Goals: To help young people improve their behaviour and develop skills in planning and communication
Funding: Received a 24,700 grant from Edinburgh Community Safety Partnership to run 18 projects through 2005, as well as funding from other Midlothian councils, the Scottish Executive and other bodies
Orson Welles made Citizen Kane when he was 27, but Edinburgh-based project Young People Speak Out (YPSO) gives groups of young people from disadvantaged areas of the Lothians in southeast Scotland the chance to make films even earlier.
Groups of about six young people, aged 12 to 18, from youth clubs and schools take part in YPSO projects to make short pieces. Each project consists of six sessions involving participants at every stage of the film-making process.
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