What About Me

The project is called ‘What About Me?’ and it’s an exploration of the thoughts, feelings and stories of young people in Salford that will be created in 2025 with the youth voice at the centre of its creation process. 

What About Me? is an exciting large-scale project that will be co-created with a professional team of creatives alongside young people of Salford. Stories, photos, recordings and film clips will be collected by young people and presented as a guided walk through a prime location in Salford, taking over spaces and empowering young people to share their perspective on What About Me? 

The project has already seen an R&D (Research and Development) phase where we delivered 8 creative sessions with young people in Salford to explore different arts and crafts and creative techniques such as filmmaking, photography, tie-dye, spoken word etc. From these sessions we then asked the young people what they enjoyed and what they would like to do next. The project ‘What About Me?’ is a direct response to their wants / needs – which was for a large-scale, digital storytelling piece with a mixture of arts techniques. 

The project is commissioned by Salford Community Leisure and GM Arts, and will be delivered in partnership with Breaking Barriers, offering a unique partnership approach to co-created projects.