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To set up a university tour that brings together a unique network of students, recent graduates, inspirational women role models and employers that encourage greater diversity within the workplace all under one roof. The campaign aims to facilitate a series of events across the country that empowers students to be the driving force in challenging negative perceptions and stereotypes and ensuring that the next generation is better positioned to be inspirational leaders and that diversity and difference is something to be encouraged and warmly embraced. The Visible Women Campaign aims to create greater unity and inclusion across all employment sectors.

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My idea to tackle the big challenge is all about music. In this day and age young people are influenced, inspired and empowered through all aspects of music production and i hope to provide them with the resources to be able to do this. My community is an underprivelidged urban society that is not able to access these types of technology unless someone like myself finds the sufficent help and support, but this does not stop them from participating! Many people of all ages (including myself) are involved in the growing music scene in Cardiff, showing suprising amounts of dedication and talent, but few have the ability to create what they dream! I hope to address this issue by providing a facility that specialises in music production and gives the young people of my area a chance to "DREAM AND ACHIEVE" and a secure place to house their hobbies.

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I plan to invite local Premier League football players to attend a football tournament which consists of teams from local schools. The teams would raise funds in their school and get sponsored by their local community to take part (although entry will be free). After taking part in the tournament there will be a questions and answers session with the Premiership players I would also invite football talent scouts would also be invited which I feel will also increase the effectiveness of the event.For the girls I would also use similar methods to promote a one day event. Participants would get the opportunity to spend a few hours in a local gym. Following the gym session the girls will be pampered by local beauty therapy college students, who would also help to answer any questions about such college courses.

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I am a member of the Muslim community in Norwich. There is growing problem in our community where a group of boys, who initially came together to make music, are now being falsely labelled as a criminal gang. Due to this false impression of the group there is now a real intensity between them, the Police and the wider community which has caused needless problems for our community as a whole. We want to solve this problem before it's too late. By using positive music and media we aim to improve relationships, challenge stereotypes and bring the community back together.

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Introduce a Success Seminar for young people which will empower and encourage young people and ex-offenders to achieve and become successful. The Seminar will give young people an opportunity to gain valuable information and advice to enhance their thoughts and mind into taking the right steps towards achieving and possibly becoming entrepreneurs and role models within their community. Only by believing in young people's hidden talents and developing skill base at all levels can we really hope to tap into this lost potential, The seminar will run during half-term and will encourage young people to discover their hidden talents.

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to educate a predominately white area of the different cultures and backgrounds within our surrounding community. To promote community cohesion within the existing community and new communities that are migrating into the area. To promote equality and diversity between a number of different ethnicities.

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to provide workshops for any and everyone to come along to enjoy, build confidence in all aspects of their lives, gaining new and positive learning experiences found in and among the community. Workshops will consist of; acting, dancing, singing, physical theatre, indepth character researching and evaluating performances, we can then expand our knowledge by visiting other communities far and near, so as to embrace other cultures. On return to our own community, we will then culminate our ideas to put together a production that will show an audience what we've learnt.

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Disunity in my community is premised on misunderstandings about each other, be it in terms of traditions, culture, age generations, or faith. Combining a faith-based and human rights approach I want to train and develop the next generation of community leaders to critically engage with these prejudices, and tackle them through re-education. I want to neutralise the negative stereotypes of local 'groups' by using various media approaches, so that people can SEE we're all human, therefore all one community. The age-gap issues will be tackled by inter-generational activities to show that 'everyone was young' once- often facing very similar issues.

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To produce a sports/dance/performing arts/fashion show all day event which would campaign to help promote safe sex, contraception and teenage pregnancy involving the community and the university students. I would be able to recruit a huge amount of volunteers and produce a show highlighting the effects of teenage pregnancy. Leicester has a higher rate of teenage pregnancy than the national average. Something needs to be done. With the money I would produce performances through the streets of the city local with students would get involved. Like nottinghill carnival but in Leicester telling the teenagers to enjoy their youth and celebrate and having children can be done when your older.

