The NYA Blog
Young People SHINE!
06 November 2009
Last night I attended an event at the House of Lords to mark the official handover of Shine from the Talent and Enterprise Taskforce to the Shine Consortium, led by the NYA.
Shine is the National Youth Festival, promoting positive views of young people by celebrating their talents and achievements and the contributions they make to their communities.
We are delighted to be leading the Shine campaign, which will culminate in Shine Week 12th – 16th July, 2010.
We are working in partnership with the Department for Children, Schools and Families and a consortium of delivery partners.
Throughout Shine thousands of children and young people from across the country will be showcasing hundreds of different talents from street dance and bee keeping, to skills in science, technology and working in the community.
The Shine programme continues to build on the success of Shine 2009, delivered by Talent and Enterprise Task Force, Creative Culture and Education and the National Youth Week Consortium. In 2009 around 6,000 schools and organisations joined together and connected an estimated one million people. This coming year will be even bigger!
Our job is to make sure we build on the successes to date and deliver a fantastic week of activity in July 2010 that highlights what young people are capable of achieving. We are aiming for young people to take Shine beyond the school gates to become a national youth celebration and an ongoing movement. We are looking to work with even greater numbers of youth organisations, clubs, local authorities and schools and colleges. We also recognise that affirming positive views of young people is something that adults need to support as well and we think there are lots of opportunities for local businesses, charities and civic organisations to pledge their support and get behind the message.
Shine provides a voice for children and young people across England. It is really important that young people are at the heart of the planning and direction of Shine and we’re very pleased to be working with so many talented and inspiring young people. It demonstrates to a national audience the positive contribution they make in society and provides endless opportunities to dispel myths, shatter negative stereotypes, and create positive role models for other young people to look up to.
There are many forms of talent and creativity, many kinds of achievement and we need them all. Recognising what is important to young people individually and to all of us whatever age.
We’d like to thank colleagues across the DCSF as well as our partners and sponsors for their support and we look forward to delivering an exciting festival in 2010. And if you’re not already on board and would like to join us in this important campaign then do get in touch. www.shineweek.co.uk
Fran Farrar is National Programme Manager - SHINE / National Youth Week
Find out more at: http://www.nya.org.uk/shine