Filmed over the summer of 2012, each programme highlights one young person as he or she tackles some of the issues associated with poverty.

Shelby is 17 and lives in a flat on an estate by herself. She was on benefits for 12 months but has recently got a job placement and hopes that it will turn into a 'real' job. She is paid at the moment by a youth charity and, despite working 30 hours a week, she only gets the same that she would receive on Jobseeker's Allowance. Show less