case - unless there is understanding behind the bureaucracy, say Sue White, Karen Broadhurst, Chris Hall and Dave Wastell

Mark Johnson: If Baby P had lived, it's my guess we'd all be feeling a bit differently about him in 16 years' time

Peter Hetherington: In Delhi, people work in partnership with bureaucrats to improve a range of local services

The second in a series of blogs for young people to mark National Youth Week is by Alice Pratt, 13, a young carer from Cumbria

Catchpole says the key to further progress may be keeping the issue high on the political agenda. Photograph: Con Tanasiuk/Design Pics Inc/Rex Features

This country is becoming a better place for children to live, but more needs to be done to help those with mental health problems. A new review shows how, writes Roger Catchpole

Toni Elkington said she got a buzz from breaking the law and wanted people close to her to show they cared

Toni Elkington, 16, was taken into care after problems at home in Wakefield and repeated clashes with the law. In the third of a series of blogs to mark National Youth Week, Toni talks about why young people like her get into crime, and what support they need to get out of it

Leeman at a Write to Freedom workshop. Photograph: Caspar Walsh

Caspar Walsh finds a frustrating afternoon can become inspiring, in this third account of his work helping young offenders in Bristol to develop their writing and break the cycle of reoffending

Giving professional medical researchers better access to patient records could help develop more effective treatments, says Simon Wessely