The first features teenager Kyle Lintern, who is battling local opposition and the need to raise 70,000 to get a skatepark built in his isolated Yorkshire village.
In the second programme, 16-year-old Jenna Boyce, a youth councillor in Barnsley, stages an ambitious public event called Speak Out to bring together local young people, politicians and senior police officers.
The final programme concentrates on Asif Khan, a committee member of the YouthBank UK project. His task is to distribute 250,000 to worthwhile projects that benefit young people in his community in Bradford. www.channel4.com/lifestuff.
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