At the end of October, The Southbank celebrated the 15th anniversary of the UN's Convention of the Rights of the Child through their WHY Festival, which partnered with ReachOut.
This convention promises children rights, from education to health. These rights describe what a child needs to survive, grow, participate and fulfil their potential. They apply equally to every child, regardless of who they are or where they come from.
ReachOut partnered with the Southbank on their "Things I Wish I Knew At 15" project, which explored individuals' experiences of being a young person. Eight young people from the Junior Mentor's project volunteered their Saturdays to engage with the public on this topic, encouraging them to fill in postcards like those shown below.
The young people filled the wall with enlightening and warming postcards and participated in the other workshops run during the WHY Festival, to great praise and success.
By Katy Belben
Bishop Challoner Junior Mentors Project Leader
By Katy Belben
Bishop Challoner Junior Mentors Project Leader
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