The UK Youth Media Council arrived yesterday in Sweden to attend the World Summit on Media for Children and Youth. After a briefly checking out the sights of the capital Sweden, the group then travelled on to Karlstad where the Summit takes place. After all these months and all this planning, we cannot wait for the opening ceremony and for the summit to begin! Uma will be taking centre stage during the opening ceremony in a matter of hours!
United Kingdom’s Youth Media Council, created by the British Council, will be leading on discussions to create a set of recommendations at the world’s largest summit on young people and the media. The Council is comprised of five young people, aged 18 to 24, living across the UK have skills in politics, journalism, campaigning, youth media and law.