Cameras, Rights, Action!

Cameras, Rights, Action! was a multi-media project with young carers in south London. The participants are all children who look after an ill or disabled adult. Read more

This project took place in the summer of 2011 with young people from Action for Children’s Southwark Young Carers group, exploring how they feel the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child affects their lives and the lives of other young people in the UK. Through 12 workshops the young people were introduced to digital photography, journalism and film-making skills and supported to use their new skills to create content for the Rights Cameras Action resource and to illustrate the Right Year for Children website. The material was used in an online multimedia resource at www.rightscamerasaction.org.uk to inform and engage young people across the UK about UNCRC. A booklet has also been produced to be used as a classroom tool and to signpost the online resource.

PhotoVoice / Action for Children.

: This relates to our right to be protected from work that is bad for our health or education; and our right to be protected from taking, making and selling dangerous drugs. © Dinah Falade

: © Dinah Falade

: © Elizabeth Siddique

: © Elizabeth Siddique

: Don’t forget to close the door. Children have the right to privacy © Elizabeth Siddique

: Most people want their education to be as bright and happy as this flower. It shows goodness and happiness, and it stands out from the background. Every child has the right to an education © Christina Peters

: This photo shows a sense of openness. London is mostly a very congested city. All people should have the right to space. © Emmanuel Falade

: These bridges are like paths, and show that every child has the right to be given guidance by their parents or family. © Emmanuel Falade

: © Nazrana Badayuni

: Exhibition of work to mark the Right Year for Children at the Underground Gallery May 2012.

: Exhibition of work to mark the Right Year for Children at the Underground Gallery May 2012.

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