Surrey Square Primary School who led off LET'S TALK in January 2019 with the opening discussion Forum have signed up for the 2020 series. LET'S TALK is delighted and looks forward to working again with the brilliant staff and head teacher who nurture their children with Values teaching underpinning everything that goes on in the school.
Inspiring stories emerge. Young people in the Peckham area brought together by Movement Factory under the leadership of Leanne Pero have produced a powerful film drama about being young and having your phone taken off you. An all too common experience. But how to respond? Make a poor choice and life can spiral out of control ... Movement Factory however [...]
In the capital, knife crime and youth violence have become depressingly regular features of the news bulletins. Week on week we hear about another young life taken, a family heartbroken, and a community shattered. Since 2014 knife crime has increased by 22% across England and Wales and by 36.7% across London. The Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) statistics [...]
We know more than gang crime and violence, we should have more events like this but we need to speak about other stuff. student at Harris Academy Peckham
LET'S TALK guarantees anonymity to all participants. Forums are audio recorded so that a transcript can be produced, but names are removed. Anyone willing to be filmed after the event is welcomed. Sharing views and ideas is powerful for peers and adults too. On this website you can find testimony in audio and video from some of the young people [...]
