Young residents from Southwark, Lewisham and Lambeth will launch Family Mosaic's first young tenant-led broadcast on Monday 27th September.

The broadcasts, in partnership with London's leading youth radio channel Reprezent, are a culmination of a 6-week accredited training course in radio broadcasting, it's aim to provide accredited training to young people to enhance their confidence, leadership and social skills. The project encourages positive interactions between young people and their communities.

So tune in to listen to Family Mosaic's first youth radio show and log on to Reprezent at http://www.reprezent.org.uk/ - details of forthcoming shows are below:

Reprezent Unplugged, exposing & exploring young talent - Monday 27th September @ 6-7pm

There are just millions of young talented people out there, you might be one of them. So how do you stand out from the crowd and who can help you to make it?

Tune in to Reprezent Unplugged, the first Family Mosaic young tenant led broadcast & hear live performances from special guests: Antique, Infecta, Swift Knight & Modern Cliche's and find out why you think supporting and developing young talent is so important.

The Great Employment Debate: Education Vs Experience...What matters to you? - Thursday 30th September @ 5-6pm

With youth unemployment levels roughly three times the national average and rapidly heading for the one million mark, Reprezent are launching a new campaign to explore the difficulties facing young people today and help find solutions.

Log on to Reprezent with guests including Jacob Sakil, the current Young Mayor of Lewisham, Pat Shelley, Head of Youth services Southwark, and Nicola Harvey from Futureversity, plus many more. They will be discussing which is more important, Education or Experience and where to go for advice and guidance to get you on the right path.

More about the project...

At the beginning of the summer, four taster workshops were held in Lewisham, Lambeth and Southwark and over 30 young people took part. Many went on to take part in one of the three six-week 'Intro to Radio' courses run from the main Reprezent studio. Twenty-two took part and all completed at least one AQA accredited unit in either Microphone Presentation or Interview Techniques (out of those 18 completed both AQA units).

During the summer, some of the participants were also given the opportunity to experience how to cover events, including Southwark's biggest youth festival - the Mix - and Making A Difference, an event held at the Ministry of Sound to celebrate young people's positive contribution, also co-organised by Family Mosaic.

All participants were offered to carry on with weekly production workshops which lead to live or pre-recorded broadcasts on issues that matter to them. The trainees are working towards an official broadcast launch, which will include two live radio shows aired on Monday 27th September and on Thursday 30th September. These programmes will focus on employment and young people's talent - two issues that have been highlighted as important to their lives.