Our LB360 programme that works with NEET young people training them to be young workshop leaders has been awarded the RSA (Royal Society of Arts, Manufacture and Commerce) Innovation Award for Innovation 2010.

The award was presented to the young people by RSA Fellow Antony Earl in the presence of former athlete Linford Christie and 

The application for this award was put together by the 5 young people on the LB360 programme. Over the last 6 months the young people - Demi, Daisy, Bobbie, Miles and Molly have developed into confident Young Workshop Leaders. As part of the LB360 project, they acquired theatre making skills and developed a piece of Forum Theatre that they are currently performing to young people across Southwark and Lewisham. The Flying Forumers as the performing group is now called have been touring to different youth settings, delivering performance workshops focussing on issues such as loyalty, street crime and domestic violence.

Their application to the RSA was to make a film based on their current performance tour to help promote the work they are doing and to gain more support from agencies and funding bodies. They also plan to organise a full day special event where young people who have taken part in the tour can come to the Bubble to create their own forum piece and develop it. Other youth organisations, funders and school inclusion workers would also be invited and the Young Workshop Leaders will showcase their film along with a performance of the Forum piece.

So far the tour has received a brilliant response. Lisa Stubbs, Head of Drama Lewisham College commented, "Thank you so much for coming it was great for my students and I thought your girls were great. They took control with confidence and all of them spoke clearly and maturely making it easy for my students to follow the games and the workshop. The skills your group showed in improvising were excellent, they were sensitive to the students and listened well to their ideas."

To find out about the LB360 programme click here