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02 03 “HEADLINERS IS ADDICTIVE: THE MORE YOU GET INVOLVED THE MORE YOU WANT TO TAKE ON. I’VE HAD SUCH AMAZING EXPERIENCES, INTERVIEWING PEOPLE FROM HIV VICTIMS IN THE SLUMS OF NAIROBI, TO MPs, TO RICHARD BRANSON, AND EACH INTERVIEW HAS BROADENED MY MIND, HELPED MY CONFIDENCE AND DEVELOPED MY JOURNALISM SKILLS.” Ella, 17

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WHAT WE DO WHAT WE BELIEVE WHAT WE ACHIEVE Welcome to Headliners... 12 YEARS OF HEADLINERS Our mission > To inspire children and young people to investigate All children and young people “I think I have changed a lot. Headliners is a personal development and and challenge the world around them, enhance their personal have the right to have their I feel I am more confident, > 2500 young people have had the opportunity to learn and learning through journalism programme development and promote their right to be heard as equals. voices heard on an equal more able to communicate develop their skills platform with adults. properly with others and more for young people aged 8-19. We are a Publication and broadcasting >Young people research issues Young people’s learning is knowledgeable about reporting, > A further 1500 have had their views published or broadcast registered charity with over 10 years and produce stories for publication and broadcast in the mainstream improved by the opportunity to technology and the working media. Recent work includes broadcasts for Sky News and BBC Radio work together in groups of mixed world in general.” Clare, 17 > 1200 stories have been produced for publication and 30 of experience, under our former name 4, and publication in , local newspapers and websites ages, abilities and backgrounds. magazines published Children’s Express, of promoting young covering issues such as gang wars, HIV/AIDS and size zero women. This raises aspirations, promotes “It’s like: What do you think? We also make documentaries in partnership with organisations tolerance and helps the celebration What do you think? I am not > More than 50 films, documentaries and TV packages people’s voices through our national news such as Save the Children. The stories are produced by the young of diversity. used to that. People don’t often have been made and more than 50 radio packages have agency run for and by young people. people themselves supported by adult journalists. Journalism is a powerful ask me what I think. They don’t been broadcast vehicle for furthering the usually care.” Aysha, 14 Participation > Young people are at the centre of Headliners and personal and social development > Over 500 young people supported by Headliners have been get involved in decision making at every level. We assist other of children and young people by “Before, nearly all of my friends involved in advising local and national government across organisations to develop participation strategy by training adults giving them the ability to think were from the same background, the UK on policy and have participated in decision and young people in areas such as the recruitment of staff, business critically about the world and but being here has enabled me making. They have interviewed over 300 politicians and planning and influencing policy in their communities. Young people express what they think in a to branch out and make new people in power from Headliners can become trustees after the age of 18. clear and engaging manner. friends.” John, 17 Practising journalism requires > More than 30 young people have travelled to 10 countries Partnership and outreach > Headliners works in partnership with them to engage in the civic life “You become more comfortable outside the UK from Japan to Ghana and Canada to South voluntary and government organisations, raising the voice of young of their communities. talking in front of people and Africa on stories affecting young people worldwide. people in their own communities. Trusting young people to more comfortable saying what Our focus is on young people who are isolated or at risk of take decisions about their lives, you think.” Sean, 12 > In a survey among young people from Headliners: exclusion, those who are disabled or have experienced being in enhances their confidence 75% said they had improved job prospects care and young people from minority groups. and aspirations. “I would have been quite a 75% worked in a team better We work on an outreach basis with many groups in their own Our staff and our partners different person if I hadn’t 70% felt better about their future communities, but also aim to bring young people together in our should always strive to achieve joined. If I could, I would 65% improved self confidence centres in , Newcastle, and Derry to learn from each the highest standards in definitely do it all again.” 60% acquired better office skills other and celebrate diversity. everything that we do. Oliver, now 23 04 www.headliners.org 05 “I LIKE THE FACT YOU CAN PRODUCE A PIECE OF JOURNALISM JUST AS GOOD AS AN ADULT JOURNALIST. IT HAS TOTALLY CHANGED AND DEVELOPED MY ATTITUDE TO MANY THINGS AND ISSUES. I TRY TO BE MORE OPEN MINDED AND MORE UNDERSTANDING.” Samir, 16