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I want to kick start a young people's academy for personal development and expressive arts. It would be a 12 week program that engages young people aged 15 - 19 in various creative activities such as singing, dancing, photography, music production master classes, graphic design and a few others. The project will run once a week and it will last for three hours. The first hour will be dedicated to personal development for the young people; the sessions will include personal hygiene, self esteem, street awareness, careers advice and sex education. This program will be aimed at all ethnic backgrounds.

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We aim to put on a talent showcase event in a Big Prestigious venue (i.e. Royal Concert Hall Nottingham). Raw Talent will work closely with us preparing us for the events & providing us with expert advice regarding promotion, marketing, plus useful industry contacts. We aim for this project to develop positive young role models via music, encourage positive expression, broadening horizons, leading to greater self esteem & thus create a platform for exposing talents, this fantastic opportunity for locals to develop their music, production, marketing and performance skills, Plus perform alongside top celebrities.

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Every person on the planet is united by laundry... whether you live in New York, London, Kenya or Afghanistan – everyone needs to wash and dry their clothes. 'Hanging Our Planet Out To Dry' will show young people how washing and drying clothes has a significant environmental impact by creating an interactive web site focused on drying naturally vs. electric drying and the high carbon emissions it causes. The project will include a competition to encourage young people to upload comic content on innovative ways to wash and dry clothes, increasing participation and awareness.

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My big idea is to create a website on which people can watch films and television, both commercial and non commercial, at the same time as socialising, interacting reviewing and commenting on the content. They will also be able to create a profile and be a part of an online social community.

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To stage a community showcase event which aims to bridge the gap between young people and older people from different cultural backgrounds. The showcase will provide a platform for both young and old people from diverse cultural background to come together to educate and understand one another about their different cultural community backgrounds. Volunteers will project manage the showcase event which will not only provide soft skill development for volunteers but also provide young people a platform to showcase their talents through the mediums of dance, singing, acting & poetry to a panel of established artists who will advise them.

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We are aiming to bring the first ever International Day to Ashcroft Technology Academy! We want the whole school to get together for a whole day doing cultural activities and having fun, whilst also educating each other at the same time. We aim to put on a multicultural event to show case many of the cultural within our school. The event is 100% non profit as all of the proceedings are going to be donated to the charity Street Child Africa. We want to change negative stereotypes of different cultures and improve the overall community cohesion within our local area.

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My big idea to tackle the Big Challenge is to provide a youth-led support network for females aged 14-25 who have been victim of rape and sexual abuse. Providing services such as a free-of-charge telephone helpline, where people can confidentially talk to fully trained youth volunteers /counselors to gain support and advice, will help deal with distress and difficulties they may consequently face. A counseling service will also enable individuals to speak on a one-to-one basis with counselors.

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To acquire a piece of land that is next door to our close that people in the community can ....1) have a place too meet, in the shape of an 'Earthship'. 2) Provide a place for children and young people to play safely in the shape of a BMX track. 3) To have a section of allotments where local people can grow local food to sell in a community shop in the shape of a social enterprise to build sustainability and get people to eat healthily. 4) We would like the Earthship to provide a media hub where we will train young people in the wider area in Participatory Video (using media as a tool) to tell our story to local counselors etc in order to bring about positive and lasting change to our area.

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Saffirm wants everyone to come together to explore and discuss social issues which affect the community as a whole. Saffirm will strive to continually supply teenagers with positive words of encouragement to help build their self-confidence needed to empower, motivate and inspire themselves and others. This will be achieved through motivational quotes, articles and discussions on various teenager issues and topics. Moreover Saffirm aims to inspire teenagers by continuously providing young people with positive messages portrayed on products. The messages will be in line with the lingo teenager’s use today.

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A comedy show about life in Lambeth/London, that will showcase comedians from London. There will also be a dance group that will perform. It'll be an oportunity for youth groups in the field of any arts to promote their group, and increase their numbers.

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We have launched a student-led group called the 'Student International Relations Committee' made up of young people in school aged 13-18. Our aim is to promote awareness of cultural diversity, and actually give young people the opportunity to experience these cultures, via fun workshops which can also be enjoyed by parents, families and the local community, bringing people toegther to enjoy workshops, musical events, dance, drama, foreign languages lessons and more. We have very few ethnic minorities in school and in our town as a whole, and we hope to develop a stronger awareness of the advantages of a multi-cultural society.

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