(1) On December 7th 2024 we will publish our REIMAGINED Manifesto. A fairer society through eyes of young people.
It’s National UK Day of Hope and our youth management group will stage a huge live event to celebrate the occasion!
The Hope Hack journey. A thread!
#TeamHope
He hoped to change the World. Now in this 20th anniversary year the legacy campaign has the most amazing partnership cohort. We are celebrating the kind of young person Damilola was turning into!
#Hope2020
Thank you to everyone who got involved thank you to those that braved the cold. Lots of love to everyone who believes in Hope. Day of Hope 2023 the mural. Watch this space!
#DayOfHope
#Reimagined
Racism is abhorrent. All decent humans recognise it as abhorrent. Racism and hate crime incidents have gone through the roof since 2016 referendum. Fact. Let’s all stand together on April 22nd to honour
@sldayfdn
Stephen Lawrence Day and say enough is enough
#StephenLawrenceDay
We are a progressive partnership cohort supporting Violence reduction units (VRU’s) across the UK working with young people on the ultimate solution focused objective. A fairer society would be a safer society. That’s what Hope Hacks are all about. That’s the vision!
#Reimagined
At every HOPE HACK we’ve run young people talk candidly about the biggest problem with mental health services. They are ridiculously hard to access. All the campaigns in the World aren’t going to do any good at all unless services are easily available
#ChildrensMentalHealthWeek
Today is Stephen Lawrence Day
@sldayfdn
30 years on a legacy of hopefulness and inspiration. Today we stand alongside
@sal2nd
and family calling for an end to institutional racism in the MET. It’s long since time
@MetBPA
@NBPAUK
#StephenLawrenceDay
The love is off the scale. Thanks for all the wonderful messages and support for our superhero
@TaylorOBE
We will get stronger and never stop pushing for the fairer society he dreamed of for every young person to thrive in!
#RestInPowerKing
The need to tackle racism and inequalities isn’t negotiable. For Stephen. For every decent minded human in the UK! Sending love and solidarity
@sldayfdn
#StephenLawrenceDay
What if we stopped talking about knives? What if we stopped talking about gangs? What if we stopped talking about drugs? What if we started LISTENING to young people’s opinions on tackling poverty & inequality instead? Levelling up?
#ChangingTheConversation
On the left is me around the same age as Damilola when he tragically lost his life. I too was hopeful and excited for what the future had in store for me. On the right is me now aged 22, still full of hope and even more excited to be part of real change❤️
#DayOfHope2021
For all those that talk up “Youth voice” you also need to listen to what’s being said. For decades young people have spoken about the trauma of poverty & inequalities underpinning the YV label 🏷 Changing the conversation was the beginning
#Reimagined
We’re asking youth orgs and anyone who works with young people. Support
@DTTlondon
20th anniversary legacy campaign. We’re celebrating the kind of young person Damilola represented All young people have dreams!!
#Hope2020
The Hope Hacks demonstrate young people from all four corners of the UK are unified by a desire to see a levelled up fairer society. The love and compassion they have for each other knows no borders or division
#HopeCollective
✊🏻✊🏿✊🏾
This project is dedicated to young people. All young people. It’s a legacy campaign dedicated to all those who have a dream. Who dare to dream. And it’s also for those who are struggling to believe in dreams. Time to level up fairness!
#TheHopeCollective
It’s tough out there in areas where poverty & inequalities are a fact of life. Violence reduction units (VRU’s) create community led interventions to support most vulnerable. HOPE HACKS are safe spaces where young people discuss what a fairer society could look like
#TeamHope
Imagine if we could invest in bringing young people together across entire UK discussing solutions for a fairer society! Our YMG cochair
@Yahye_Abdi_
Supporting the cause and representing
@natyouthagency
#YouthWork23
Windrush Square Brixton London SW9 November 27th 2019. The 19th anniversary of the tragedy of Damilola. Covid would impact the 20th anniversary plans but the legacy of hope would grow stronger and stronger
#DayOfHope2022
We are getting ready to announce this years campaign. Every young person and youth worker in the country will be invited to participate. As
@YouthViolenceUK
evidenced, it’s long since been time to reframe the narrative. Needs to be inclusively inclusive 😊
#Hope2021
Thank you
@NeilMackay
@heraldscotland
Changing the conversation was an important part of the process. Hope is the magic ingredient in a public health approach to safeguarding vulnerable kids. Young people are the solution not the problem
#TeamHope
Our Hacks of Hope kick off in London on Saturday 24th July. Saturday 7th August Belfast. Saturday 18th September Manchester. Saturday October 16th Cardiff. Saturday 13th November Glasgow
#ChangingTheConversation
#ScienceOfHope
Today on World mental health day we soft launch our first big project REIMAGINED - A fairer society through the eyes of young people. No pomp and ceremony. No big media. Just a collective ambition to make a real difference!
