Legacy Youth Radio

Over the past 6 months, 70 young people between the ages of 16 and 25 have been trained in radio production skills as part of the Legacy Youth Radio programme. The programme, delivered in partnership with Represent FM 107.1 Community youth radio station and locally based youth skills training provider, A New Direction, has given young people valuable radio skills and the young people of East London a voice on issues important to them, linked to the Olympics and beyond.

Make sure to visit their websites:

www.anewdirection.org.uk

www.reprezent.org.uk

All 70 participants have experienced

• 20 hours of intensive radio skills training
• Gained an AQA Qualification
• Creating 12 live panel shows
• Producing 5 Olympic Legacy feature shows
• Developing content for a Legacy Youth Radio website http://legacyradio.reprezent.org.uk/

All participants had the opportunity to go on a tour of the Olympic Park to learn about the site, the London 2012 games and the legacy plans for the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. They carried out interviews with LLDC staff including Andy Altman, Sarah Weir, Mark Camley, Peter Tudor, Michelle Smith-Williams and Layla Conway. They also met and interviewed a range of artists and sports stars including Goldie, Amy Marren (Paralympic swimmer), Trevor Nelson, Tessa Sanderson, Kelly La Rock, Roksuna Begum (kick boxing champion), local MP’s and young Athletes. They also interviewed members of the public.

All radio shows have gone out on Reprezent FM reaching out to hundreds of young people across London including the host boroughs.

We have worked with young people from the following organisations

• East Thames Homes – E15 Foyer (Newham)
• Newham College (Newham)
• BSix College (Hackney)
• Street Life Radio (Waltham Forest)
• Charlton Athletic (Greenwich)

Celebration Event

This event allowed participants on the programme to get together to celebrate and showcase all the fantastic work they have done over the last 6 months. It provided the opportunity for participants to evaluate their achievements and to start planning the next steps. It was centred around a Live panel debate, which was titled ‘Great Legacy Debate’, and was a fun lively panel discussion around the topic of the future Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and the young people of East London. The debate was chaired by Nick Bright (1XTRA weekend breakfast presenter). The panel included

Peter Tudor – LLDC Director of Venues

Dekan Aperjee – BBC London Broadcaster

Amy Merren – Paralympic Swimmer

Wendy Zadigue – Deputy Young Mayor of Newham

Ruksana Begum.- British Women’s kickboxing champion

Award Ceremony

The event was a chance to celebrate the achievements of the different Legacy youth radio groups and each group was awarded for their achievements as follows.

Website Launch

As part of this event the interactive website was launched for all the latest Legacy Youth Radio news to listen to all the shows produced and to see photographs of the groups in action please check out:

http://legacyradio.reprezent.org.uk/