Create It. Shape It. Embrace It.
The campaign highlights the opportunities and challenges, often unseen, in young people’s lives, sparking conversations between young people and communities to build understanding that leads to collaborative, positive action.
It has been designed by young people and will continue to be shaped by them, as more people and organisations join the movement.
The key aims are to:
- Empower young people to influence policies affecting their lives, ensuring their voices are heard and respected.
- Support professionals in creating and managing opportunities for youth engagement.
- Encourage communities to rethink perceptions and support opportunities for positive change.
- Spark conversations that lead to collective action, shaping a future where every young person thrives.
The campaign has been funded by the West Midlands Violence Reduction Partnership (VRP) and the campaign brand and messaging was created by young people working with the charity The Positive Youth Foundation. However, this is a partnership and the VRP is inviting all partners to use the campaign brand in their existing work and new initiatives. It’s hoped the campaign will lead to greater collaboration, less duplication and better outcomes for young people. City of Wolverhampton Council has joined the campaign to ensure our young people’s voices are heard.
Resources and Toolkits
Here are a range of easy-to-use resources to help groups and organisations working with young people bring My Tomorrow to life; saving you time and money.
The Activity Pack offers step-by-step guides to carrying out a variety of interactive workshops with young people to capture youth voice.
The My Tomorrow film ‘At What Cost’ can be used to spark conversations in schools or youth settings:
Ash, Ty, and Sammy are dreamers; they had it all figured out, so why did it all go wrong? Like many young people across our region, they want to be listened to and valued by society, but how can they create a better tomorrow without a fair start?
As part of the My Tomorrow campaign, creative producer Torrin Andrews has written and created At What Cost? a poignant film inspired by the experiences of young people across our region. The characters, stories, and dialogue draw directly on real discussions with young people through a series of workshops and consultations.
Watch it here - At What Cost? - My Tomorrow short film (youtube.com)
Time To Listen ToolKit
If you are a professional who leads services that affect young people’s lives, we can help you facilitate effective consultations to ensure you meet their needs. We have created the Time to Listen toolkit to help you plan and deliver different types of consultation and engage with young people authentically. The toolkit includes useful checklists and an animation.
Change Makers Programme
Young people have helped design new, educational programme for schools, which will help pupils develop resilience, resolve conflict and stay safe.
Students in Year 6 and above will benefit from the Change Makers sessions, which will teach young people how to be upstanders. It is part of the youth-led My Tomorrow campaign and is fully-funded by the Violence Reduction Partnership (VRP), which will deliver the training to school staff.
To arrange your training session email vrp@westmidlands.police.uk . Training lasts approximately two hours. It’s delivered as a train the trainer model, which can be to small groups or whole school staff; online or in person. Your school will then receive the online resource pack which has everything you need to get started.
For more information about the campaign and to download more free resources, including the My Tomorrow Activity Pack, please visit My Tomorrow - West Midlands Violence Reduction Partnership (westmidlands-vrp.org)
Get Involved
If you’re a young person in the West Midlands, it’s time to create change. Young people have designed and curated every part of this campaign and we want you to join the conversation.
Sign up to the Youth Assembly at info@positiveyouthfoundation.org or fill out this form Get involved with My Tomorrow! (google.com) to lead the movement, improve your community and share your opinions and ideas to influence decision makers.
To follow updates from the campaign follow @WestMidsVRP on X and @westmidsvrp on Instagram.
If you’re a school interested in the Change Makers Programme email vrp@westmidlands.police.uk for more information.