Birmingham Common Ground Youth Summit

Earlier this month we were invited down to Birmingham to host a workshop to 200 young people at the Birmingham Common Ground Youth Summit. The Summit is Part of Bring the Power Youth Programme and is funded by Birmingham City Council, the Common Ground Grant is a creative engagement project with a PSHE curriculum link open to Secondary schools in Birmingham that aims to foster cultural collaboration, promote student leadership and an opportunity to reflect and share what it means to be part of the Commonwealth in 2022.

Our CEO Lavinya Stennett, Outreach Officer Janique Berryman and Patron Hon, Stuart Lawrence delivered the workshop which gave the young people an opportunity to have their voices heard and discuss topics around diversifying the school curriculum, representation, health & well-being and other social issues affecting them. Being able to discuss these topics equips young people with skills in critical thinking, and with a sense of identity and belonging. We believe giving them the space to learn from and about each other improves social cohesion between them which positively impacts our society.

We were so impressed by the young people on the day who blew us away with their perspectives and conversations. The event was a huge success and we would like to thank the organisers of the Common Ground Youth Summit for allowing us to be a part of it. We look forward to being part of the summit again next year!