A young person at Bede House Youth Adventure Project comments in a discussion over who you can turn to for support if you witnessed someone being stabbed. A police officer asked, "if you were in a situation where you felt you needed support; is there anywhere you think you could go to get it?" The young person responded, "Don’t [...]
A young person in Bede House Youth Adventure Project makes an observation in response to the question, "what do you think when you see a police officer?" One person said simply, "They're trouble." The young person in the recording says, "I feel like police officers have like a really negative name in society. Because a lot of people get stopped [...]
Building on the success of the LET'S TALK format, the 2020 series of Forums increased from three to six events, though due to Covid-19 the final event scheduled at Dulwich College was postponed due to lockdown. Overall therefore we are reaching further across our target area in Southwark, to more local schools, youth clubs and performing arts organisations. They began [...]
A YouTube channel to educate the parents was proposed by students in the first round of discussion Forums early in 2019. Community TV Trust is taking up the challenge and looking for young people to step forward and generate content for this channel. Podcast - text - image - video - music ... If you are 19 or under and [...]
The second Forum of 2020 was back at Surrey Square Primary School where the audience combined pupils and guest adults from The Children's Society, Southwark Council's Child Sexual Exploitation, local charity United St. Saviour's, and a radio journalist. Here is a comment from the Head of Year 6 - Children need us to talk
Mental health - a subject brought up by young people. An urgent need - along with youth provision and sports facilities?
There’s many bad things from social media, but social media is only a thing, we’re the people who are in social media, we’re the people who use social media. Bede YAP youth member
HAP: There should be a YouTube channel that has people like you as a panel, and they go to different schools and have different secondary and primary schools give their opinion on serious issues ... Parents would actually watch it especially if their child goes to that school. And through hearing all these different opinions they will know how their [...]
Know your rights and the right questions to ask. Stop & Search can be played out with respect and even-handedness.