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CHAIR’S MESSAGE DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE OUR PROGRAMMES ANNABEL, 20 Headliners, formerly Children’s Express, celebrated its 10th This is an exciting new episode for Headliners. New opportunities, Membership > Delivered in Participation > Young people anniversary in November 2005. This marked not only a decade new challenges and the limitless potential of new media are on our centres bringing together have a say on the issues and “I began my journey at dedicated to quality of successfully promoting the voices and personal development offer to the young people we involve and the many others we want a diverse range of young services that affect them in Headliners as an interviewee. journalism and youth of young people through our programmes of learning through to reach. people who have a long-term their local authority, government I sat in a room with a participation and I’ve journalism, but also a time for taking stock of our activities in order Our unique charity raises the voice of young people by supporting engagement (over six months) department or any partner team of young journalists met many talented young to re-launch the charity into a new exciting period of growth. them to produce stories of vital concern to them for broadcast and with Headliners taking part in organisation. They produce – some of whom had people. I never realised We have implemented a three year development plan which will publication in the mainstream media. But there has never been a many projects and activities. magazines, video and other questioned Tony Blair for what I could be and see the organisation grow significantly and reach more young people. greater need for Headliners than there is now. material which goes to policy Sky News on the eve of Headliners has helped to This proposed expansion emerged as a result of a major review of Young people are increasingly under attack in the media and in Radio, TV, print > A series of and decision-makers who the election – and was raise my aspirations – being governance and operations. our society and it is the role of Headliners to support young people 12 week programmes learning are challenged to respond. impressed by the a young person doesn’t Although ambitious, the plan allows for incremental growth, to use the media to raise their collective voice and win respect in the principles and skills of print, opportunities they had. mean that you can’t have a allowing us to drive through the roll out of our successful our communities. radio or TV journalism. They Peer training > The peer Age and your background positive voice in the media. programmes in new locations. Our challenge was to build an The multi-media digital age gives Headliners a wonderful work in teams of mixed ages training programme enables weren’t relevant and they With all the skills I learnt appropriate management infrastructure and staff team with the right opportunity to produce more material and have it published or and abilities to tackle issues and young people to provide were trusted to do the I got the job as an uploader skills in order to support the demands that growth will inevitably broadcast in many different ways. Our re-developed website enables produce work for publication training to other young stories independently. on Guardian Unlimited, make on the organisation. This has now been achieved and will allow us to promote the views of more young people who cannot personally and broadcast in the mainstream people and provide participation I started attending and and am now the politics Headliners to provide a service which is responsive and flexible to the access our service through our centres or outreach programmes. It is a media. This programme provides training for adults. They received peer induction sub-editor – the youngest many requests received from government and other organisations. vital resource and archive for everyone to discover the views of young accreditation through the Open also make presentations to training. Personal highlights person to work on the site. Partnerships with local and central government and our colleagues people, as it showcases all our young people’s work including video College Network in reporting, government and at other relevant include: an opinion piece I was appointed a trustee in the voluntary sector are becoming increasingly important and and audio. editing, communication and conferences. The programme being published in the of Headliners in 2006.” productive. We work with charities such as Save the Children and There is a wide diversity of cultures and experiences represented writing for meaning. is soon to be accredited. Independent newspaper Barnardos to produce films to raise the voice of young people who in the groups of young people who get involved in Headliners, and it the day I received my AS are particularly disadvantaged, isolated or at risk. is important that young people who are least likely to have a voice are level grades, interviewing Partnership with the new Office of the Children’s Commissioner in not left behind as new opportunities arise to communicate. THE BENEFITS the former Children’s England has given the chance for young people from Headliners to We want them to make the headlines by making adults sit up and Minister Margaret Hodge assist the Commissioner in building his senior management team and listen and give them the confidence to take an active part in their Headliners aims to: for Sky News, influencing develop his business plan. communities and acquire valuable skills for life. >>raise aspirations and self esteem government policy and Our decision to re-brand the organisation will allow us to pursue A Big Lottery grant, significant support from the Department for >>improve communication and literacy skills delivering peer training. our main objective to reach more young people across the UK from Education and Skills and contracts with local authorities alongside >>enhance analytical and critical thinking I was privileged to work a wide range of experiences and backgrounds. our re-branding is enabling us to expand and benefit more young people. >>promote tolerance and good citizenship with staff journalists Arwyn Thomas Fiona Wyton >>celebrate diversity and achievement 06 07 “I HAVE GAINED SO MUCH FROM THE BASIC JOURNALISTIC SIDE TO CONFIDENCE I HAVE ACQUIRED BECAUSE OF THE PROJECT. I HAVE TAKEN PART IN SO MUCH – PRINT JOURNALISM, RADIO WORK AND MOST RECENTLY PEER EDUCATION. I HAVE ALSO HAD THE CHANCE TO TAKE PART IN AN EXCHANGE WITH PEOPLE FROM ITALY AND ESTONIA AND THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND WHO CAME TOGETHER TO MAKE AN HOUR LONG RADIO PACKAGE.” Nicole, 16

