Sponsored by
‘We feel we’re the voice of every young parent and people might start to listen’
The teenage pregnancy rate in England and Wales at its lowest since 1969, according to figures published earlier this year by the Office for National Statistics.
In 2007, the teenage pregnancy rate in Wakefield was 56 per 1,000 girls aged under18, higher than the averages for both Yorkshire and the whole country.
Since then, work has been going on to tackle the issue and the number of under 16s who become pregnant has gone from the highest in West Yorkshire to among the lowest.
Barnardo’s Young Families has helped more than 1,600 young parents and their families in the Wakefield area over the past decade.
Email to a friend
Print this page- Woolwich police raid house in Lincolnshire
- Two shot after soldier is hacked to death in street with meat cleaver
- McDermott identifies Leeds transfer targets
- Leeds MP beaten unconscious in homophobic attack hits out at Tory gay marriage rebels
- £20,000 damages for Yorkshire policewoman offered a pink gun
Looking for...
Featured advertisers
Jobs
Search for a job
Motors
Search for a car
Property
Search for a house
Weather for Yorkshire
Thursday 23 May 2013
Today
Light showers
Temperature: 6 C to 10 C
Wind Speed: 21 mph
Wind direction: North west
Tomorrow
Light showers
Temperature: 5 C to 11 C
Wind Speed: 29 mph
Wind direction: North east
