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Status Idea: Silence Is Compliance read

Date created: 12 May 2012 To raise awareness on the taboo subject of child abuse particularly focusing on sexual abuse. The statistics on the amount of children that are abused and the amount of convictions do not match. The effects for victims is devastating, yet funding is being cut for support groups and it is not getting any easier to go through the court process.... more

Founder: emily Idea Status: Just a thought Town: Glasgow Tags: child abuse, protection of children, sexual abuse, sexual violence
Status Idea: Free mind; Free me. read

Date created: 11 May 2012 I would like to break the taboo that is prevalent in ethnic minority, in my case Asian, communities in relation to mental health matters. It was sadly due to personal experiences that I became aware of such issues. For one, family/community members do not understand the problems faced and instead of talking about it and seeking help they tell... more

Founder: Nazmin Akthar Idea Status: Lets do it now Town: Newcastle Upon Tyne Tags: ethnic minority, mental health, stigma, taboo
Status Idea: A day in the life of teenagers read

Date created: 10 May 2012 My dream is to make a documentary which follows the life of teenagers who give up their time to help others, in hope of inspiring other teenagers into volunteering or even just becoming an all round better person. The documentary would portray a fun way of helping charities and getting involved in fundraising and it would show teenagers that you... more

Founder: Shannon Cavanagh Idea Status: Lets do it now Town: Glasgow Actions: 1     View Help Wanted Tags: charity, inspire, teenage
Status Idea: The Youth Pride Project read

Date created: 09 May 2012 The project focuses on helping young LGBT people aged 13-21 all over the country offering peer advice and support to help prevent suicides and teen run aways. Our aims are to be working closely with educational establishments to help teach youth about different sexualities and how we are all equal and hope to have a office with fully trained... more

Founder: The Youth Pride Project Idea Status: Just a thought Town: Leeds Actions: 1     View Help Wanted Tags: equality, gayteens, guidence, homosexuality, lgbt, support
Status Idea: Beyond The Classroom read

Date created: 09 May 2012 Beyond the classroom is a theatre in education social enterprise, providing secondary schools with theatre based programmes, to support the curriculum with life skills and knowledge. Our current schooling system does a great job of teaching the next generation, many of the academic skills they need to progress in life. However, a number of... more

Founder: Beyond The Classroom Idea Status: Underway Town: London Actions: 1     View Help Wanted Tags: drama, performing arts, young people
Status Idea: A Life Worth Living read

Date created: 09 May 2012 Help young people with mental health problems get involved in volunteering. I want to get those feeling like there's not much to live for to feel needed and wanted by providing volunteering opportunities to meet their interests. more

Founder: Kirstin Idea Status: Just a thought Town: Aberdeen Tags: mental health, teens, volunteering
Status Idea: Confession of a young entrepreneur DVD read

Date created: 09 May 2012 Confession of a young entrepreneur is a documentary about young people who have went on to set up their own business at a young age.The aim of the documentary is for the 10 young entrepreneurs to confess what its like to be a young business owner and to also inspire the next generation of young entrepreneurs. I want to show young people that... more

Founder: Blessing Maregere Idea Status: Lets do it now Town: United Kingdom Partner: The Spark Tags: business, dvd, enterprise, inspiring, media, support, unemployment, young
Status Idea: Young, Not Dumb But STILL Living Off Mum! read

Date created: 08 May 2012 My idea is to raise awareness about youth unemployment, particularly graduates of university and college, and how affected people are emotionally by being unemployed. My inspiration comes from my reality and the reality of many of my friends. We graduated with quality degrees in June 2011 and have been seeking employment ever since with no... more

Founder: Mhairi McDonald Idea Status: Just a thought Town: Clydebank Tags: college, employment, graduate, university
Status Idea: Beat Bullying read

Date created: 07 May 2012 My name is Zoe and i would like to start up a campaign and gather volunteers to help raise awareness of bullying in the UK, Bullying has became a big problem for me and it has made big impacts on my life and i have been in situations where i have had to make big decisions that will haunt me for the rest of my life and because of this i would... more

Founder: Zoe88 Idea Status: Just a thought Town: Cleethorpes Tags: awareness, bullying, campaign
Status Idea: difference's united read

Date created: 07 May 2012 I want to create a stage show about being different and this is what i want ,,.! I want people to realise they are their own person and they don't have to be what their parents or friends want them to be , they can be gay , dress differently or even just BE DIFFERENT more

Founder: reecewallace2012 Idea Status: Just a thought Town: Scotland