Care Leavers left hearts and minds deeply touched as the impact of their experience driven film screened on the largest Everyman Cinema screen in the UK this October 2018 as part of the first ever York Mediale, the first international digital arts festival to be hosted in York. A full house of supporters, local politicians,… Read more »
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Thinking Bigger – Inspirational project highlights real voices
Our Big Thinking participant engagement project gives people who are accessing support from Action Towards Inclusion a platform to speak their voice and share their experiences. Through a series of creative workshops with participants and keyworkers on the programme from across York, North Yorkshire and East Riding, Inspired Youth have been listening to people share… Read more »
Stories have inspired me to become the best version of myself
After many years of successes and collaborations at Inspired Youth, Liam Powers aka Kritikal Powers leaves his role at Inspired Youth Arts at the end of October. Here are a few words of reflection from Liam followed by a reflection from Kev Curran Director and co founder of Inspired Youth. Liam Powers – “I have… Read more »
‘A story like ours’ campaign exhibits in dementia awareness week
An Inspired Youth media and film campaign commissioned by JRF is set to launch a public exhibition during National Dementia Awareness week. The exhibition, which features positive portraits featuring people living with dementia and their families and Carers, will be showcased at City Of York Council’s West Offices from 18th to 22nd May, before a… Read more »
Powerful PPROM Awareness film
Inspired Youth recently produced a short film for PPROM awareness. PPROM (Preterm Premature Rupture of Membranes) happens in about 2% of all pregnancies. In this Little Heartbeats film Ciara and Rachel tell the story of how they lost their babies to PPROM and how they are campaigning to raise awareness so other mums don’t have… Read more »
A Story Like Ours exhibition previews at Harmony Cafe
The private launch of the ‘a story like ours’ exhibition, featuring people living with dementia with their carers and loved ones, took place this weekend at Harmony Cafe. The gallery was very well received and people particularly enjoyed the short stories that accompanied the portraits. Having secured the approval of the participants, the exhibition will now go on… Read more »
Music4Care scoops National Kids Count Award
Inspired Youth & The Springboard Project joined Music4Care participants in Westminster London to attend the Kid’s Count Inspiration Awards 2014. In a high profile event held in the Houses Of Parliament, brothers Danny and Dean Innes, who were part of a team of care leavers who wrote “How To Fly” (a song about their care experiences), took to the stage to collect their… Read more »
YCR’s Sami Speaks at the Dinner of Dreams Ball
YCR founding member Sami recently attended The Cooperative’s Dinner of Dreams ball. The ball which was in aid of raising money for Young Adult Carers was attended by over 800 guests, including Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal. Read more about the incredible Young Carers Revolution and the work they have achieved here.
Music4Care Video Viral Launch
After months of dedication the music video was finally ready to share with the world! The video was tweeted by Sir Ken Robinson rap artist KKOKE and the world wide famous SEAL and has since been watched over 10,000 times on youtube in over 10 countries around the world. The video features care leavers who wrote the song as… Read more »
Tiny Treasures Tour Makes Big Impact
The Tiny Treasures school tour was a massive success! Inspired Youth in Partnership with Theatre Hullabaloo worked together to develop the content of a play commissioned by Young Carers Revolution (YCR) made such an impression in one school that an entire class from Greenfield School wrote letters about their ‘Tiny Treasures’ experience. To find out more about… Read more »