South Norfolk Youth Action Community Radio Station

As riots swept parts of the UK in August 2011, SNYA was just about to hit the streets of Norwich to film our first Flashmob. Tension was running high as we moved from location to location to perform in some of the most popular shopping locations in Norwich. 

A report from the Children's Society, which surveyed 13 to 17-year-olds and adults, has found that young people across the UK believe poverty is one of the key reasons behind the August riots. Of those questioned, 66% of adults and 57% of children believed people had rioted "to get goods and possessions they couldn't afford to buy", according to the survey of 1,004 adults and 1,027 young people.

Warning- the beginning of this video contains some disturbing newsreal

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