Make your voice count
Authoring Our Own Stories
Authoring Our Own Stories is a youth recovery project examining how young people’s identities impact on their access to services. We plan to deliver arts-based workshops with young people and youth work professionals to explore how we reshape services locally, regionally, and nationally to improve the offer in place to young people and break the cycle of inequality.
Our first project Authoring Our Own Stories
Authoring Our Own Stories has been funded by the National Lottery Community Fund for five years. The programme is being led by Partnership for Young London with Youth Focus North West, Youth Focus South West and Yorkshire and Humber Regional Youth Work unit.
The Questions we asked Young People?
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Question 1
What Identities matter to you personally?
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Question 2
How are the identities you’ve shared relevant when you’re out and about in the community or in groups?
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Question 3
Who do you think has influenced who you are?
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Question 4
Do you think Identities are forced upon you, and if so how much? (Is there always a choice?)
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Question 5
What is your ideal safe place to share who you are?.
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Question 6
Do youth clubs/services support who you want to be?
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Question 7
Are there other places that don't support who you want to be?
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Question 8
How has Youth Work helped you in terms of your identity and how could you get involved to make a positive change?