‘Young people want to come together’: experts respond to mass teen meet-ups in Clapham
Academics and youth workers say cuts to services and lack of public space help explain recent unrest in south London
It started with a flyer sent around on Snapchat. Teenagers were invited to gather at a south London basketball court to celebrate the start of the Easter holidays. They were told to bring their own weed and laughing gas because it was going to be a late one.
What followed in the hours after was chaos. Hundreds of young people came to the “link-up” last Saturday, and then gathered on Clapham High Street.
Source: Theguardian.com
Original source: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/apr/03/experts-respond-to-mass-teen-meet-ups-clapham-london
