What is Hearing Unheard Voices (HUV) all about?
The HUV project will give young people the skills and opportunities to speak up to shape services, through media and campaigning activities.
HUV is open to groups of young people aged 11-18, with a particular focus on those who are rarely heard such as homeless/ carers/refugees/ LGBT/ BME/ disabled parents and those who do not get on well with school or training.
HUV is supported by 2 workers who you can contact about any aspect of HUV!
Joe Wyatt – Participation Worker
“Want to get involved and have your voices heard? Contact me about all the opportunities!” joe@ukyouth.org or 07984794618
Emma McEwan – E Reach Worker
“Anything relating to Campaigning, writing, or website stuff – get in touch! :-) emma.m@ukyouth.org or 07771375479
HUV enable’s young people to voice their concerns, talk about what effects their lives, what they want to change, or what they have already achieved through campaigning.
There are 4 strands to HUV these are:
The Steering group
As the Steering group for HUV local influence groups from the 9 regions of England are responsible for setting the Agenda! They decide which direction HUV should go in and our involved at evry stage of the project.
The Steering group meet up at residentials throughout the year to talk about what youth services affect them and how they can implement change within them.
Campaign Challenge Toolkit
The aim of the toolkit is to give youth workers the resources to be able to provide Campaigning and Media activities to their groups, learning new skills whilst also having the opportunity of participating in UK Youth's accreditation - Youth Achievement Awards. We want all the hard work that young people do to be recognised
HUV Social Network website
The HUV website is currently underdevelopment, but will be going live in February! During the development phase we want as much input as possible to get a website that young people will actually use.
The website will showcase the whole of HUV – All the campaigns youth workers and young people are working on in your local groups, and at a national level, showcasing examples of Best Practice, along with how campaigns have helped influence decision makers, journalists or even MP's,
Their will also be a big focus on social networking – so young people can invite friends to have a look at the hard work that has been put in to the campaigns , and get everyone to join in, and support the campaigns!
E-Reporters
The e-reporters exist in a virtual community through the HUV website (which is currently in Development) with the main task of being reporters in their local communities. We want to know everything that goes on through videos, podcasts, photos, news articles etc… and the HUV website will be the place to show this all off!
If you want to get involved with HUV or to find out more contact Joe Wyatt joe@ukyouth.org
