As a leader you need to put the group of people you lead before yourself and as a leader the way you act and behave will be seen as a direct reflection of your group by many people looking in. To be a leader you need to have the respect and the backing of your group without those two things even if you have the title of a leader you are not a real leader in the true sense of the word.
To celebrate the launch of the new-look TheSite.org – your guide to the real world – we’re launching an exciting design opportunity to bring a new look to our online community.
MOVE IT are running a competition for you to win the chance to perform on the main stage at MOVE IT 2009 in front of 5,000 people! To get involved go to the website and upload a video of yourself or your dance group performing. The sooner you enter the more chance you have for people to vote for you!
For me young people need to be empowered to achieve great things for their own personal satisfaction and not for an award. Young people should want to achieve in what they are doing first then if an award comes up it is a bonus.
Check out the Battlefront homepage at www.battlefront.co.uk for some great, new video content – including Aimee’s coffee cup stunt supported by Jodie Marsh, the “You smoke, I choke” animation made by branding agency, Dave, and a feel-good, Free Hugs-style film about Tom Robbins’ Do-Gooder Army Good Deed Desk day - (yes, that is a bit of a mouthful!)
Skins 3 is coming soon, and the Skins creators are looking for some bright young things to help them with a very special project. They’ll be creating an online mini episode of Skins that will feature some of the series 3 cast. There are four very important behind the scenes roles that still need to be filled.
Have you got a certain ambition or goal you want to achieve this year? Have you used MySpace to make your ambition a reality? Do you think some of our Year Dotters could benefit from your advice and experience?
Now you may have noticed us posting stories on the newsboard about Battlefront. If you are not aware of what they are about they are about Battlefront is all about campaigning. Getting you heard and shaking up the future. Battlefront is a friendly army of 20 young campaigners.
Now many of us are aware of the lengthy and sometimes unfair contracts that music acts are signed to by record labels but nobody has really thought about contracts on the X-Factor. On the show each finalist is tied down to a contract
Have you always been interested in music? Are you interested in a career in music production? Then you need to read our interview with top music producer Haydn Bendall.
WYSE International (www.wyse-ngo.org) will soon be hosting an International Leadership Programme in Brazil, from the 28th December 2008 to 8 January 2009. The programme will be held at the Veredas Hotel near São Paulo.
Kevin Jonas member of chart topping pop band the Jonas Brothers left all of his contenders in his wake as he romped home to victory to claim the Talented Young Person of the Month Award for October.
This year’s Judges were Des Cooke Barnardo’s Children’s Charity, Christie Dinham - FashionHow International Designer Show, Lauretta Roberts Editor of Drapers Record, Gavin Douglas UK Fashion Designer, Jennifer Williams-Baffoe Willbaforce Ltd, Yvonne Thompson of EFBWBO, Sue Foulston Tutor Central St Martins College of Art and Design, Brenda Emmanus BBC Entertainment News presenter.
This week I want to talk about an email I got this week from some of the guys working on the E4 series Skins telling me about competitions they are running for young people to get their music featured on the show
Want to become a virtual volunteer? We’re looking for people aged 15 to 25 who can use their social networking skills on Facebook or Bebo to spread the word about our work. If that's you, sign up to be a Red Recruit.
CHANGEit, run by Common Purpose and sponsored by Deutsche Bank, recognises, supports and rewards young campaigners aged 11-18 who want to create a positive change in their communities.
You may have achieved some great things this year. You may have achieved more than you expected or wanted to achieve. If this is the case you can’t afford to get complacent just because you have achieved this year it doesn’t mean that there isn’t any more for you to achieve this year.
Rumble is making the leap from the 180 seat Lilian Baylis Studio to the 1000 seat Peacock Theatre! We are therefore looking for high quality youth and school dance groups who respond creatively to our new theme of ‘Film’. Visit the website for ideas to get you started
In series one and two we put in some awesome upcoming music too, but now we've decided to take it to the next level and open it up to the best unsigned, young bands, musicians, MC's and DJ's in the country.
We will provide you with a script, if you’re male you must read the script written for males, and if you’re female it’s the script written for females. To enter you will need to send a video of yourself performing the monologue to the script provided below. A judging panel will watch every video and will assess your performance.
In life there are so many opportunities available to us and around us that we don’t take up because they may not be quite what we are looking for, not a big enough or important enough opportunity
The Campaign invites everyone to join in, using drawing to engage with the past, present and future. The ninth Big Draw runs from 1 to 31 October 2008, with a special focus on Saturday 11 October.
The BBC are looking for hopeful future agents to feature in a new TV show. If you are male or female, aged between 16 & 19, are outgoing, motivated and dream of working as top sports agent then please get in touch and tell us why you think you fit the bill
The principal for the idea is so good as it is an idea which is so simple, requires no money and actively involves people in helping to change the world. The only problem is that this system depends to society reacting to it and the person receiving the act of kindness to then go and pass it on in a way which will get the person they pass it on to, to pass it forward again.
