Peer Pressure
Youth-led Health Promotion
Reading through the latest issue of Children & Young People Now, an article caught my eye.
The ‘Skills for the job’ section talks about the need for youth organisations to “actively involve young people in developing policies for a healthy lifestyle”.
So why is this important?
Well as we know, for years, health education in schools has taken a scaremongering approach telling young people what not to do and the risks of doing it. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Mirror mirror on the wall’ who will be our enterprise winner overall?
The next campaigns to reach the National Finals have now been decided on and come from schools in the Midlands and South East.
The first campaign comes from year 9 students at Dormston School in Dudley, who created their ‘Mirror Mirror…’ poster using a realistic wall design, mirror frame and real mirror inserts. They hope by students sharing selfies on Facebook, that they will spread the message that a huge 99% of them would take action against bullying in their school – a very original campaign idea!
The next finalists are Holly Hall Academy, also from Dudley, whose campaign was just too well thought out not to make the shortlist. Focussing on the fact that most of them never or rarely drink alcohol, they designed up water bottle labels using their catchy brand name ‘holly h2o’, which were placed onto bottles and sold in their school. They also created an original hashtag to integrate social media into their campaign. Read the rest of this entry »
Young People Wow Us Once Again!
The final week of term is upon us and what a fantastically successful year it has been for R U Different?
2014-15 has been the biggest year for us to date with many new schools across the UK and Denmark taking part in the programme.
After their introduction in the last academic year, our enterprise days have once again been a huge success in schools, proving young people are truly the experts in leading change!
One that particularly caught our eye came from year 9’s at Netherwood ALC in Barnsley (pictured).
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Roadshow Opens Up New Opportunities
Social Sense attracted over 150 visitors from throughout the UK to their recent national roadshows, where engaging positively and measurably with young people was top of the agenda.
Delegates from local authorities, schools, public health groups and many more joined the team at venues in Manchester, Newcastle, London and Birmingham. Social Sense presented and discussed the work which they have been doing over the last 5 years, and the exciting and engaging future projects which are on the horizon. Read the rest of this entry »
And the Winner is!
Ridgewood High School with their brilliant Healthy Selfie campaign! Read the rest of this entry »