@NCSTrust
@UKYouth
@OnSideYZ
#WorldMentalHealthDay2022
Imagine a world where love could make a difference. Imagine a world where Hope was a superpower. Imagine a World where every young person had the same opportunities in life. Imagine that could be the World we’re already living in!
#DayOfHope2022
#GiveALittleHope
#Reimagined
We created something fresh. Something new. Something different. We changed the conversation. We’re reimagining society. One that’s fairer. One that’s safer for young people to thrive in equally!
#CourageousVoicesCuriousMinds
We hear a lot about authenticity but rarely will young people get the chance to meet two more inspirational warriors than
@iampatrickhutch
@Kingcanners
in same place. We are blessed with two such ambassadors dedicated to the change we are demanding
#Reimagined
We gathered in the square outside Peckham Library and for 7 minutes on the 7th December we asked those that joined us to reflect on all the children we’ve lost to violence impacting vulnerable communities. The day of Hope is for everyone. Good humans are the solution
#TeamHope
Today
@TIGERS_UK
@vruscotland
We are in Glasgow for the 4th event of the Hope Hack tour 2021. Engaging young people the length and breadth of the UK in their views on what a fairer society would look like! Next stop Cardiff with
@WalesVPU
#ChangingTheConversation
The Hope Hacks are about young people speaking and adults listening. The Hope Collective partnership cohort is about acting on what’s been said. Reimagined - A fairer society through the eyes of young people
@NCSTrust
@UKYouth
VIOLENCE REDUCTION UNIT NETWORK
#Reimagined
#TeamHope
The Hope Collective would like to say Thank you to everyone who supported the
#DayOfHope2021
🙌
It was a true celebration of Damilola Taylor's legacy of Hope.🕊️
We challenge you all to continue supporting young people to achieve their best because Hope is where it starts!
“Young people should be given free travel to and from school” “Uniforms outdated” “Need mental health classes open discussions teachers & pupils” “Life skills to replace algebra” “RIP UP THE CURRICULUM AND LET YIUNG PEOPLE REDESIGN IT”
@MerseysideVrp
#Education
#LiverpoolHopeHack
As most people look forward to putting their feet up and relaxing at the weekend youth workers are out there enjoying supporting young people. Youth work is a vital front line service especially in challenging times like this when so many young people are vulnerable
#TeamHope
We’re looking forward to introducing our Hope Collective leadership team shortly. We think our partnership cohort is most eclectic ever constructed to support a brighter future for young people. The leadership team are gonna blow it outta the water!!
#ChangingTheConversation
‘21 years of pain, but as we age we have to smile. I have to smile’: Damilola Taylor’s father on his son’s 31st birthday. The Hope Collective - UK wide network of violence reduction units & youth charities - aims to tackle poverty & inequality with young people front and centre.
Tomorrow it’s all 👀 on London stadium at the Olympic Park with
@LDN_VRU
where hundreds of young people will be working with youth workers discussing solutions to creating a fairer society. Watch out for a few surprise guests!