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JOURNALISM LYRA, 16 We use journalism as both a personal development tool and to Radio > Two Headliners members, Usman and Jason, took part in to Children Now, the magazine for those working in the children’s promote participation through enabling young people’s voices to a radio discussion programme on EC1 Radio; a community radio sector. Kauthar Siddique-Parks wrote about how new technology “When I look back on my many barriers for me, be represented in the mainstream media. Everything published or station in central London. We’ve now built an on-going partnership means that people from across the world are learning from each other. achievements ten years building my confidence broadcast is available on the Headliners website - www.headliners.org. with them, to help develop our young people. We’ve also had articles published in New Internationalist, the Police from now, I know I’ll and my faith in myself. We contributed to a number of BBC programmes including the Newsletter, the Japan Times, and the Vegetarian, among others. say that Headliners was Headliners gave me a TV > In June 2006 two members of Headliners went to Kenya to see Generation Next campaign on the World Service, as presenters, what changed it all for dream to strive for, to be how young people there are helping to solve the HIV/AIDS epidemic. contributors and producers. Our reporters have appeared on You and Web > In 2006 we provided over 150 columns written by young the better. a successful investigative Ella Parry Davies, 17, and Ghizlan Akerbousse, 13, spent a week Yours on BBC Radio 4, and we’ve also been involved in producing people for Sky’s Reach for the Sky website. Over 40 young people have Before joining, I didn’t journalist. The impact visiting projects around Nairobi and filmed a report that was shown radio packages for distribution by Sky News Radio to over 40 UK been involved. 11-year-old Sarra and eight-year-old Ziyad wrote a column have anything in particular it has had on my life is on BBC News 24 and Sky News. Ella was also invited onto BBC News radio stations, and BBC Radio in Northern Ireland. on why women’s football should have equal status as the men’s game. to be proud of, except dumbfounding. It is the 24 to talk about what she had found out in Africa. Sorcha Boyle, from Derry, took up the issue of ASBOs, which were perhaps a rather bizarre reason I am continuing my Meanwhile, in October 2006, three members of our Foyle Print > In response to continuing negative reporting of British introduced into Northern Ireland in 2005. She questioned whether love of writing. I wasn’t education, in the hope of newsroom, Niall Bradley, Terri McLaughlin and Brian Smyth, made teenagers, 17-year-old Siobahn Slowey wrote a robust defence of adults would be treated in the same way. a straight-A student, like realising my dream. And a video to coincide with a year long project. The Global Eye project young people for The Guardian in September 2006. We’ve also had features on the BBC’s Blast and Newsround websites, some of my schoolmates, the reason I can count looked at HIV/AIDS as both a local and global issue. Through Headliners, several of our young people contributed and the Citizenship Foundation’s G-Nation website. or one of the more popular myself as equal and worthy ones, and I certainly never as those friends whose made the Northern Ireland achievements used to under-16 football squad, as dwarf my own. But thanks a few did. The only thing I to Headliners, they don’t, was really good at was that and can’t, anymore.” passion for writing, and an insatiable curiosity which drove most people well beyond insanity! It was with the help of my friends at Headliners, staff and members, that I won Young Journalist of the Year 2006 from Sky News. They broke down so

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14:45 > In a primary school in opportunity to get their views material, we’re keen to show 18:15 > In our London JORDAN, 12 A Day in the life of Headliners... Hackney, our project worker is heard. And it’s a great read. other people how to make great newsroom four of our peer It’s not every day you get to make a running a workshop for a small radio and TV. trainers are preparing for a “My name’s Jordan and I also wrote for Children group of young people; helping 15:00 > In our Foyle centre, our session they will be running I’ve been a member of Now magazine about video report that gets shown on the BBC, them produce an article for young people are involved in 16:10 >After school our Belfast at the Office of the Children’s Headliners for roughly participation. or write a report that gets published in What’s Up? magazine. The running a training session for a centre gets busy. Several Commissioner this