Friday 20 January 2012

Cross Borough Youth Forum Filming on the Streets

On Saturday 4th June, three Xpress workers travelled to a variety of different places across the borough of Lambeth
as a part of the Cross Borough Forum.

Our aim was to interview young people and get their views
about postcode boundaries, drawing on their own personal experiences and the experiences of those that they know.
We filmed people on the streets, in local parks, at bus stops and on buses. This filming session had a positive outcome, as we were able to interview 10 male/female young people who lived in or hung around
the borough of Lambeth. It was interesting to see how similar some of the responses were between the
young people, whereas others had totally opposite views.

An observation we made was that males and females definitely
had very different experiences in relation to postcode boundaries. The females we interviewed expressed less of a concern
on a personal basis and said they were not directly affected by this while all the young males interview said the opposite.

From the research gathered we are able to draw some interesting comparisons and conclusions. We’ll be carrying on with our filming in Bromley and Croydon so look out for us and follow our twits http://twitter.com/#!/CroydonXpress

Written by Xpress workers Kadeem and Simone


Friday 10 June 2011

Cross Borough Youth Forum - Filming

On Saturday 4th June, three Xpress workers travelled to a variety of different palaces across the borough of Lambeth
as a part of the Cross Borough Youth Forum.

Our aim was to interview young people and get their views
about postcode boundaries, drawing on their own personal experiences and the experiences of those that they know.
We filmed people on the streets, in local parks, at bus stops and on buses. This filming session had a positive outcome, as we were able to interview 10 male/female young people who lived in or hung around
the borough of Lambeth. It was interesting to see how similar some of the responses were between the
young people, whereas others had totally opposite views.

An observation we made was that males and females definitely
had very different experiences in relation to postcode boundaries. The females we interviewed expressed less of a concern
on a personal basis and said they were not directly affected by this while all the young males interview said the opposite.

From the research gathered we are able to draw some interesting comparisons and conclusions. We’ll be carrying on with our filming in Bromley and Croydon so look out for us and follow our twits http://twitter.com/#!/CroydonXpress

Written by Xpress Young Workers Kadeem and Simone

Thursday 2 June 2011

Postcodes Wars - Brixton Vs Peckham PT1


Produced by Love Worled TV

Cross Borough Youth Forum explained:

The Cross Borough Youth Forum is funded by the Lambeth Council and we are supported by CPCDT (Crystal Palace Community Development Trust). The forum is a collection of young people from across the five London Boroughs of Lambeth, Lewisham, Bromley, Croydon and Soutwark. The forum is designed to discuss and tackle local issues that affect young people and those working with us in the five boroughs.

Some young people get involved for one session, others for more. It’s up to the individual. All young people can get involved. If you are interested in getting active in your community, then come and join.

The Cross Borough Youth Forum is a mobile forum which interact with young people about forum issues in their current environment settings i.e. School Councils, UK Youth Parliament groups , Youth Clubs, Secondary School PHSE classes and hold exhibition stands at young people festivals/ events etc.

Once registered with the form participants are invited to get involved online in Facebook discussions, Survey Monkey questionnaires, talk2croydon polls and join a Blackberry chat room. They would also be invited to help plan or attend the end of project showcase event.

At the core of this project is a team of dedicated and passionate young (16+) workers who provide peer-down facilitation to create a positive, young person-led environment for the involvement of children and young people. They create, design and deliver all project work.