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A budding film maker

With the help of community film maker Rachel Smith, the group of young people from the Fox Hollies Youth Forum met with their local councillor and police as part of the project looking at the issues in the area.

"We need more facilities for the young people..."

The film they produced was also shown to local residents and statutory organisations.

Amy explained: “We did this project to get our point across about getting more facilities for the local area so we’re not just standing on the streets.

Talking to the local councillor

"There are gangs of kids standing around messing about because there’s nothing to do.

"We think if we had more activities and places to go there would be less graffiti and the area would look a lot more presentable."

Others in the group explained: "There’s graffiti everywhere and the shop keepers moan if we stand too close to the shops.

"We don’t feel safe around our own area and the youth clubs don’t stay open long enough."

Find out how the young people got on with their project.

Watch the short film they produced called ‘Being young in Acocks Green’.

Community film maker Rachel Smith

More about Community film maker Rachel Smith

Rachel’s work has the specific aim of empowering, enabling and giving a voice to people involved in positive projects in the Birmingham area.

This includes work with youth groups, community projects, work in schools, residents groups, lobby groups or community-based work in the public sector.

Read more about Rachel Smith