Pledge “RespectSpeakUp”
"I will make my voice heard and help young people’s views to get noticed. When I have an opinion on a news story, I will voice it in the media by commenting online, writing to editors of papers or magazines, or calling in to TV or radio programmes. It’s our news too. but only if 1,000 other young people will pledge to do the same."
— Sophie Manning, Respect young people's advisory member (contact)
Deadline to sign up by: 30th June 2009
73 people have signed up, 927 more needed
Country: United Kingdom
More details
This pledge is part of a new campaign to urge young people to take ownership of the media, and make their opinions heard, by using comment opportunities and new technology.
Respect? has teamed up with young people’s website TheSite.org, so visit www.TheSite.org/respect for tips and advice on how to make a splash in the media.
Launched on Fleet Street by former BBC broadcaster Martyn Lewis and young campaigners from the Respect? campaign group, the Respect? campaign is supported by online charity YouthNet and the British Youth Council.
Current signatories (
= they've done it)
Sophie Manning, the Pledge Creator, joined by:
- Chris Denholm
- Rosie Foster
- Louise Sutcliffe
- Tom Chambers
- Elinor Milne
- Sophie Manning
- Cllr Ben Rawlings
- Lizzy
- Charlotte Tarran
- Claire Gallagher
- Alex Simmons
- Scott Forbes
- Stephen Marshall
- katey ribchester
- James Line
- Megan K
- Nat
- johnpaul mccabe
- Clare Pitkin
- carla read
- Kate Rowley
- Rachael Dumigan
- Zara Hamid
- Tim Coates
- Gavin Lambert
- Megan
- suzanna lashford
- hannah
- Natalia Postlethwaite
- Nikki Hoar
- Nathan Hazlehurst
- ejazulhaq
- Robin
- Charlotte Sullivan
- Sarah Doherty
- rick lomax
- Sophie Bradley
- Mohammed Iqbal
- Naomi Jane
- clare elliott
- Joe Wyatt
- Stephen Canning
- garsin cheung
- Lucy Gilroy
- Emily Beardsmore
- David Henry (Director ,Queer Youth Network)
- Sean Galvin
- Kriss Browne (Queer Youth Network)
- Aisha Nageen
- Mark Donaldson ( QUEER YOUTH NETWORK)
- Woking Youth Council
- Lizzie Whyman
- tiqua thomas
- Omer Abdinasser
- Edwin Ssekabira
- asha
- hawa
- NATALIE GRANT
- Lesley Cotton
- Radhika Chauhan
- Amy Patterson
- Jamie Broadbent
- Octavia
- Anna Blake
- Guy Rintoul
- Chris
- Ilona Pinter
- Prabal Bhardwaj
- Sarah Ferguson
- Anastasia To
- Lindsay Towning
- 2 people who did not want to give their names
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