Truth about Youth

Challenging negative media stereotypes of young people through positive action.


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Truth About Youth is The Co-operative Foundation’s £280,000 project in Birmingham, being run in partnership with Envision, to challenge and change the widespread negative perceptions of young people.Over the course of the project Truth about Youth will be supporting over 600 young people aged 16-19 to take real action on issues in their local community. In addition around 100 young people will be running their own youth-led campaigns challenging the negative stereotypes of young people.

Truth about Youth News Update

	10th October 2011: Date for your Diary
	The third year of Truth about Youth promises to be the best year ever with a record number of students signing up. We've already set a date for the big Kick off welcome event which will take place at Aston Villa Stadium on Friday 11th Nov. Click here for more event details or to book your place.
	8th July 2011: All glitz and glammer at the Truth about Youth awards
	It was a glitzy affair at this year's award ceremony with over 250 people in attendance including the mayor of Birmingham herself. See the pictures from the event and find out who won the special award categories.
	1st June 2011: Judges review the nominations for Truth about Youth awards
	The judging panel met this week to review the nominations for the 6 Truth about Youth Awards. The winners will be announced at the Award Ceremony on 7th July. Find out if your team was nominated.
	15th February 2011: Are you ready for The Ultimate Challenge
	Envision Teams are getting ready to take to the streets of Birmingham to take part in The Ultimate Challenge. The task? To tell people the Truth about Youth. What are the team challenges..?
	21st December 2010: Birm students take business dragons for £2000
	After weeks of plannning and preparation the Teams delivered some inspiring pitches and managed to win over £2000 from the Dragons as well as support in kind to deliver their projects. Find out how much each team won....
	2nd December 2010: Teams pitch their ideas to win up to £500
	Five teams of Envision students have been shortlisted to present their ideas to a panel of businesses and community leaders for the chance of winning money to fund their projects. What do they want to spend the money on?
	23rd November 2010: Missed the Kick Off event? Then watch the highlights here
	The second Truth about Youth debate was captured on film for your viewing pleasure. Find out who said what to who at the Envision You Tube Channel
	11th November 2010: Young People and the Big Society
	Young people from across Birmingham joined business leaders, politicans and community leaders at the second Truth about Youth debate to discuss whether young people are the Big Problem or the Big Solution? Find out what happened
	2nd September 2010: Why the young get a bad press
	Why are there more negative stories about young people when new stats show that 75% of young people regularly volunteer to help others. Read this fascinating piece by Ally Fogg in The Guardian
	23rd July 2010: Envision Teams appear in Birmingham Post film
	The Birmingham Post have created a short film about the Truth about Youth awards ceremony. Were you there on the night? Have a look and see if you feature in the film.
	9th July 2010: Who won the Truth about Youth Awards?
	Hundreds of Envision students descended on Birmingham Town Hall to hear the winners of the Truth about Youth awards announced. Do you know any of the winners?
	11th May 2010: Truth about Youth Award Nominations
	Envision are pleased to annouce that the nominations for the first ever Truth about Youth awards have been released. To find out if your friends, family or Envision team has been nominated have a look at What's Happening?
	29th April 2010: BBC presenter pledges support
	BBC Midlands Today presenter, Ben Godfrey, has pledged his support to the Truth about Youth campaign. To hear what he has pledged to do to support young people watch the film clip at See your Pledge.
	19th April 2010: Pledge cards released
	You can now pledge your support to the Truth about Youth campaign with the NEW pledge cards. Download the pledge cards and tell us what you plan to do to challenge the negative stereotypes of young people.
	4th Feb 2010: New weblink for Truth about Youth campaign
	The Truth about Youth campaign now has its own weblink on the Envision homepage with extra pages dedicated to showcasing student projects.
	15th Dec 2009: Over £8000 awarded at Pitch 4 Change
	Envision Teams are awarded over £8000 through Envisions Pitch 4 Change. The money will help the student teams deliver their projects or extend their projects to wider audience. The panel of judges were so impressed that they also made offers of personal support. See the photos from the event.
	10th Dec 2009: £500 Awards up for grabs at Pitch 4 Change
	Twenty Envision Teams from around the UK have been shortlisted to pitch their ideas for positive change to a panel of judges in the hope of winning up to £500 to help deliver their projects. Find out what ideas they posed to the panel...
	5th Dec 2009: Envision Grad Event
	A handful of hard-core Envision graduates gave up their Saturday lie-in to come to one of the first of a series of Envision Grad events aimed at supporting them to develop further campaigns and projects. The day was packed full of activities including masterclasses in writing press releases, film editing and campaigning as well as advice on presentation and communication skills.
	15th Nov 2009: Truth about Youth Big Debate
	The first Truth about Youth event kicked off this week with a Big Debate on the issue of negative media portrayal of young people. The event attracted a whole host of dignitaries including local councillors, local business leaders and representatives from the BBC and the Birmingham Post. Want to hear the full story...?
	12th Nov 2009: Truth about Youth Launches
	The Truth about Youth was officially launched at the Envision Birmingham Kick Off Event at Aston Villa Football Club. Over 250 young people from across Birmingham came together in a demonstration of their commitment to challenging the negative stereotypes of young people as apathetic and disengaged. Have a look at some photos from the event...