#LondonHopeHack
#TeamHope
#Reimagined
Fully supporting
@iwill_movement
It’s so important to highlight the inspirations and ambitions of young people at all times. Now more than ever as so many are facing hardship with families and carers struggling against horrendous financial challenges
#IWillWeek2022
We need to see a big society approach to tackling poverty & inequality. Its clear that solutions aren’t coming anytime soon from politicians or political parties. A true public health approach is about taking societal responsibility on all levels
#HopeCollective
On route to Liverpool for tomorrows
@MerseysideVrp
Liverpool Hope Hack. It’s gonna be as wonderfully engaging for young people as last months
@HumberVPP
Hull
@LDN_VRU
London and
@KentVru
Ashford Kent Hope Hacks. Changing the conversation and reimagining a fairer society
#TeamHope
We are so thankful to
@coopuk
for supplying food and drink for our HOPE HACK UK TOUR 2021. We think the collective mission statement to find solutions to poverty & inequality is important. If society works cohesively and not in silo we think it’s possible
#ChangingTheConversation
Great presentation by our YMG Chair
@Yahye_Abdi_
of
@VR_Network
today at
@natyouthagency
Commonwealth youth work conference 2023 in Reading. The interest in Hope Hacks from so many countries was wonderful we need hurry get our tool kit downloadable from website!
#YouthWork23
Wherever we go with Hope Hacks we hear young people talking about their views and ideas for a fairer society. They are far from anti police they just want the police to be fair and trustworthy. Safer neighbourhood trauma informed community policing 🤷♂️
#CaseyReport
Our new website will go live on December 7th - The National U.K. Day of Hope. Lots more orgs joined and our REIMAGINED project underway. Hope Hack updates and plenty of news from our Youth Leadership Team. Things are tough but there’s always going to be Hope!
#Reimagined
Oldham Greater Manchester 2021 our amazing ambassador
@Kingcanners
tells his story. In the background 16 year old Molly
@mahdloyouthzone
now on our youth leadership team and proudly supporting
@GM_VRU
#TeamHope
Excited to be back in Scotland. Where it all started. Public health movement gathering momentum all over rest of the UK. Our children. That’s the tweet!
@WM2U_
✅
@vruscotland
#EAHopeHack
Well done
@natyouthagency
on superb organising with the Commonwealth youth work conference. We’re sure the next two days will be full of awesomeness
#YouthWork23
Huge thank you
@greygroup
and the wonderful
@OliviaClarkson2
for supporting our work and helping the UK network of Violence reduction units get a shiny new Twitter endorsement in time for the official UK Day of Hope on December 7th
#ViolenceIsPreventable
now
#Verified
✅
Today a group of young people will come together at a school in South London. Supported by an array of passionately committed individuals from many different organisations. We are the Hope Collective and together we are going to reimagine a fairer society
#ChangingTheConversation
Every young person matters. Every adult has a role to play in proving it. Poverty and inequality can be eradicated by the actions of a society dedicated to fairness
#Reimagined
Champions of hope aren’t the ones with the most likes and retweets. Out of the limelight working in the background trying to bring people together. Together, together is a mantra society should chant much louder 😎
#PublicHealthParadigm
We are **two weeks** away from the
#DayOfHope
and we cannot wait to celebrate the legacy of Damilola Taylor (
@DTTCharity
) and young people in the UK! 🙌✨
Keep a look out or sign up below for full details 👇
We are delighted to have
@DirectorVRU
taking on a more executive role. His loss to the ground breaking Scottish VRU will be to the gain of entire UK VRU network. VRU Scotland remain an integral partner Org of course! Shoulders of giants! A press release imminent
#TeamHope
Today is POWER OF YOUTH DAY. Shout out to all those community champions resiliently supporting young people no matter the odds stacked against them battling the realities of poverty & inequality
@iwill_campaign
#PowerOfYouth
We have an exciting opportunity for young people to join the Hope Collective Youth Management Group!
If you are 15-25 and interested in creating a fairer society for all young people in the UK? Find out more & apply 👇
Closing date 29th April
The establishment talks a lot about Youth Voice. The same establishment that created the Youth Violence label that spawned an industry. The question we posed is “if the youth voice is important, why isn’t the establishment listening? We plan to do things differently
#Reimagined
Shout out to magnificent
@TIGERS_UK
who are staging a day of Joy, care, Hope & inspiration today. Having staged two Hope Hacks they have also supported the team pulling Kilmarnock Hope Hack together next week. Tigers are the best of us. Be cool. Be like tigers
#TheCloseCommunity
Cycled from Brixton to Coventry now setting up the Hope Heroes corner
@TrowsdaleGary
😊 For anyone thinking the solutions to keeping children safe didn’t include educating out racism. Think again!
#MidlandHopeHack
#Reimagined