M13 Youth Project

After the success of the Mistaken Identity Exhibition in Brunswick, Corridor Manchester's Steve Grant was inspired to see the exhibition reach a wider audience. In partnerhsip with Urbis Gallery, Corridor Manchester sponsored the launch and a week's long exhibition of the Mistaken Identity Exhibtion at Urbis in Spetember 2009. Manchester Evening News Article.

12 young parents are currently working together with M13 to create a DVD-based advice and information resource for other young parents going through the experience.

Once again, young people in Ardwick and Longsight take the initiative in supporting younger children in their communities during Summer 2009. A number of local young people approached M13 workers expressing the desire to make a difference in their community through training as youth workers and gaining experience in supporting local young people. The young people underwent youth work training, which skilled them to run a youth club through the summer holidays. 

A peer group of young people were awarded a piece of funding, enabling them to explore the country's capital.

 

 

The culmination of the Mistaken Identity Digital Photography Project, May 2009 saw the launch of the Exhibition of young people's photographic art work. Brunswick Church Centre was trasformed into an art gallery for the weekend, with the three groups of young people's art on display for families, community members, local statutory and professional partners and our guest of honour, Lord Mayor, Mavis Smitheman.

The gallery below showcases the work produced by young people for the 'Mistaken Identity' project.

 

In one of M13's most ambitious projects to date, young people from Longsight and Ardwick learned and used key skills in digital photography, digital editing and project management to challenge media stereotypes and express their understanding of their identity as a young person living in this area.

This is a MEDIABOX funded project.

A group of young women from Ardwick and Longsight participated in the National art project, 'Design For Life', spearheaded by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, partnering with galleries around the country. M13 worked with Manchester Art Gallery artists to learn about the design process and create their own screen-printed posters. Our project was featured on both the Manchester Art Gallery Wesbite, and the V&A Museum, London wesbite.

Young women from the Brunswick area that M13 have worked with for a while approached M13 workers with the idea of taking on the role of young leaders

A group of young mums from Grove Village set up their own summer dance club for young people on the Grove Village Estate! After training as both youth workers and dance instructors, the group of six younger mums ran the club through the summer of 2008 for local children, to do something positive for the local community.