Six-part video testimonies and a written testimony.
Storytelling by the young people from Inspire Highland, facilitated by Emma Thomas of Inspiring Young Voices and captured by Charlie Wilson, a local filmmaker.
Inspiring Young Voices – Inspire Highland
There are 6 video testimonies and one written testimony to engage with for this storytelling piece. They are:
- Story 1 – Chase
- Story 2 – Erin
- Story 3 – Olivia
- Story 4 – Rachael
- Story 5 – Rosie
- Story 6 – Sarah
- Story 7: written testimony by Warrior Cat (as a word document).
Inspiring Young Voices (IYVs) is a Highland charity enabling children and young people with additional support needs/disabilities or who have experienced trauma to take control of their lives by promoting their voices, rights, participation and empowering them to have a greater say in decisions that affect their lives.
This series of testimonies has been produced by the young people from IYV’s Inspire Highland project, a group of young people with diverse experiences and disabilities who come together to speak out, raise awareness and campaign for change.
The testimonies within this storytelling piece showcase the helps and hinders faced by these young people in their advocacy in topics such as, trans-rights, disabilities, and neurodivergence as well as being young people based in the Highlands of Scotland. The storytellers involved behind the scenes of collecting these video and written testimonies have built up long-standing relationships with the young people through their work with Inspiring Young Voices.
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Engage with these video and written testimonies from the young people of Inspiring Young Voices. They detail what #HelpsAndHinders their individual and collective social action as they come together to speak out, raise awareness and campaign for change.
Storytelling by Emma Thomas and Charlie Wilson. In partnership with Social Action Inquiry Scotland @social_action_scotland
https://socialaction.scot/inspiring-young-voices/
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Rurality hinders the social action of the young people in Inspiring Young Voices.
Find out more about what #HelpsAndHinders their social action in series of video and written testimonies called Inspiring Young Voices – Inspire Highland.
Storytelling by Emma Thomas and Charlie Wilson. In partnership with Social Action Inquiry Scotland @social_action_scotland
https://socialaction.scot/inspiring-young-voices/
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Building trust and having support helps the social action of the young people in Inspiring Young Voices.
Find out more about what #HelpsAndHinders their social action in series of video and written testimonies called Inspiring Young Voices – Inspire Highland.
Storytelling by Emma Thomas and Charlie Wilson. In partnership with Social Action Inquiry Scotland @social_action_scotland
https://socialaction.scot/inspiring-young-voices/
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Engage with these video and written testimonies from the young people of @InspYoungVoices
They detail what #HelpsAndHinders their social action as they campaign for change.
Storytelling by Emma Thomas & Charlie Wilson. In partnership with @Soc_Act_Scot
https://socialaction.scot/inspiring-young-voices/
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Rurality hinders the social action of the young people in Inspiring Young Voices.
Find out more #HelpsAndHinders in the testimonies below.
Storytelling by Emma Thomas & Charlie Wilson. In partnership with @Soc_Act_Scot
https://socialaction.scot/inspiring-young-voices/
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Trust & support helps the social action of the young people in Inspiring Young Voices.
Find out more #HelpsAndHinders in the testimonies below.
Storytelling by Emma Thomas & Charlie Wilson. In partnership with @Soc_Act_Scot
https://socialaction.scot/inspiring-young-voices/
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