

SHAPEYOURGEN
YOUTH PROJECTS OR PRODUCTS within the SOTYC are 'YOUTH LED & YOUTH FED’ – being CO-DESIGNED with young people which we feel is vital to any project to foster
OWNERSHIP & PARTICIPATION.
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‘SHAPE YOUR GEN’ is our citywide youth voice forum as a collective where young people represent their communities.
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Shape Your Gen supports the citywide youth strategy with Stoke-On-Trent city council & local trusted providers.​​​

"YOUNG PEOPLE NEED TO ‘STAND FOR SOMETHING, RATHER THAN FALL FOR EVERYTHING’."
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Over the last 4 years, we have conducted research & feedback with young people in local high schools, & the community. Please see below some of the highlights that inform our purpose-driven projects.

YOUTH VOICE...
WE DO WANT:
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Places to go, & something to do
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Instant mental health support
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Digital Support
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People who ‘get us ‘ (Lived experience leaders),
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Stuff on after school, at night somewhere to go, something to do, get me ‘off road’
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Make new friends / get me out of my crib
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Music stuff
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Gym
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Boxing
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Cool hip-hop nights
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Gaming
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Sport
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Computers
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Art space
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Somewhere I can launch my own fashion range
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Someone to help you when your head falls off
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Cool equipment like youth club stuff
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Somewhere to show your talents off
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Get job skills
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Cool café
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Junk golf
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Geeks library
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Somewhere to go with my baby so I’m not left out,
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People to talk to, be yourself
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Girls' area where you don’t have to put up with lads' s****.
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To know what I can do when & how easy to get to that doesn’t cost much
WE DON’T WANT:
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Old community & Church halls
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Ripped pool tables
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People in suits telling us about our lives
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Somewhere that isn’t our own
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Like where you can’t graft it up or make a noise
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Somewhere that’s cheesy
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Crap music
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Broken equipment
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'Only once a week cos’ it’s not enough
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People telling you to be quiet & chattin about things you don’t ‘get’
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Not bein real
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People being racist
Young people, 11-18yrs, across Stoke-on-Trent said...











