CYP Now - Young people express their feelings through creating and publishing comics

Knowsley Council-backed community interest company supports vulnerable young people to create their own comic books and zines to express their concerns and hopes, and to help build resilience.

Name Listen Up

Provider Comics Youth CIC

Listen Up is a Knowsley-based project that works with young people aged from eight to 18 years old experiencing mental ill-health and marginalisation to design, create and publish a comic book - online and in print - which explore their health and emotional wellbeing.

Since its launch in November 2017, the project - supported by Knowsley Council through its Better Together programme - has mentored young people to develop their creative and literacy skills, along with improving their resilience. The project uses comic books and zines as a gateway to engagement and a tool for learning and supporting young people with their reading skills. Advice, guidance and materials are provided for young people to create and publish their own comics and zines as a form of grassroots social action.

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