Richard recently linked to the video for “The Teens’ Speech“, a project of Banardos in the UK that aimed to allow a space where the voices of teenagers in the UK could be heard.
Over the course of the project teenagers were asked to share with the nation what issues they are passionate about, to share how they see the future with the rest of the country. They used video, interviews, surveys and social networking media to gather the thoughts of young people from all over the country and then tried to put it into a form that could allow their message(s) to be heard by people everywhere.
The Teens’ Speech YouTube Channel is something that you may want to go and spend some time at, listening to the thoughts of all the people who left their message there. Otherwise you may want to check out the Teens’ Speech Blog which is now shutting down for business.
It certainly looks like it was a very well organised project that gathered a lot of people’s thoughts and dreams, and a great resource for all of you out there, and perhaps a great space to listen for a while and gain some hope, inspiration and ideas.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vA6Dm-P-VsQ[/youtube]
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