Saturday. three years now. I first got I like being able to go and quarterly magazine is produced group of other young people in young people are preparing to They’ll be leading other involved with Headliners do stories and ask questions. a national newspaper or help a major entirely by Headliners and the purpose-built radio studio. go out and do vox-pops on the young people from both through another group I also like that you can tell organisation with its business planning. gives younger children a real As well as producing our own issue of being in debt. Another London and the North East known as the Children‘s the staff how you want the one of our young people is of England to look at the Parliament. organisation to run. I even writing a weekly column for objectives and priorities We went on a trip to got to do the interviews for 09:15 > Our outreach workers 12:20 > We’ve had a phone call the Sky website. for the OCC over the next the office because we some new members of staff. arrive in a Pupil Referral Unit in from a national radio station to three years. were being interviewed Headliners has truly central London. Using journalism request someone to go and talk 16:45 > In London we’re running for Loud ‘n’ Clear magazine. changed my life for as a starting point, we get about failing schools on tonight’s a photography course for our 19:45 > On an estate in south I really liked it there, so the better, and I would young people who struggle in flagship programme. Although members. As visual imagery London, a group of 12 young I joined at the following recommend it to any conventional education to have we don’t encourage our young becomes ever more important, people have gathered to take training session! young person interested the opportunity to challenge the people to be used just as talking our members need to know how part in an evening outreach Since I joined, Headliners in journalism!” world around them. Today, two heads, because our reporter has to take great photos as well as project that we run. They are has enabled me to do the community police officers have recently researched this story, write crisp copy. talking about the recent sorts of things I never agreed to be interviewed by our they go on and talk about what campaign to ban people thought I’d be able to do. young people on the subject of they have discovered. 17:30 > The evening paper in playing music loudly on the I’ve been on the radio twice, gang violence. Northern Ireland has just been buses, and want to do some and made a feature for the 14:00 > An outreach project published and members in Foyle vox-pops at a nearby tube BBC on school dinners, 10:30 > Staff in Belfast are busy is allowing profoundly deaf eagerly look through for their station to see whether which was really exciting. preparing a video report that has young people the opportunity to commissioned piece. Following members of the public think This year I wrote a story been commissioned by another make a video that explores issues comments made by the local such a ban could be enforced. after learning about what charity. They know our young they face every day in life. They police, they wrote about the They are also planning to it means to become a people are experts in delivering hope the video can be shown to problems of the annual arrange interviews with vegetarian and trying it messages both to other young their friends and relatives who Hallowe’en Carnival in the city, someone from London for a week. It got published people and adults, and like our often don’t understand the real and why young people weren’t Transport and the Mayor in the Japanese Times! fresh and honest approach. difficulties they can encounter. totally to blame. of London’s office. 10 11

“I REALLY ENJOYED DOING PEER TRAINING; IT OPENS UP SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES IN LIFE AND HAS HELPED ME GROW AS A PERSON. I FEEL THAT MY SKILLS AS A PEER TRAINER ARE GETTING BETTER DAY BY DAY. I HAVE MORE CONFIDENCE IN INTERACTING WITH NEW AND DIFFERENT PEOPLE.” Sharmin, 15

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PEER TRAINING PARTICIPATION AOIFE, 16 Peer training is a programme of skills-sharing between peers. External Training: Peer trainers are recruited to deliver workshops and The Headliners programme and organisation is founded on young Experienced young people from Headliners plan and facilitate presentations to external audiences of young people and adults in our people’s participation at every level. Young people receive a peer- “I have been at Headliners Headliners has completely workshops, informal sessions and training days for their peers. journalism and participation programmes. Sessions are tailored to the led induction when they join, they take part in monthly meetings for over two years now changed me as a person. In these sessions peer trainers use their knowledge, skills and need of the client and peer trainers are supported by staff through the to decide their programme of activities and they have a steering and it has been a huge When I first came to the experiences of our programmes to equip their peers with a variety process. They have facilitated workshops in schools, youth clubs, with group which advises the board of trustees. Members who leave the learning experience for project I was quite narrow- of skills and knowledge of the Headliners programme. charities and the public sector. programme at 18 have the opportunity to join the board of trustees. me. I first joined as a result minded, had low self- Young people have been involved in all aspects