The young people we worked with on Changing the Story (CTS) were integral and authentic partners. Find out about the many ways young people shaped and engaged with the project and how they're driving the change they want to see through and beyond CTS!

'Junaid Oliephant from Ilizwi Lenyaniso Lomhlaba, Graff Reinet, South Africa on his way to a protest

Meet the amazing Youth Research Board and find out about the 'Public Untruth' artwork they co-created for the Changing the Story Inside Out and Outside In Festival (June 2021). Share your anonymous gender story and read the gender stories of other young people from around the world. Watch the incredible films created by young filmmakers on CTS Projects, and hear from the filmmakers themselves about their process, ideas, and hopes for their films! All this and more from the CTS Young Changemakers network!

Resource Archive

Search or browse the resource archive for films, reports, toolkits and other resources produced by the Changing the Story and its commissioned projects. Items relating to the Youth Research Board are listed below:

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In 20/21, Changing the Story worked with a group of students from the University of Leeds’ Liberal Arts school. Led by CTS PhD Candidate Katie Hodgkinson, we challenged them to create two films that highlighted the themes reflected within the work created by the youth in post-conflict societies. This first film is based on their research with participants from the Changing the Story project Building Trust for Truth-Telling Among Former Child Soldiers:

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Watch the graduation film 'El Juego del Encuentro' (Longing to Return) from Angel Hurtado, visual artist on the 'Building Trust for Truth-telling among Former Child Soldiers' project:

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