Award winning social impact
We produce professional films & campaigns powered by real experiences. We tackle stigma, raise awareness & fight injustice.
Helping people & organisations raise their aspirations since 2007
Inspired Youth are a multi-award winning not-for-profit social enterprise passionate about influencing social change through arts, film, and media campaigns. We put real people at the heart of the creative process, coproducing 100’s of professional social campaigns, films, exhibitions, and events, collaborating with the best artists and organisations we can find.
Our projects help people grow in confidence, learn new skills, and raise their aspirations. By harnessing the insight and experience of real people we create films that make a real impact.
We believe that stories are a powerful tool to influence hearts and minds, we care about amplifying unheard voices and raising aspirations to make a positive impact in the lives of the people we work with and the wider community. We love the power of people’s real experiences and how they can shape inspiring films & campaigns that help change the world for the better.
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We believe in collaboration & join forces with a range of like-minded organisations to make a positive impact in society & create real change.
DECLANS LAW
Every child victim of sexual abuse deserves support when they need it - without fear it will affect justice.
Declan Curran
7th July 1981 – 6th June 1995
AWARENESS CAMPAIGN
Hidden in Plain Sight aims to raise awareness about the hidden harm caused by alcohol misuse. We believe in highlighting the stark realities of alcohol addiction and emphasising the critical need for individuals to access professional alcohol services. Our lived experience coproduced campaign aims to challenge, educate, and inspire individuals to make positive changes in their lives. The campaign was designed for #AlcoholAwarenessWeek and includes a spoken word poem written by volunteers to highlight the carnage and cost of addiction and to promote the power and impact of recovery. Performed by Kritikal Powers with chorus and music written and performed by Jake Mattison.
CELEBRATINg GYPSY HERITAGE
Working in partnership with York Travellers Trust and York Museums Trust, Inspired Youth produced a film exploring Gypsy Heritage with Gypsy Women from York. The film explores real life memories growing up as Gypsy, the roadside lifestyle, and objects within Gypsy culture and lifestyle bringing the stories The film features as part of an exhibition at York Museum Celebrating York’s Gypsy and Traveller Heritage which is open to the public since May 2023 when it was opened in a Launch Event to celebrate the work and the Gypsy women who were involved in the films making.
YOUTH LED FILM
Working in partnership with North Yorkshire Youth, Inspired Youth have co-produced a short film featuring the voices of young people from Selby who have written their own poem about bullying. Through workshops with Liam Powers and Heather McCrorie (North Yorkshire Youth) young people devised a spoken word poem and created scenes and storyboards to bring their film to life. The film will be showcased at a special launch event for the young people and their families to celebrate the work.