of developing our new of my friends’ interest in esteem and I definitely had The peer training programme is one of the core elements of the Progression > Young people become peer trainers after the age of 12 mission statement and development plan and a bi-annual conference the project and I saw it what I can only describe Headliners programme as it exemplifies the participatory nature and have varying degrees of experience. They receive training according brings together trustees, staff and young people to develop priorities as a great opportunity to as an attitude problem, of what we do and enhances our other programmes. Peer trainers to their needs and continuous support from staff. Headliners has for the year ahead. improve my English skills. but that’s changed now. are often at the forefront of bringing about change at Headliners. developed an accredited programme of training that will equip peer Headliners assists other organisations in developing their However, I soon realised I have become a very trainers with the skills not just to be Headliners’ facilitators but as participation strategy. Headliners set up and ran the Children and that Headliners had so approachable, open-minded Benefits for peer trainers facilitators and trainers in their own right. Youth Board of 25 young people that advised the Department for much more to offer me. and confident young >>Enables them to reaffirm their skills and use them in a new way Education and Skills on policy. They were from a wide range of I’ve worked on a number person; this is due to the >>Developing new facilitation and training skills backgrounds and experiences and ran peer-led events with hundreds of stories, including a print organisation and the staff in >>Transferable skills to other professions of other young people to get their views. They were also involved feature on how to make Foyle. I now look forward to >>New challenge for those who have experienced the programme in the recruitment of the first Children’s Commissioner in England it in the music industry, more years of contributing >>An opportunity to volunteer and have a greater impact through devising the person specification, short-listing and to doing a radio package to the organisation.” interviewing. Since then, we have been assisting the new on the experiences of a For participants Commissioner Professor Sir Al Aynsley Green to recruit his senior person living with HIV. I’ve >>Young people can build an instant rapport with their trainers management team and other posts, running young people-led sessions also had the opportunity >>Adds a different perspective to learning on business planning and priorities, and helping to design their building. to do live radio interviews >>Peer trainers are able to work at the participants level Other organisations that Headliners has worked with on developing and take part in the >>Sessions are planned by young people so participants enjoy them participation strategy include Plan UK, Save the Children and the making of a First Light >>Participants questions can be answered from experience Northern Ireland Youth Forum. film documentary. I have >>Trainers are a responsible but not authority figure We work with local authorities to produce magazines and videos become more conscious of which review services in their area and challenge the council and the world around me and Delivery > In House Training: Peer trainers are responsible for service providers to respond. Young people from Headliners produced becoming a peer trainer, inducting new members and giving them basic journalism training. a special magazine about the London Borough of Hackney’s youth where I share my skills Peer trainers work with staff to run further training for young people strategy helping them to win the Chartered Institute of Public with other young people. on a variety of skills in the centres and in outreach. Relations Award for Excellence in Consultation. 12 www.headliners.org 13 “I WAS UNEMPLOYED FOR A WHILE AND I THOUGHT, ‘NO, I CAN’T DO ANYTHING’. I WAS JUST TOO LAZY. BUT IT’S BEEN GOOD – I’VE ENJOYED IT ALL AND I DON’T WANT IT TO END, SO I’M GOING TO CARRY ON COMING BACK. I BOUGHT A DICTAPHONE RECENTLY FOR MYSELF SO I CAN JUST RUN AROUND RECORDING EVERYONE.” Francesca, 17

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PARTNERSHIPS AND SUPPORTERS WHAT THEY SAY OUTREACH JOANNA, 18 Headliners values the Council, Knights of the Round for Education and Skills, “When I visited Headliners Much of Headliners’ work takes place with our partners in the partnerships that have been Table, Lancashire Youth and Department for International I was really impressed by the community where our staff journalists work with young people, “Headliners has given be a bit timid. It’s just great established over the years. Our Community Service, Mencap, Development, Department confidence, enthusiasm and many of whom may be isolated or at risk of exclusion, such as black me the opportunity to to know to speak up and partners assist us in providing NCB, NCH, NYA, N14 Kids, North for Social Development ability of all its members. They and minority ethnic groups, or young people who are unemployed or experience things I never just to ask questions if the widest possible range of Eastern Education and Library (Belfast Regeneration Office), told me about the fun and their excluded from school. thought I would be able something’s worrying me locally delivered services which Board, Northern Learning Trust, Department of Health, Esmée real sense of learning, in a very The aim of these projects is to