@H_YPE (blog)
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Have you read what we were told by young people on: their experience of the police? Whether they would report a crime? If they would join a YIAG (Youth Independent Advisory Group) and other proposals for youth engagement.
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What Next For Young People And The Police?
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Off The Pitch: What Next For Young People & The Police? HYPE held our annual community and consultation football tournament last month. Here is what young people told us about their experience of the police and the plans to create a youth independent advisory group to the police.
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The fight for a future in Haringey -
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Pictures from 2011 HYPE tournament in September in response to the riots. All pictures courtesy of Sonny Malhotra (@photosonny)
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Press release: How young people are using football to rebuild Tottenham
PRESS RELEASE
30/08/11 – For immediate release
How young people are using football to rebuild Tottenham
In response to the riots, young people from across Haringey are using football as a vehicle for rebuilding Tottenham and improving youth, community and police relations.
Youth-led grass roots group Haringey Young People Empowered (HYPE) funded by Haringey Community and Police Consultative Group, will be holding its 4th annual HYPE unity football tournament on Saturday, September 3, 2011.
The tournament will also serve as a public consultation with the young people to consult their views on:
- The causes of the riots
- Police powers and relations
- Solutions and directions for change
The tournament will also run sessions introducing young people to stop and search legislation and literature, how young people can be a part of local decision-making and will be running with the support of the Haringey Community & Police Consultative Group and Haringey Safer Neighbourhood to unite all sides of the community who have a part to play in Tottenham’s rebuilding – the community, young people and the police.
Symeon Brown, a HYPE member, said:
“We have been very fortunate to have had great success over the year with engaging young people. We have some amazing stories where the tournament has broken down barriers between young people from every area of Haringey and young people and the authorities”.
“Last year, our tournament was played in memory of Godwin Lawson whose young life was tragically cut short after being stabbed to death in Hackney, calling for peace on the streets. Godwin had been part of our previous projects”.
“This year we felt it was so important that, in the wake of the riots, we addressed the subject with our young people, really listen and try to inspire positive action at the same time”.
“HYPE has always been about young people being HYPE (a street colloquialism for excited and manic) about changing their community”
How the tournament works
The tournament is for 15 to 18-year-olds and invites young people from across Haringey to submit a 5-a-side football team.
When teams get knocked out they are offered a chance to have a chance to re-enter if they are willing to form a new team made up of people from different parts of Haringey.
This feature of the tournament attempts to tackle postal code rivalry by encouraging friendships across postal code boundaries to be built.
The event will feature a number of guest speakers, food and entertainment.
Notes to editors:
1. HYPE was founded in 2007 by three young people: Symeon Brown, Saba Kerr-Armstrong and Janay Cochrane to tackle postcode rivalries and improve youth and police relations
2. For more information email hype_youth@hotmail.co.uk or call Erika Lopez on 07506342547
3. Location: Perth Road Playing Fields, off White Hart Lane, N22, between 10am and 4pm
4. Hype in the Media:
http://www.enfieldindependent.co.uk/news/8274202.Loved_Godwin_remembered_at_HYPE_football_tournament/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/jul/09/godwin-lawson-football-tournament
http://www.itnsource.com/jp/shotlist/ITN/2010/07/10/T10071008/?v=0&a=1
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The HYPE Report: Documenting our work & story 
Our 2007-2010 report documenting the history of how HYPE evolved from a youth steering group consulting local decision making to a borough wide grass roots movement.
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HYPE Executive-member Sabrina (17), addresses young organisers before HYPE event attended by over 130 young people in April.
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ITN News Video Footage of HYPE in ACTION Video news coverage on ITN news. We were doing big in society long before Cameron got into government.
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HYPE Discussion Report from 'The Roadside Game' Project with Parkview School In 2010 we ran a 6 month consultation with young people from across Haringey, including students from: Gladesmore, Northumberland Park, St. Thomas Moore, and Parkview Academy that asked them, ‘what are the main problems facing young people’?
The consultation period also had a focus group particularly on issues facing young girls between the age of 13-16 that was spurred by a number outlining fears regarding men and an increase in sexual and domestic abuse against girls under 16.
Out of the consultation the main problems facing young people in Haringey:
- Fear of conflict
- Low confidence of how to understand and respond to threatening behaviour
- A lack of understanding and respect of personal boundaries particular raised by adolescent girls
The results from this consultation were then delivered to the West Green and Bruce Grove Area Assembly in September 2010. The Assembly subsequently then commissioned us to design a pilot the social project, ‘Roadside Etiquette’ that uses workshops and mentoring to:
· Equip young people with skills in conflict resolution and how to increase their safety awareness
· Support the development of esteem of young people by running surgeries on how to respect the personal space of young people and young women in particular
· To increase the confidence of young people in their local area
This project was designed and run at the West Green Learning Centre in August 2010 and the evaluation showed that the project of workshops and mentoring was successful in achieving the objectives outlined above.
‘Roadside Etiquette’ has now become a part of a month long campaign from April 1st 2011 to increase inter-youth relations and personal development in the borough.
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HYPE founding member, Symeon Brown, defending youth services in Haringey council chamber.
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Images from the HYPE Tribe photoshoot, HYPE Hoodie Campaign & some of our core executive.
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The Mask and Roadside Game project. Over 200 young people have participated so far. For more info..(read more)
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Some images taken from the 2010 tournament, the promotion campaign and some others. The tournament has been running since 2008 in 2010 we changed the name to the Godwin Lawson memorial tournament in memory of our brother, Godwin Lawson who was stabbed to death last year.
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Guardian Article on HYPE: How Football is fighting postal code rivalry A feature in Guardian society on HYPE’s work.
