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Creative help needed to tackle youth homelessness

By Stephanie Akousa - Crossposted from 'Seven Sisters Community':

Hi, my name is Stephanie and I'm a Team v leader which is created by vInspired.

Team v is a network of 100 young people who are interested in creating positive social change within our communities. Last years campaigns, 8 weeks each involved Team v Leaders, tackling child poverty, tackling elderly loneliness and tackling child illiteracy. Before Team v, I never knew 75,000 young people are made homeless each year and 1 in 2 young people are made homeless! We want to eliminate other young people becoming homeless.

This year, myself and a group of 3-6 passionate volunteers are aiming to tackle youth homelessness within Tottenham, by raising awareness by creating a stunt and challenging the perceptions of people in Tottenham by creating an exhibition showcasing the hopes and dreams of young people made homeless.

We will do this by getting a local organisation to support us. However, we need general volunteers and 3 core volunteers to be a social media rep, Director of PR and marketing and Director of photography and film. We need an infinite amount of general volunteers to help out with our campaign in Youth homelessness with the stunt or exhibition! :)

The video campaign is below.

Thanks for taking the time to read this, and I hope to hear from you soon.

All the best :)

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Permalink Reply by Seema Chandwani on October 27, 2012 at 23:39

Neville... I read this a couple of times and am completely confused. What help does she want?

Permalink Reply by Alan Stanton on October 27, 2012 at 23:48

Perhaps you and Neville could go and talk to her, Seema.

2zngxy5mmqt6aPermalink Reply by 2zngxy5mmqt6a on October 28, 2012 at 12:23

Team v is about 18-25 year old leaders raising awareness of youth homeless. To do this, we need to create a STUNT which can be indoor or outdoor, for e/g - a flash mob or putting a sofa outside and handing out leaflets about the services available to the young people on homelessness to help them know more about it. We also need to plan an event/exhibition to show the dreams and perceptions of young people made homeless. We will do this by getting in contact with charity organisations who help young people made homeless. We attempt to interview or get information about the dreams and ambitions of the young people made homeless and show it at our event/exhibition in a video.

We need general volunteers who can help us with our stunt and exhibition e.g - by helping us with any furniture or leading people to where the stunt is.  They need to be between 18-25. 

 

Please ask more questions! 

00xac4z9hp0tjPermalink Reply by 00xac4z9hp0tj on October 28, 2012 at 0:49
I am confused too ..
Permalink Reply by Hugh on October 28, 2012 at 1:35
Isn't the following the nub of it?

"we need general volunteers and 3 core volunteers to be a social media rep, Director of PR and marketing and Director of photography and film. We need an infinite amount of general volunteers to help out with our campaign in Youth homelessness with the stunt or exhibition!"
Permalink Reply by John D on October 28, 2012 at 6:03

Volunteers should be 18 - 25. Lets me out

Nice little video though. I hope they get the support they want.

Permalink Reply by Old-Age-Emporium(OAE) on October 28, 2012 at 11:13

Before Team v, I never knew 75,000 young people are made homeless each year and 1 in 2 young people are made homeless! 

Me neither. Where?  When?  How?  For how long?  50% of young people homeless in this country? city? borough?  Homeless by what definition?  A night on your mate's sofa because a parent doesn't understand you?  

I think we should be told, Neville.  And how will a stunt help them?  But I suppose there may be worse uses for social meeja technology.

2zngxy5mmqt6aPermalink Reply by 2zngxy5mmqt6a on October 28, 2012 at 11:56

Hi everyone,

It's Stephanie, sorry for the confusion caused.

Team v is about 18-25 year old leaders raising awareness of youth homeless. To do this, we need to create a STUNT which can be indoor or outdoor, for e/g - a flash mob or putting a sofa outside and handing out leaflets about the services available to the young people on homelessness to help them know more about it. We also need to plan an event/exhibition to show the dreams and perceptions of young people made homeless. We will do this by getting in contact with charity organisations who help young people made homeless. We attempt to interview or get information about the dreams and ambitions of the young people made homeless and show it at our event/exhibition in a video.

We need general volunteers who can help us with our stunt and exhibition e.g - by helping us with any furniture or leading people to where the stunt is.  They need to be between 18-25. 

Please ask any more questions if confused. Sorry about that.

Permalink Reply by Hugh on October 28, 2012 at 12:13

So "we need...... 3 core volunteers to be a social media rep, Director of PR and marketing and Director of photography and film" no longer applies?

2zngxy5mmqt6aPermalink Reply by 2zngxy5mmqt6a on October 28, 2012 at 12:38

Yes we still need these 3 core volunteers in those 3 areas. However, we also need general volunteers.

Permalink Reply by Hugh on October 28, 2012 at 13:08

Great, thanks for the clarification. And they need to be aged 18-25?

2zngxy5mmqt6aPermalink Reply by 2zngxy5mmqt6a on October 28, 2012 at 14:49

yes, between 18-25

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