Truth About Youth

Envision, Birmingham
Envision, a youth empowerment charity, is challenging negative sterotypes of young people by supporting 1000 16-19 year olds to actively make a difference in their local community. Envision provides hands-on support for young people to start up their own projects tackling local issues that are important to them - from street crime to climate change.

Find out more about Envision.

Young Scot, Glasgow
Young Scot in Glasgow is using social media and interactive tools to provoke discussion and challenge negative perceptions of young people. Their Truth about Youth workshops help facilitate conversation and dialogue between young people and adults in communities.

Find out more about Young Scot.

Regional Youth Work Unit, Tyne & Wear
The team at Regional Youth Work Unit have employed two young co-ordinators and a youth steering group to help ensure all aspects of their programme is youth-led. RYWU is running positive events for young people to take part in during school holidays and are creating strong links with the local media to ensure young people get the recognition they deserve.

Find out more about the RYWU.

The Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
The Royal Exchange Theatre explores and challenges negative perceptions of young people through a programme led by 1,000 14-19 year olds from across greater Manchester. Teams of young people develop, produce and present a range of theatre projects culminating in a two-week Festival in the summer of 2012.

Find out more about The Royal Exchange Theatre.

The Oval House Theatre, London
Oval House is a theatre group in South London who is challenging and changing stereotypes of young people by working co-operatively with members of the local communities to create original performances, exhibitions or artworks to communicate the Truth about Youth.

Find out more about The Oval House Theatre.

The Prince's Trust, Bristol
The Truth about Youth programme run by Prince's Trust in Bristol enables young people to access media opportunities and work with their communities in order to challenge and change negative perceptions of young people through a multitude of channels.

Find out more about The Prince's Trust.

Platform 51, Cardiff
Working with young people in six areas of Cardiff, Platform 51 challenges negative local perceptions about young people to help them feel valued and respected. Young people form Truth Teams, identify the most important subjects in their local communities and then devise a co-operative community project to tackle them.

Find out more about Platform 51.