raise the voices of young to. I feel it has opened my or that I genuinely want to are responsive to the needs of our North Lanarkshire Council Fairbairn Foundation, European professional and supportive people who are least likely to have a voice, review services in the mind to things that go on know the answers to. young people. Our supporters Community Learning and Social Fund, First Trust Bank, environment. The support community and encourage young people to become involved in in the world. It’s given I’ve been able to meet and funders enable us to deliver Development, Poole Children’s Glanmore Property Fund Ltd, team at Headliners is doing their communities. me a chance to interview other young people of all these services. Fund, RNIB, Save the Children, Hackney Children’s Fund, an excellent job in developing The outreach project which pioneered our accredited journalism people who can also talk different ages and discuss Trocaire, The Scouts Association, Harriet’s Trust, Heritage Lottery the young people’s inquisitive programme is Project Subway. One group from a Pupil Referral Unit to me about things that issues. It’s great – I have Thanks to our partners Tyneside Deaf Youth Project, UK Fund, Irish Youth Foundation, nature and understanding of went to Fifteen, the east-London restaurant owned by Jamie Oliver. affect people in the different opinions to Amnesty International, A Space, Youth Parliament, UNESCO, Islington Children’s Fund, Jack the media. That will be a great They interviewed the unemployed young people who were given the world, so whether it be someone else’s opinions BBC, Birmingham Institute for University of Ulster NI, Whizz Petchey Foundation, Learning benefit whatever field of work chance to become trainee chefs at this prestigious restaurant. about media, or poverty, and I’d look at where the Deaf, Brent Children’s Fund, Kidz, Young Potential (East and Skills Council (London they enter.” Another of the Project Subway groups is based at Southwark or anything . they’re coming from and Bryson Charitable Group, Midlands), Youth Justice Agency, Central), News International, The Will Haire, Permanent College in London. All the members are profoundly Deaf. They I’ve only been on this their point of view and I’d Canllaw-Online (Wales), Chance 16 Plus Group (Kent). Big Lottery, The Learning Trust Secretary for Education, explored what it means to be a Deaf person in Britain. As part of course for a little while but say that maybe I’d alter my UK, Children’s Rights Alliance for (Hackney), Studio8 Design, True Northern Ireland their report they interviewed Evelyn Glennie the Deaf percussionist. already I’m seeing perks. opinion from here to there. England, Culture Northern Thanks to our supporters Colours Trust, Youth Council for Our work with Deaf young people started in Newcastle in I’ve been able to interview So you get open minded Ireland, Cupboard Project (Leeds), Atlantic Philanthropies, Arts Northern Ireland, for the support “We continue to work in partnership with the Tyneside Deaf Youth Project. The project news presenter, when you come here. It’s Deaf Association NI, Disability Council Northern Ireland, they have given over the years. partnership with Headliners, brought together hearing peer trainers and Deaf young people to Krishnan Guru-Murthy good to experience peoples’ Action, Duke of Edinburgh Barnados (Northern Ireland), which encourages exciting produce stories of importance to them. In addition they produced and talk to him about different backgrounds. Awards, European Voluntary BBC Children in Need, Belfast peer-led training and sustainable a video with British Sign Language, subtitles and voice-over to ‘media, power and truth’, You’re learning but at Service, Greenwich Children’s European Partnership Board, participation in all decision introduce other young people to the Headliners story process the and that was a very the same time it’s exciting. Fund, Habitat for Humanity NI, Big Lottery Fund, BskyB, Camelot making which affect babies, Story Mountain. We have used this as a training tool when working interesting conversation. It’s really, really motivating Hexham Youth Initiative, Foundation, Charities Aid children and young people. They with other Deaf young people. As the weeks go on, I feel but you don’t realise that Homefirst Trust, IRMAS Youth Foundation, City Parochial have been invaluable partners in In Belfast, a radio project with young people and our partners at my skills are being built. you’re covering all these Media Summit, Islington African Foundation, Community Fund recruiting my first-class team.” the Royal National Institute for the Blind produced an Eye Matters I’m getting more confident subjects and learning Project, Jordanstown Schools, (Northern Ireland), Creativity Professor Sir Albert Aynsley- video and radio package. Some of the blind young people became in myself to interview new skills because you’re Kent County Council Youth Seed Fund, Department Green, Children’s members of our Belfast newsroom and began to produce all varieties people, whereas before I’d having so much fun.” Commissioner for England of media and went on to become peer trainers. 14 15 “I JOINED WHEN I WAS 13 AND BY THE TIME I WAS 14 I HAD ALREADY BEEN COMMISSIONED TO HELP THE GUARDIAN WITH A PIECE THEY WERE DOING ON THE STEPHEN LAWRENCE INQUIRY. AS A RESULT OF THIS WHEN I WAS APPLYING TO GO ON THE CITY UNIVERSITY COURSE, I HAD CUTTINGS THAT DATED BACK YEARS.” Carlene Thomas-Bailey, now 21, currently studying a PG Diploma in Newspaper Journalism at City University, London.

