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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 »

29-08-2019

Young people shine in Selby Big Local film

A group of young people from Selby have produced a film that explores growing up in Selby. The film is a co production with Inspired Youth and produced in partnership with Selby Big Local and NYCC Selby Prevention Service. Big Local is an exciting opportunity for residents in 150 areas around England to use a… Read more »

17-07-2018

Inspirational Young People win National Award for “A world of good”

Care experienced young people from York have scooped a National Award at the Kids Count National Awards at Westminster for their experience driven fictional story exploring the care journey. Their Care Story project and their story “A world of Good was produced in partnership with Inspired Youth and Show Me That I Matter (SMTIM), Yorks children in care… Read more »

17-07-2018

Suicide Prevention song and video Released

Paper Wings is a song written by Kritikal Powers and Golden Firs. The Paper Wings collaboration is a charity single in aid of PAPYRUS prevention of young suicide. You can download the track here all proceeds in aid of PAPYRUS https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/paper-wings-single/1305150430 PAPYRUS run HOPELineUK, a specialist telephone service staffed by trained professionals who give non-judgemental support,… Read more »

11-11-2017

Inspired Youth shortlisted for National Award

Inspired Youth from York has been shortlisted for the Community Orginisation Award For Age at the National Diversity Awards 2016. The Community Organisation Awards recognise individuals and groups who have made an outstanding contribution to their local community.     Charities and Role Models from across the UK will gather at the breathtaking Anglican Cathedral… Read more »

09-08-2016

Powerful Anti Bullying Campaign Launches

Inspired Youth have produced a new powerful anti bullying campaign for East field Primary School in Wolverhampton in partnership with Foster Focus. The campaign is made up of a poster series and short film devised and performed by young people in Year 6. The campaign was launched during anti bullying week and was shared at… Read more »

07-12-2015

The Aspire Movement

In 2013, artist Kritikal Powers came to Inspired Youth with a vision to create visuals for his music. After supporting Kritikal with “Rebellion” his first release on ITunes, Kritikal went on to work in partnership with Inspired Youth by delivering lyricism workshops on projects such as Music4Care. Inspired Youth then supported Liam with his vision… Read more »

13-04-2015

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 »

09-04-2015

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 »

09-04-2015