After a survey revealed British teens feel no connection with their community, Britain's Got Talent winners Diversity have called for the UK to come together.
Nearly two-thirds (60 per cent) of teenagers feel no connection with their local community and many are more influenced by people they don't know than those around them, according to new research published today.
Of nearly 3,000 teenagers surveyed by Barclays Spaces for Sports, one in four say that people in the public eye – who they don't know but admire from afar – have more influence over them than anyone in their own lives.
While teenagers rank celebrity influences like models and reality TV stars higher than politicians, it is sporting heroes who remain very high on the list of those that they aspire and look up to the most (58 per cent).
Ashley Banjo, leader and choreographer of Britain's Got Talent winners Diversity, said of the study: 'I think for all of us in Diversity, we put our recent success down to the fact that we've been lucky enough to surround ourselves with good family and good mentors where we grew up who gave us the encouragement and opportunity to pursue our interest.
'Dance is like all sports in that to get the most out of it you need to show commitment and self-discipline, and programmes like Barclays Spaces for Sports are great for giving young people the chance to try new activities and become focused on something positive.'
Diversity, whose ages range from 13 to 25, formed in 2007 and despite odds of 20-1 - with singer Susan Boyle the clear bookies' favourite - won the final of the third series of Britain's Got Talent, taking a massive 24.9 per cent of the public vote.
The group have since performed at the Wireless festival and T4 On The Beach and will appear in 3D film StreetDance alongside former Britain's Got Talent winner George Sampson.
The Barclays Spaces for Sports research also pointed towards increasing community detachment amongst teenagers as they get older; 10 per cent of the 13 year-olds surveyed felt no links to their community, increasing to a fifth (20 per cent) for the 18 year-olds.
Of those young people surveyed who did express some connection with their communities, sport still emerged as a main link between them and where they live, with half of them identifying sports coaches as important role models (47 per cent), along with family members and teachers.
Nearly two-thirds (60 per cent) of teenagers feel no connection with their local community and many are more influenced by people they don't know than those around them, according to new research published today.
Of nearly 3,000 teenagers surveyed by Barclays Spaces for Sports, one in four say that people in the public eye – who they don't know but admire from afar – have more influence over them than anyone in their own lives.
While teenagers rank celebrity influences like models and reality TV stars higher than politicians, it is sporting heroes who remain very high on the list of those that they aspire and look up to the most (58 per cent).
Ashley Banjo, leader and choreographer of Britain's Got Talent winners Diversity, said of the study: 'I think for all of us in Diversity, we put our recent success down to the fact that we've been lucky enough to surround ourselves with good family and good mentors where we grew up who gave us the encouragement and opportunity to pursue our interest.
'Dance is like all sports in that to get the most out of it you need to show commitment and self-discipline, and programmes like Barclays Spaces for Sports are great for giving young people the chance to try new activities and become focused on something positive.'
Diversity, whose ages range from 13 to 25, formed in 2007 and despite odds of 20-1 - with singer Susan Boyle the clear bookies' favourite - won the final of the third series of Britain's Got Talent, taking a massive 24.9 per cent of the public vote.
The group have since performed at the Wireless festival and T4 On The Beach and will appear in 3D film StreetDance alongside former Britain's Got Talent winner George Sampson.
The Barclays Spaces for Sports research also pointed towards increasing community detachment amongst teenagers as they get older; 10 per cent of the 13 year-olds surveyed felt no links to their community, increasing to a fifth (20 per cent) for the 18 year-olds.
Of those young people surveyed who did express some connection with their communities, sport still emerged as a main link between them and where they live, with half of them identifying sports coaches as important role models (47 per cent), along with family members and teachers.
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