Young people urged to speak out
YOUNG people from Harborough District are being urged to speak out on issues of importance to them.
Harborough District Council in partnership with the Rural Youth Voice Project are asking young people to come up with a creative way to give their opinion on things that affect them and those around them, whether positive or negative, local, national or global.
The competition is based on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child which sets out in 42 Articles the fundamental rights of every child and young person under 18 years old across the 192 United Nations countries in the world.
Article 12 of these rights says that young people have a right to have their opinions heard and taken seriously and it’s on this right that the competition is based.
Sian Ponting from the Rural Youth Voice Project said: “Giving your opinion can be done in lots of exciting and innovative ways. We want to hear what children and young people have to say, but want to encourage them to say it in whatever way suits them. Meetings and surveys have their place, but this competition provides an opportunity to have fun and be creative.”
Entries can be short films, cartoons, stories, poems, pictures, models, original songs or music.
Topics can be anything that young people want to have their say about, and can be anything from a film about their local youth club, a collage representing their thoughts on climate change, or a song about bullying for example.
Both individuals and group entries are welcome, and many schools across the district have been hearing about the competition through assemblies over the last couple of weeks.
The deadline for entries is September 30.
There will be an opportunity to find out more, or make an entry at this year’s Rock on the Rec at Symington Recreation Ground, Harborough, this Friday, August 5 – come and find Stella in the Tee Pee!
There will be an awards ceremony at Harborough District Council for the finalists in October.
All entries need to be accompanied by a completed entry form.
Further details are available from Harborough District Council’s website at www.harborough.gov.uk/speakout or contact Stella Renwick, HDC Children’s Rights Co-ordinator on 01858 828282 or email s.renwick@harborough.gov.uk
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