'Our Story'... The Book

The Youth Life Project needs your help constructing a book titled ‘Our Story’.
The book ‘Our Story’ is part of the YouthStories campaign and requires the public to submit real life short stories, poetry and artwork that tell stories about their youth in order to be a success.
YouthStories is a campaign set up by The Youth Life Project to provide a channel through which people can communicate their thoughts, feelings and experiences. The aim of ‘Our Story’ is to bring together real life stories and experiences of people from all age groups through a range of mediums and help the public express experiences of their youth. Once the book is published profits will be used to support The Youth Life Project.
‘Our Story’ is open to entries from people of all ages from across the country. Some examples of stories received so far relate to incidents of abuse, domestic violence, poverty, health issues, bullying, peer pressure and sexual abuse.

We understand the power of storytelling and the burden it can lift for those who have something to get off their chest. Storytelling has taken many forms throughout the ages and we want to embrace as many of these as possible and evoke a range of emotions in the reader.
It seems as though there is a disconnection between young people and adults, ‘Our Story’ will help bridge that gap and show we all experience problems and that someone out there has been through similar situations. The stories from older people will show the youth how they have dealt with things and provide young people with a platform to have their voice. The book is all about having the freedom to express yourself.

We hope this book makes a difference in at least one person’s life. Ideally the book will encourage others to speak out and tell their story, we hope the book will have a positive effect in many ways and on many lives and you have the chance to be part of that.

To be considered for inclusion in ‘Our Story’ please email entries to Danielle via youthlifeproject@gmail.com as soon as possible.
Your entry can take the form of a letter, a short story, artist impression, case study, newspaper article, comic strip, a poem or however you best express your feelings. Your entry must include a title for your entry, your age and be real.