Education United Kingdom Project #35100

Create 4,000 UK Young Leaders from Deprived Areas

by PeaceJam UK

Project Report | Dec 6, 2021
Near-peer power - young supporting younger

By Caroline Millman | Chairman, PeaceJam UK

Near-peer power - young supporting younger
By Caroline Millman - Chairman, PeaceJam UK

Thanks to the generosity of our GlobalGiving donors some of our team of trained, young professionals and University students were able to deliver one aspect of our Generation Change project to small groups of teenagers from the UK, Greece and Romania at our Virtual Slam on Saturday 13 November in their Family Group discussions.

The theme for this event was "Find your voice after lockdown - what matters to me now?". This certainly proved to be a very powerful theme and the event was a great demonstration of the power of our "near-peer" experience. The feedback from the teenagers who attended was impressive and heart warming. Here are some examples:

"It made us realise that we do have a voice, in everything be it challenging those around us to challenging companies and corporations, even just from holding back one pound or frankly by just being kind to one another- we all can make a difference be it one day for one person."

"Inspiring doesn't even begin to cover it!"

"It was honestly amazing. I learned so much and it really made me think about life and my actions and mentality towards it."

"I would do it again most definitely. It makes me feel extremely powerful as an individual and as a student and quite frankly a child it sometimes feels as if we have no power in are communities and the world. This really changed the way I viewed what I was capable of as only a 14 year old. Thank you for the opportunity to join I’m very grateful and I’m currently trying to incorporate all the thing we discussed in my life"

And, we are attaching a copy of the Word Cloud that was made at the Slam as a result of the question, "What matters to me now?". Have a look at what matters to these teenagers now.

Thank you so much for your continued generosity and support, it is really making a difference to young people. We look forward to sharing more updates during the remainder of this academic year.

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