Tara / age 14 / Southeast London
Smile with Style is a campaign which aims to get kids helping kids. Tara’s idea is to have youth from her school and other schools and youth clubs in Southeast London design T-shirts to sell for the charity Smile Train and for funds to go back into local youth clubs. By having an activity for young people to engage in, they stay off streets and out of trouble. By raising money, they have an opportunity to both improve their local area youth clubs and help a charity that gives young children a smile. Tara has already created her first printed T-shirt, researched T-shirt and printing costs, recruited friends to start designing and will be featured in the premier issue of WHTVR magazine.
Lewis, Jamie and Emma / aged 14 / Edinburgh, Scotland
We Want to Work is a campaign for exactly what it says. This group wants to create work experience for individuals under 16 that can provide practical training and skills and give them exposure to a variety of jobs they might want to pursue in the future. They feel job experience is very important, but there aren’t many options for under 16’s to try things out. The group has already begun researching local opportunties and plans to start the campaign within their school.
Henry, Alex, Luke and Vignesh / aged 13-14 / Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
Get Ca$h, Keep Ca$h is a campaign to inform young people about responsible finances via a website. The group feels too many young people just ask their parents for money without realising how they spend it or where it comes from. The aim is to inform young people about good finances early so as they leave for uni and beyond, they’re prepared both personally and informed about future finance issues like student loans and mortgages. The group is currently seeking sponsorship and already has the first version of their Get Ca$h Keep Ca$h website up.