Shine ALOUD UK is a youth owned and
youth led sexual health awareness enterprise that aims to educate, entertain
and empower young people aged 15 - 24. Through producing a quarterly
publication, videos and running workshops and events, Shine ALOUD UK aims to
equip youth with the necessary tools to confidently and comfortably negotiate
their sexuality.
Why are we different?
The enterprise is original and unique
as it represents the voices of young people and provides them with the
opportunity to learn about sex and relationships on a personal level where they
can indulge in an online magazine, workshops and videos. But more so original
and unique as it is combines the likes of arts and culture thereby appealing to
the interests of our target audience as well as providing worthwhile media
opportunities to allow young people to expand their creativity.
As a young person I felt there was no
literature available that was engaging in regards to sexual health, all the
magazine that were available were dominated by beauty, celebrities and fashion.
I wanted to create something that was different and allowed young people to be empowered
about sexuality as well as represented positively.
What feedback have we received?
All of the feedback we receive from
young peoples and our readers we take on board to improve our enterprise. We
were told that our magazine would be more appealing in a physical form so we
produced the first issue in February which we circulated to 5000 young people
in around East London at Youth Hostels, Colleges, Gum Clinics, Community
Centres, Youth Centres, Arts Centres and more. Much of the feedback can be
found online via www.shinealoud.co.uk , but here are two comments:
“Shine Aloud has the ability to
communicate with young people on a simple but effective way featuring articles
that are true for those reading them. Quite often we read articles written
about people who have not experienced what they are writing about so they don’t
know how to talk to the reader, or relate to the reader. Shine Aloud has been a
great service East London community and I hope that more people will read it
and get more from it. By Verity Nelson
“What separates Shine ALOUD to other
platforms in my opinion is its engagement with the youths and adults of our
day; it is often surprising to hear what we have to say about our knowledge or
thoughts and opinions within these topics. Controversial questions such as “Can
friends date, their ex’s?” are questions that can often bring us together in
debating in a productive manner, and in fact it is always interesting to hear
what a majority of people have to say with regards to these topics. This is a
magazine that will always be needed in our local community, schools, colleges
and etc.” By Ruben Ferreira
Our current team
At the moment, Shine ALOUD works with
a range of freelance writers, photographers and graphic designers which we are
EXTREMELY grateful for, however we are determined to recruit and hire a team of
young people to manage all of our activity, everything from editing the online
site to promoting our campaigns, to contacting youth provisions and organising
interviews. We are determined to allow young people to have an active role in
the company by allow them to take and make work for themselves.
Moving forward
In the future we hope to produce a
publication regionally across the country, in addition to maintaining a virtual
online website. Secondly, we hope to deliver sexual health awareness workshops
across youth provisions and in and around the community. And lastly, we hope to
embark on cultural exchanges with young people overseas, providing education to
those who most need it across the globe.
We hope you can support us on our mission by donating to our current
Crowd funding Campaign titled: The Sexual Empowerment of Young People!
You can find out more via https://www.indiegogo.com/command_center/shine-aloud-uk-the-sexual-empowerment-of-young-people
For more information follow and like us via @ShineALOUD
Shine ALOUD: Sex & Relationships
with a different tone!
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