Peter Jones, the well-known entrepreneur, is setting up a National Enterprise Academy, and is looking for around 35 keen young people to take part in a pilot programme that will be running in Buckinghamshire from January-July 2009.
NOISEfestival.com is a registered charity established to help talented young people break into the Creative Industries. Launched in 2006, NOISEfestival.com is the UK’s first independent online arts showcase, spotlighting the best under-25s in any artistic discipline that can be presented digitally including fashion, music, film, design, architecture, written word, graphic design, new media, fine art and illustration.
In a close fought battle for the September award Nick Jonas just edged out actress Demi Lovato from Camp Rock to win this month’s prize. Nick’s band The Jonas Brothers are huge over in America and are now taking the world by storm which has been demonstrated by the thousands of our viewers who voted for him.
The prestigious Fashion Designers and Craft makers (FDC) ‘Young Designer Awards’ takes place Saturday 25th October 2008, 4.30pm-8pm at The Novotel London Hotel St. Pancras 100-110 Euston Road London NW1 2AJ.
In this week’s blog I want to talk about a situation every young person wanting to achieve something with their life will experience the moment they have to deliver on their talent. Whether it is a trial, an audition, an exam or a job interview everyone will have a situation
International children’s and young people’s film event Videotivoli is again looking for films made by children and young people of age 16 or under from all over the world. The maximum length for a film is 10 minutes.
TV double act and former Hollyoaks stars, Matt Littler and Darren Jeffries, are calling for entries to the UK’s biggest live and simultaneous enterprise challenge for schools and colleges.
Are you in a band? Are you trying to get signed? Are you interested in pursuing a career in the music industry? If the answer to any of these questions is yes then you need to read our interview with Neil Cocker
Now one of the main vocal points behind Talented Young People is our desire to see a better world for our youngsters to live in and to create a world of more fulfilled young people who have dreams and ambitions that they are working hard to fulfil.
Are you always playing on your Xbox or your PlayStation? Are you looking to go in to a career in computer game development? And would you love to know what goes on behind the scenes?
The VIP Kit is an essential resource for anyone working or wanting to work with young people. It has been put together by nine young people, who are better known as the ‘VIP team’. The VIP Team are all Volunteers Inspiring People to do Youth Action!
SnapShot 60 is an all new online photo-competition from the British Youth Council for anyone 26 or under, to give you the chance to have a say and be heard across the UK. To enter just upload a photo onto
"Cystic fibrosis presents extraordinary health burdens for patients and financial challenges for their families. Thanks to tremendous advances in medical treatments, more young adults with CF are living longer, healthier lives than ever before, and many more are pursuing dreams of higher education.
This week we here at Talented Young People have re-launched our Blog Section http://www.talentedyoungpeople.com/blogs with a funky new layout and now we are on the look out for new bloggers to join our team.
After all the hype surrounding the Olympics who has been following the Paralympics? After all the pages of press Team GB got for their medal haul in Beijing many people are unaware that our Paralympians have already amassed a staggering 42 Golds
Catch 22 is a youth media social enterprise that aims to train and champion excluded young talent that want experience but cannot get experience due to their lack of experience. We do so through our journalism-training academy, youth culture magazine and communications agency.
Hailing from the Gold Coast and growing up among a strong musical environment “The Bostocks” have always had high expectations when it comes to their music.
FashionHOW in partnership with Fashion Designers’ and Craft makers’ Network / BFDN are REGISTERING models from all backgrounds who wish take part in a nationwide model search.
WYSE International aims to inspire new thinking about global problems and global citizenship through the development of a unique international learning community.
Stage School’s are brilliant for unmotivated, undedicated and undisciplined people as the environment forces it’s pupils to be all these things with the rigorous hours put in to development of their craft and the pupils being forced to keep disciplined with the hectic timetable of lessons and workshops.
Today, with the global fashion industry facing questions about its social and environmental impact, a new generation of British fashion entrepreneurs and designers is breaking new ground by marrying cutting-edge design and ethical objectives.
Arts Council England is delighted to be working in partnership with the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Scottish Arts Council and the Arts Council of Wales to deliver one of the ten major cultural projects for the Cultural Olympiad
Hundreds of young people across Cumbria will become national climate ambassadors for Cumbria on Friday 19th September.
Club Flix is proud to announce an evening with the crème de la crème of British film and TV production, who are all well placed to discuss its future development and answer your questions about training and employment, future funding and new technology.
For young people the beginning of the school year can be a mix of emotions, gladness at going back to see friends, anxiety about a new school or a new teacher but most importantly it’s a time to think about their targets for the year and what they want to achieve out of the year.
Nick is the lead singer of the current pop phenomenon “The Jonas Brothers” a band he fronts alongside his two brothers. He has come to the attention of TYP because we think it is great to see a young family act topping the charts and an act that keeps out of controversy and scandal.
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