THE TEENS' SPEECH BLOG
On Christmas Day this year, teenage Britain delivered its own message to the nation. Find out more
Who's behind this?
Barnardo’s, the UK's biggest children's charity, believes that helping young people also means helping the UK. Teenagers will inherit and shape our country, so ensuring they have promising and happy futures should be a national concern. That's why we've created The Teens' Speech.
Barnardo’s main aim is to break the vicious cycle of disadvantage that harms the lives of thousands of young people in the UK. No matter who they are, what they have done or what they have been through, we believe in children and young people – and we’re here to help them turn their lives around.
See how we helpMeet Vik
Hello! I’m Vik Sharma. Please, don’t be alarmed by this picture. I’ll be following the Teens' Speech project around the UK and blogging vigorously as we go.
Get Involved
Speak your mind and be part of history. If you’re aged between 13 and 19 and have something to say, record it, tag it and submit it to our YouTube channel.
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What they're saying
These are Britain's teenagers shown for once in their diversity rather than as a homogenous, faceless mass. Children's charity Barnardo's is to broadcast a "frank and revealing" online Christmas Day message No need to defend kids? The hell there isn’tAll Tags
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- Christmas
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- Cocaine
- Community
- Cosmetic Surgery
- Debt
- Demonise
- Depression
- Disability
- Divorce
- Domestic Violence
- Drinking
- Drugs
- Dustbin Baby
- Education
- Family
- Fathers
- Film
- Financial Security
- Friends
- Gangs
- Girls
- Gun Crime
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- Health
- Homophobia
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- Hope
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