Truth about Youth is about challenging the negative media stereotypes of young people through positive action.
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The campaign is a two-year programme being run by Envision and supported by The Co-operative Foundation. Over the course of the project Truth about Youth will be supporting over 600 young people aged 16-19 to take real action on issues in their local community. In addition around 100 young people will be running their own youth-led campaigns challenging the negative stereotypes of young people.
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2nd September 2010: Why the young get a bad press |
| Why are there more negative stories about young people when new stats show that 75% of young people regularly volunteer to help others. Read this fascinating piece by Ally Fogg in The Guardian | |
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23rd July 2010: Envision Teams appear in Birmingham Post film |
| The Birmingham Post have created a short film about the Truth about Youth awards ceremony. Were you there on the night? Have a look and see if you feature in the film. | |
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9th July 2010: Who won the Truth about Youth Awards? |
| Hundreds of Envision students descended on Birmingham Town Hall to hear the winners of the Truth about Youth awards announced. Do you know any of the winners? | |
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11th May 2010: Truth about Youth Award Nominations |
| Envision are pleased to annouce that the nominations for the first ever Truth about Youth awards have been released. To find out if your friends, family or Envision team has been nominated have a look at What's Happening? | |
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29th April 2010: BBC presenter pledges support |
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BBC Midlands Today presenter, Ben Godfrey, has pledged his support to the Truth about Youth campaign. To hear what he has pledged to do to support young people watch the film clip at See your Pledge.
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19th April 2010: Pledge cards released |
| You can now pledge your support to the Truth about Youth campaign with the NEW pledge cards. Download the pledge cards and tell us what you plan to do to challenge the negative stereotypes of young people. | |
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4th Feb 2010: New weblink for Truth about Youth campaign |
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The Truth about Youth campaign now has its own weblink on the Envision homepage with extra pages dedicated to showcasing student projects. |
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15th Dec 2009: Over £8000 awarded at Pitch 4 Change |
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Envision Teams are awarded over £8000 through Envisions Pitch 4 Change. The money will help the student teams deliver their projects or extend their projects to wider audience. The panel of judges were so impressed that they also made offers of personal support. See the photos from the event.
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10th Dec 2009: £500 Awards up for grabs at Pitch 4 Change |
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Twenty Envision Teams from around the UK have been shortlisted to pitch their ideas for positive change to a panel of judges in the hope of winning up to £500 to help deliver their projects. Find out what ideas they posed to the panel...
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5th Dec 2009: Envision Grad Event |
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A handful of hard-core Envision graduates gave up their Saturday lie-in to come to one of the first of a series of Envision Grad events aimed at supporting them to develop further campaigns and projects. The day was packed full of activities including masterclasses in writing press releases, film editing and campaigning as well as advice on presentation and communication skills.
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15th Nov 2009: Truth about Youth Big Debate |
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The first Truth about Youth event kicked off this week with a Big Debate on the issue of negative media portrayal of young people. The event attracted a whole host of dignitaries including local councillors, local business leaders and representatives from the BBC and the Birmingham Post. Want to hear the full story...?
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12th Nov 2009: Truth about Youth Launches |
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The Truth about Youth was officially launched at the Envision Birmingham Kick Off Event at Aston Villa Football Club. Over 250 young people from across Birmingham came together in a demonstration of their commitment to challenging the negative stereotypes of young people as apathetic and disengaged. Have a look at some photos from the event...
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