Young people?
I've heard this conversation a few times over the years. A lot of worry is in the diminishing numbers and increasing GA pilot age.
But the UK Glider Community has been working hard at this and should be an example to follow. Nearly every week I hear a story of another 14 year old going solo! Young participation in Gliding had increased hugely, now over a thousand people with many females too. We have multiple instructors under 18, examiners and tug pilots at 19 A lot of these people will pass into the power world as they look to start towing. This process has taken time and investment from all clubs and clearly cannot be carbon copied into power. But it is ensuring a future.
One key thing is to make it appeal, for example, is your flying club exhibiting at the local airshow? If they are, make sure you get any young pilots you may have, along to help out regardless of experience level. It makes learning to fly seem so much more believable than listening to someone three times your age! Do anything to reduce the perception that GA is for the rich and mature. Unfortunately some idiot on a certain BBC programme last year reinforced the public's perception of elitism to be in GA.
Becoming a pilot is a pipe dream still for many, sadly it seems many overlook GA and see just the flight deck of the latest airliner. Some people just genuinely don't know where to start. Bottom line is there are enough people out there, many just need to know the reality and be shown the way in.