On Christmas Day this year, teenage Britain delivered its own message to the nation. Find out more
Meet Rosalie. She's a sixteen year old actress and is featured in the latest Barnardo's advertising campaign. She's also got involved in The Teens' Speech. If you are aged between 13-19 and have something to say about relationships then visit our our YouTube channel or MySpace page and tell us what's on your mind.
Barnardo’s, the UK's biggest children's charity, believes that helping young people also means helping the UK. Teenagers will inherit and shape our country, so ensuring they have promising and happy futures should be a national concern. That's why we've created The Teens' Speech.
Barnardo’s main aim is to break the vicious cycle of disadvantage that harms the lives of thousands of young people in the UK. No matter who they are, what they have done or what they have been through, we believe in children and young people – and we’re here to help them turn their lives around.
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Hello! I’m Vik Sharma. Please, don’t be alarmed by this picture. I’ll be following the Teens' Speech project around the UK and blogging vigorously as we go.
Speak your mind and be part of history. If you’re aged between 13 and 19 and have something to say, record it, tag it and submit it to our YouTube channel.
Tell everybody about the Teens’ Speech and support every teenager's right to freedom of expression. Download our promotional kit and stick a badge on your blog or social network.
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Some of the things this girl says are ridiculous - She doesn't have an opinion, she is merely spouting what she has read in magazines and newspapers. If it was her opinion, I'm willing to respect that though everything that she said was said without any conviction whatsoever.
I disagree with what she said on the age of consent - it is not going to protect people who are vulnerable enough to be manipulated and sexually abused in the first place.
Report thisThis law is hardly ever bothered with - no one cares for it. If two people under the age of 16 want to have sex, they go and do it. The police are hardly going to come crashing through the window and arrest them.