This involved helping to run a training day for a number of young people to give them the skills and confidence to handle media interviews, under both friendly and hostile circumstances.
This particular group came from a care background and so brought a particular agenda with them, but otherwise were just your average bunch of young people: opinionated, lively, loud, some confident, some less so.
Now, I'm of the school of thought that as advocates we should all listen to young people more, and would far rather put one of them forward to give a view or comment when the opportunity arises. That's all well and good, of course, but finding yourself with a camera or microphone shoved in your face, whatever your age, can be a pretty daunting experience. Your legs can turn to jelly, and so can your brain. You can find words entirely unconnected to what you mean to say tumbling from your lips.
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