Celebrating Young People: Revival is a 6-step project that centres itself on listening to the voices of young people, responding to them, empowering and celebrating them, and creating their Manifesto of Dreams.

 
 

At Million Minutes we strive to put the voices of young people at the heart of dialogue that drives change in society. 

Celebrating Young People: Revival is a 6-step project that centres itself on listening to the voices of young people, responding to them, empowering and celebrating them, and creating their Manifesto of Dreams.

We know that the voices of young people are at-risk of being unheard in several spaces across society, but we believe that Catholic communities have an intrinsic framework, through Catholic Social Teaching, that places great value on the dignity of the person.

Therefore our Catholic communities, schools, parish, and social networks have a natural disposition to want to amplify the voices of those on the peripheries. Young people by nature of being at-risk of exclusion, sit on these peripheries and at Million Minutes we want to equip the Church to amplify these voices, and empower young people in their sense of agency.

Celebrating Young People: Revival gives young people a year-long opportunity to share, learn, and be inspired to create the change that they dream of in their communities.

Click here to contact the team at Million Minutes to find out how your school can get involved. Or get it touch with us by email: info@millionminutes.org

 

FAQs

  • After much consideration and taking on feedback, we are running Celebrating Young People: Revival in place of the previous CYP Awards. If you are looking for a specific awards scheme, please look at CYMFed’s Faith in Action Award, or the Pope John Paul II Award

  • Through CYP: Revival, we are providing a platform for young people in schools to express their hopes for change in communities; and supporting and developing their skills, knowledge and confidence throughout a 10-month journey.

    In this time, Million Minutes will continue to celebrate young people by sharing their stories with the Catholic community of England and Wales.

  • At the moment we are specifically engaging with students who are in secondary school/those aged 11-18. Any year group may participate, to give schools flexibility in choosing where this might fit best. Schools may also choose to enroll more than one year group. It is our hope that schools may see this as a project that they can participate in on an annual basis.

  • For the in-person summer event we recommend a minimum of 6 and a maximum of 10 young people per school.

    We may be able to accommodate smaller or larger groups but we would need advance notice for booking requirements.

    For project activities through the year we encourage you to engage with our resources more widely across your chosen participating year group/s.