This Is Us Youth

Hello All! We are looking for more submissions to our website for March through to April. The issue we would like to focus on is Image and Subjective Beauty, and as usual we are welcoming submissions in any medium, anything that is creative is welcomed! Because the This Is Us project is focused so heavily on contributions, if we receive submissions that are NOT in line with the brief we will still look at these and if we think they’re good, upload them on the site! Please share this if you know anyone interested or get in touch with [email protected] Thank you!!! 😊💚💚💚

The Second Issue for This is Us is now live on the website! Thank You to the hard work of all those who contributed, if anyone else wants to get involved with the project in the future please contact us and let us know! Go over to the site and checkout articles, poems, songs and more!!!

Moving to a new city can be scary, but what if that city is thousands of miles away, in another country? Elly Childs shares what it's been like to move to Oslo for her studies, opening up about some of the challenges she's faced along the way.

'This Is Us' is a creative media project giving young people around the world a platform to share their thoughts and life experience through writing, art/photography and video. Get in touch to be part of our next issue!

https://www.thisisusyouth.com/post/my-life-in-oslo-changing-directions

2019 has seen a wave of climate protests across the world, many of them led by the youth. In this post, Karris McGonigle expresses the anger and frustration she feels about the very real threat of climate change.

'This Is Us' is a creative media project giving young people around the world a platform to share their thoughts and life experience through writing, art/photography and video. Get in touch to be part of our next issue!

https://www.thisisusyouth.com/post/when-the-world-burns

Is uni ever all it's made out to be? Mimi Harrington gets real about what it's like to be a fresher, talking shared accommodation, loneliness, and social media.

'This Is Us' is a creative media project giving young people around the world a platform to share their thoughts and life experience through writing, art/photography and video. Get in touch to be part of our next issue!

https://www.thisisusyouth.com/post/what-no-one-tells-you-about-starting-university

'New directions' means change, but is change always new? Ellis Parsley discusses how new ideas can come from old ones, and shares how it's possible to change your perception of change - for the better.

'This Is Us' is a creative media project giving young people around the world a platform to share their thoughts and life experience through writing, art/photography and video. Get in touch to be part of our next issue!

https://www.thisisusyouth.com/post/updating-a-remake

We are defined by our difference. Where do we belong? What makes us different? What makes us the same? These are questions that we want answers to.

For the next series of articles, we’re looking for submissions of creative pieces from people aged 14-25 relating to the theme ‘Defining Difference’. The deadline for submissions is December 2nd.

To find out more about how to get involved, head over to thisisusyouth.com/submit

University. How easy is it to find friends? How do you find your place? What are the challenges of uni life? Carmen Burlingham gives us the low-down.

'This Is Us' is a creative media project giving young people around the world a platform to share their thoughts and life experience through writing, art/photography and video. Get in touch to be part of our next issue!

https://www.thisisusyouth.com/post/finding-your-feet

What does it mean to 'grow up' as you raise a child? How young is too young to have a baby? In this interview with new parents Callum and Jadie, editor-in-chief India Childs learns about exactly what it's like to start a family in your teens.

'This Is Us' is a creative media project giving young people around the world a platform to share their thoughts and life experience through writing, art/photography and video. Get in touch to be part of our next issue!

https://www.thisisusyouth.com/post/parents-of-today

An anonymous author goes on a rant about One Direction, explaining their connection to the current global chaos.

'This Is Us' is a creative media project giving young people around the world a platform to share their thoughts and life experience through writing, art/photography and video. Get in touch to be part of our next issue!

https://www.thisisusyouth.com/post/another-direction

What should be your next step after college? Juliette Appleby explores the options available to us post-16, discussing the pressures that young people face during this stage of their lives.

'This Is Us' is a creative media project giving young people around the world a platform to share their thoughts and life experience through writing, art/photography and video. Get in touch to be part of our next issue!

https://www.thisisusyouth.com/post/multiple-new-directions-the-crossroads-when-making-the-right-choice-for-you

In this blog post, 'This Is Us' editor Taryn Everdeen shares what it's like to travel North America solo. Written on board a bus from Kansas City to St. Louis, she reflects on how travel has impacted her life and what she had learned from her trip so far.

'This Is Us' is a creative media project giving young people around the world a platform to share their thoughts and life experience through writing, art/photography and video. Get in touch to be part of our next issue!

https://www.thisisusyouth.com/post/musings-by-bus-how-travel-changed-me

Hello creatives! We are super duper excited to bring you the first issue of 'This Is Us' with an article from Editor-in-Chief India Childs. India gives us an introduction to 'New Directions', reflecting on the year that's just been and looking forward to what's ahead of her.

We thrilled to be able share all of the content that has been submitted for the theme 'New Directions'.

This Is Us Youth updated their business hours.