Young people's views have been incorporated into Blocked, a film about the frustrations of life on the Chalcot Estate in Primrose Hill. The documentary had its premiere at a Hampstead cinema earlier this month.
Paul Perkins, a youth and community worker based at the St Mary's Centre, a voluntary sector community venue in Primrose Hill, produced the film.
With the help of volunteers, he interviewed young people about their concerns including the damp, faulty lifts and the stigma attached to life there. Some young people also wrote poems about life on the estate.
"Young people who come from this estate feel like they're spoken to differently," said Perkins. "They feel that the stigma attached to the estate can be a self-fulfilling prophecy. Most don't trust the Government."
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