Newham Recorder - Young get tips on history

Newham Recorder - Young get tips on history: "Young get tips on history
18 March 2008
YOUNGSTERS who were given tips by several celebrities have marked the end of their oral history project with a film and audio showcase.

They have been researching and collecting oral histories from different generations including their own, on what it means to be young and grow up in East London.

The project, Trace, culminated at the British Museum on Friday, 14th March with a film and audio showcase of the recordings made throughout its duration. Trace is a Heritage Lottery Fund funded participant-led oral history youth project run by East London charity Toynbee Hall for 11 - 15 years old at a secondary school in Bethnal Green, Bethnal Green Technology College.

Joe Bell, London Trustee for the UK Youth Parliament gave a keynote speech. It was followed by young people from the project team giving an introduction to the documentary screening exploring the young people's generational identity and answering the question: What does it mean to be young and to grow up in Tower Hamlets?

Trace began in April 2007 and since then the young people have interviewed former MP Tony Benn about how politics affect young people, been advised by Jon Snow of Channel"