Teenagers on the Isle of Wight aged between 15 and 17 are being urged to take advantage of a free four-day festival being held over the Easter weekend.
The Kingswood Residential Activity Centre near Bembridge on the Isle of Wight is to host a residential ‘festival’ of inspiration and learning for 15 to 17 year olds.
Loud Speaker Easter Weekender
The Loud Speaker Easter Weekender is the brainchild of Calvin Eden, whose best friend was tragically murdered, aged just 15.
Calvin and Oba Akinwale founded Loud Speaker in 2019 to provide young people with opportunities to get a better start in life after having difficult upbringings themselves and are now bringing their live events to the region.
Four night event
The four night event is happening over the Easter weekend, from Friday 29th March to Tuesday 2nd April and is part of six such free events over that weekend, with others happening in North Wales, South Yorkshire, Kent, Northumberland and Norfolk.
The Loud Speaker events are a collaboration with NCS, who are fully funding the programme, to ensure full accessibility to 15 to 17-year-olds from all backgrounds and are even laying on free transport to and from the event from central train station pick up points in Chichester, Bournemouth and Brighton, as well as Portsmouth Ferry Port, in a bid to widen the network of attendees.
Developing social skills and confidence
NCS is supporting Loud Speakers’ goals of making motivation cool, learning exciting and developing teenagers’ social skills and confidence around others.
All of the on-site activities are split into outdoor activities, game-changing workshops, and evening activities.
- Each site has a variety of outdoor activities, ranging from archery and climbing to zip lines and high ropes.
- The workshops will be focused on building life, employability and enterprise skills. Topics covered include communication skills, marketing, personal branding and even start up business coaching.
- Finally, the evenings are where things get crazy… Loud Speaker Bingo, The Big Quiz and the Easter Weekender Festival offer the opportunity for young people to have fun and make meaningful connections.
Sign up now
In all, up to 2,000 teens will collectively attend the events with 300 to 400 expected at each venue. Teens aged 15 to 17 are encouraged to sign up for the last remaining places for the event at Loudspeaker.org.uk
News shared by Christian, in his own words. Ed
