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  • What's Junction49 all about?
    What is Junction49

    Junction49.co.uk is where young people share and develop ideas to make a difference, getting support along the way. Learn more on the about us page.

    How do I contact Junction49?

    You can contact Junction49 by:

    Phone: 0845 313 8385
    Email help@junction49.co.uk

    Or by contacting one of the Helpdesk Team on the Junction49 site.

    Who is Junction49 for?

    Anyone aged 16-25 who lives in England.

    Does Junction49 provide funding?

    We are working with 12 Universities around the country, check out the Universities page for more information. If you’re not at one of these universities then post your idea, and have a look at our winfunding page, or we can help you find funding elsewhere.

    How is Junction49 funded?

    Junction49 is a free service run by the charity TimeBank and kindly funded by T-Mobile and v. TimeBank, T-Mobile and v have been working together to create new opportunities for 16-25 year olds to turn their own ideas in to real community projects. The partnership is empowering young people across England to find a voice and make a difference in their communities.

    Why should I use Junction49?

    There are different ways to make a difference in the world. Lots of organisations are asking for your help. But perhaps none of that is inspiring. Junction49 is Youth Led - which means we want young people to lead the way. Junction49 helps you do something YOU want to do and get your mates to help!

    Want to make a difference? Why not do it on your terms with your ideas. Maybe you’ve had a brainwave about making a positive change in your community, or have long been harbouring the desire to make people listen about an issue you feel strongly about. As long as your ideas are geared towards social change, anything goes.

    Tell the world your idea. You can just put your idea out there and see who bites. Or later on when you've figured out how to do it, you can add specific actions for people to take up to take your idea forward.

  • Using the site
    I lost my password

    You need to be registered to post ideas and actions or to comment. If you've lost your password, you can use the lost password feature. If you're still having problems, contact us and we can help!

    I found a bug! / Something isn't quite right!

    We need your help to stamp out those bugs. Please let us know and we will sort it out as soon as possible. Contact us.

    Before contacting us, if you could collect the following information it would be really really helpful:

    1) The web page that gave you the problem
    2) If you know, are you using a Windows PC, Mac or Linux machine?
    3) What browser you're using (eg Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari etc)

    Don't worry, we're not going to get all geeky on you and we don't bite. Your successful use of the site means a succesful site.

    Where do I add an action?

    Before you can add an action, you need to create an idea to group actions around. You can think of actions as the specific tasks you want people to do and ideas are the reason you're doing it in the first place.

    How do I add a picture to my idea?

    You can attach a picture to your idea by uploading one from your computer or finding one of yours on the photo-sharing site flickr. You can upload them one by one to Junction49 or attach an existing flickr set you've already made.

    How can I stop messages from ideas I'm part of

    Junction49 tries to keep you up to date with the ideas that you're part of or following. To stop watching an idea, log in and go to your profile, find your favourites and click the stop watching feature next to the idea you want to stop watching.

  • About Ideas, Actions, Funding
    What is an idea?

    An idea can be big or small, inspired by someone else or completely new and different. All we ask is that it is positive – so it will have a positive impact on the world when you turn it into reality. You can post anything from a thought you had the other day at the bus stop to a project that you’ve already set up – once you’ve posted your idea you get a gallery and journal to chart your progress and keep everyone up to date.

    What is an action?

    An action is a task that needs to be done by other young people to help turn your idea into reality. You need to have an idea before you can create the actions associated with it. Your idea is the inspiration, the background, the info that lets everyone know what's making you tick. The actions are the nitty-gritty - when, how many, which skills and exactly what help do you need...they are a tool to help you make sure your idea gets turned into reality smoothly - actions are your call to other young people for help! 

    For example, an idea could be getting more young people to volunteer to run your youth group, and an action is that you are looking for 2 people next Tuesday. Or your idea is running football sessions in your local area, and an action is someone finding out where you can buy cheap footballs.

    Any Junction49er can grab an action.

    What if I don’t have an idea of my own?

    Check out the other ideas on the site – you can search for particular types of ideas and actions and offer your help, or just have a look and see if inspiration arrives! Junction49 also runs idea generation sessions – contact us for more details and to see if we could run one in your area. Junction49 is all about youth-led action – this is your chance to do what YOU want!