After School Club -- The Dancer

1 in 6 people in Stoke-on-Trent have NO formal qualifications -- that's twice the UK average.

With an unemployment rate of 7-point-5 per cent across the region -- what do these figures mean for the prospects of young people living here?

This week we're introducing you to a group of teenagers who we're 'adopting' for a year at BBC Radio Stoke to follow their journey into work and study.

In the next few days we'll meet an apprentice, a web entrepreneur and a hopeful scientist who are joining our 'After School Club'.

Our reporter Emma Thomas has been to meet 16-year-old Holly Johnson from Leek, who has dreams of being on the stage...