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TIMELINE AWARDS FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS CONTACT DETAILS: 1994 > Young reporters interview evaluating children’s services in Education and Skills on policy 1995 > Headliners has a three year development plan to roll out our Pilot programme begins Britain’s youngest mother the London borough of Islington including children’s workforce IBM Community programmes for the benefit of more young people across the UK. Headliners UK & London Registered as a charity development Connections Award Our development plan will concentrate on expanding our Exmouth House, 1999 > 2002 > accredited journalism programme and our peer training 3-11 Pine Street, 1995 > Made presentations to the Produced supplements on young 2005 > 1996 > programme with young people who are particularly isolated London, Launched London office Cabinet Office’s Social Exclusion people’s views for the Daily Young people from all over the Chairman’s Special or at risk, including disabled young people, young people with EC1R OJH Unit on estates and teenage Mirror and country held interviews with Commendation, British experience of the care system and young people from black and t. 020 7833 2577 Report on International pregnancy candidates to appoint the first Press Awards minority ethnic communities. f. 020 7278 7722 Children’s Conference on Developed the Children’s Children’s Commissioner We will begin with outreach programmes in new areas with e. [email protected] the Environment involving Visited Tanzania as part of a Co- Express story archive as an in England Esmée Fairbairn Youth the aim of establishing a new centre, as need and demand requires. 85 countries operative Bank and Christian Aid educational resource for the Development Award With the support of a Big Lottery grant, a grant from the Department Headliners Belfast funded project on third world debt citizenship curriculum Celebrated our 10th Birthday for Education and Skills and other funders and clients in England we Alpha House, 1996 > Prince’s Trust Study will be expanding our operations across London and the South East, 3 Rosemary Street, Interview Tony Blair about his 2000 > 2003 > 2006 > Support Award increasing our work across the North East and setting up programmes Belfast, plans for education if Labour get Opened a new office in Belfast Opened Foyle centre in Derry/ Travelled to Kenya to make a in the West Midlands and the North West. BT1 1QA into power serving young people from Londonderry film on how young people led 1997, 1998, 1999 > Our current centres in London, Newcastle, Derry and Belfast will t. 028 9023 2032 all communities projects in Africa were reducing English-Speaking Union continue to build on outreach work as well as bringing together f. 028 9043 8828 Young reporters publish their Reported on Rights into Action, the spread of HIV/AIDS – shown International Exchange Award young people from different communities. We will also continue to e. belfast-enquiries@ experiences of having their Conducted interviews with 90 the first international congress on Sky News, BBC News 24 and undertake national projects involving our partners across the UK. headliners.org friend stabbed by a rival gang young people for a three part of young disabled peopled held ITN – and attended and reported 2006 > The development of our website will enable us to reach more Channel 4 programme ‘Sex 8-18’ in Wales on the World Aids Conference Sky Young Journalist of the young people, including those living in rural areas, building an online Headliners Foyle 1997 > broadcast in June 2000 in Canada Year Award community in addition to the young people we reach in person. Verbal Arts Centre, Opened centre in Newcastle 2004 > As well as our geographical spread, we will continue to develop Stable Lane, 2001 > Produced the Global Eye Interviewed an unaccompanied 2006 > our programmes by listening and learning from the young people L`derry, Investigate the use of excluding Produced four films featuring in- exhibition and video examining asylum seeker who is to be Best Writing Award in the British who take part in them, so we can be sure that we carry on improving BT48 6PU pupils from schools depth interviews with the three the experiences of immigrants in returned to her native country Library Front Page awards the service and the outcomes for all young people involved in Headliners. t. 028 7127 2514 main party leaders for the Sky Northern Ireland where she knows no-one after e. foyle-enquiries@ 1998 > News General Election coverage three years in Britain headliners.org

Convened ‘Kids these Days’, Set up and ran the Children Registered Charity No: 1043300 a public seminar on media Involved children and young and Youth Board which 2007 > Company Registration Number: 2976335

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