Faith, Hope and Masking Tape - our Mythomroyd group show off their handiwork
Bedale Town Plans
Thinking about buildings
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The group discuss what makes a good building, how safe or attractive they are, and what they dislike about buildings from around the world. Then they look at at buildings from their own town, think about the architecture, how buildings are used inside and outside, and what makes an interesting building.
The group then are asked to make an 'exciting building' against the clock, out of rolled up paper sticks showing what they want in a building, what makes it safe, how it can be used, what features it will have etc. This helps the young people to look at their own town in a different way, and helps them work as a team to form decisions about what they would like to see developed in their town.
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Trying to engage people is the most difficult thing to do as they are constantly being asked to provid answers to adult problems and they never get asked what they do want to talk about |
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Anything that engages young people is a) hard and b) useful
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Mytholmroyd is our current itown so watch this space for developments. 
Settle is our most recent itown - podcasts coming soon 
Boroughbridge was our first iTownMyTown.
Taking place over a rainy weekend, our Bedale group used video and podcast radio shows to tackle subjects such as shopping, traffic congestion, unfair fares, the lack of facilities, such as internet cafes and cinemas. 
Our Grimbsby group spent a weekend creating radio shows and videos about youth space, vandalism, environmental issues, and the town's football team. 
The group in Scunthorpe chose to discuss the new sports facilities coming to the town, challenges facing up and coming musicians, graffiti, and the lack of town identity.