‘Changing the Narrative’ is a film about the use of language in social work. Inspired Youth and North Yorkshire county council teamed up to make a film about changing the narrative of social work lingo! The film uses humour to get across a powerful and important message about the kind of language professionals use when… Read more »
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New film aims to change the narrative
Following the launch of a brand new film by Inspired Youth in partnership with North Yorkshire County Council, we talk to the man behind the script, Jonny Hoyle. “Changing The Narrative” is a short film that uses humour to get across a very serious message about the language professionals use with children in care and… Read more »
The voices of care children spoken through film
Check out the powerful 1% short film series shaped by young people which highlight themes around the journey from Care to Independence. The project was part of York Mediale 2018 and was supported by JRF. We have dreams and aspirations Like everyone else – feat. Kritikal Powers Behind the statistics – short documentary about the… Read more »
Care Leaver ‘movement’ makes profound impact with the 1% at Everyman Cinema
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 »
“The Looked After Kid” writes powerful story shaped by young people
Famous for his books “The looked after kid” and “We all shine on” former NME Journalist and author Paolo Hewitt is a fantastic writer who has written powerful books about his life in care. This year Paolo has been working with Inspired Youth in coproduction with Show Me That I Matter (SMTIM) on a new project that uses… Read more »
Youth powered ‘Aspire To More’ campaign wins National Award
A youth-powered project created to raise the aspirations of care experienced young people has been recognised with a National Award. The Aspire To More campaign won ‘Most Inspirational Youth Campaign’ at the National Kids Count UK Awards. Members of the council, known as Show Me That I Matter (SMTIM) joined Inspired Youth to attend an awards ceremony on 21 November at… Read more »
Aspire project scoops National Award
Young people behind the Aspire To More project were honoured with recognition for their inspiring work at an amazing event hosted by the National Care Leavers Benchmark Forum, at Chelsea Football Club. Young people involved in the project joined care experienced young people from local authorities from across the county, sharing their poster campaign and… Read more »
Youth led edge-of-care film in production
Over the last 2 days we have been working with #SleepOnIt which is an innovative early intervention service in #Calderdale working with children on the #edgeofcare The young people were making a film about the service and shaped every aspect of the production! They gave great performances and the local policeman even got involved in… Read more »
The day we met Paolo Hewitt
Paolo Hewitt came to York this week to meet young people for a very different kind of interview – one composed by a group of looked after children in the city. The questions were devised by Show Me That I Matter, a group of looked after young people who advocate for issues effecting all children in care in York. The… Read more »
A foster carer recruitment campaign driven by experiences
Inspired Youth have partnered up with Foster Focus to create a brand new Foster Carer recruitment campaign for Kirklees Council. The campaign has been in development and is being shaped through consultations with professionals and foster carers to draw on real life experience to create key messages. Today we met with foster carers from Leeds and… Read more »