Lisa (15) from Gorton, Manchester, presents RECLAIM's Christmas speech. Sources used in video: ukipmedia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXIftnEO128 TheAlexJonesChannel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ut3xsdkIWhg Channel4News: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FNXXCRvAQ0 The Telegraph: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39UD2lorJno P&J Films: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCUkUqoNgz4&spfreload=1 Fixers UK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2MRSkULPd4

RECLAIM is a social change and leadership charity based in Manchester. We support working class young people in being seen, being heard, and leading change.

Lisa, 15, from Gorton Manchester has been on RECLAIM Project for over 2 years. She met MP Ivan Lewis at the RECLAIM offices, wanting to tell him how she felt as a working class young person. After their meeting, she felt inspired to have more working class voices heard, so she interviewed peers at her school and made this inspiring short film about their views. WORKING CLASS YOUNG PEOPLE BEING SEEN, BEING HEARD AND LEADING CHANGE.

Stephen Lawrence could have been me Stephen Lawrence could have been you There are various moments which shape our lives Heartbreak First interview Losing someone special Moments deleted by those too numb to feel United in hatred and hunting for sport Relationships need trust An institution that exists to protect and serve Think as an individual not as an institution A British teenager A black boy A son A student A brother A friend A grandson He had a father He had a mother A black mother A British mother I’m just a mother You’ve run well but the truth will catch you up This is everyone’s battle This is everyone’s cause Enough is Enough

On 23rd May 2015, a Walk for Change was organised by the young people from RECLAIM Project. Armed with their friends, families, RECLAIM staff and members of the public, over 100 working class young activiists marched through Manchester city centre to show that teenagers are far from politically apathetic. Working class young people being seen, being heard and leading change.

Founder and CEO of RECLAIM and Ashoka Fellow, Ruth Ibegbuna, gives a speech about the organisation at her introduction to the Ashoka Fellowship in November 2014.

4 young people from Manchester's RECLAIM Project share their thoughts on the plight of refugees, that photo and the Government response. All their own words.

19 Prime Ministers from Eton, but not one from Salford. We're going to change this. What do you do when the odds are never in your favour? Disrupt Sources: “Who gets the top jobs?” Macmillan et al. (2013) http://repec.ioe.ac.uk/REPEc/pdf/qsswp1315.pdf Downward mobility, opportunity hoarding and the ‘glass floor’ Abigail McKnight (June 2015) https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/447575/Downward_mobility_opportunity_hoarding_and_the_glass_floor.pdf The Class Ceiling (Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission, June 2015) https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/434791/A_qualitative_evaluation_of_non-educational_barriers_to_the_elite_professions.pdf Parliamentary privilege (The Sutton Trust, 2015) http://www.suttontrust.com/researcharchive/parliamentary-privilege-the-mps-2015/

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