There are some interesting projects going on in the community involving children and young people making radio, although, also as with formal education, it is still a minority activity. Radio by and for young people can also feature as a strand within a community RSL project.  Training is usually a key component of most youth and community radio projects.   

Radio as a tool for social change, regeneration or community cohesion is also growing, with projects involving target groups such as young (teenage) mothers and single parents, young people from refugee and immigrant communities, young people at risk of offending and those who need to develop education and life skills.

Many of the projects listed are run in partnership with other organisations in the community or with a licensed broadcaster - click here for more details of how this works.

• Radio Kidz - Bournemouth
  One of this summer's RSLs, Radio Kidz in Bournemouth has funding from the Big Lottery Fund's Young People's Fund programme. A six-week summer holiday programme, Radio Kidz includes two weeks of intensive training and aims to equip students with skills in radio production and management, communication, research and interviewing techniques. (Source: Big Lottery Fund website)
   
• Remix Radio - Rotherham
  Rawmarsh City Learning Centre in Rotherham has recently set up a professional radio studio. During the summer holidays this year it is offering a two-day workshop for 9-16 year olds in using the equipment, planning and writing radio programmes and presenting live on air, in preparation for the launch of Remix Radio in September 2005.
   
• Riverside FM
  Partnership between Riverside Studios, Women's Radio Group and the Workers' Educational Association (WEA). Funders included the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation - provided dedicated funding to train over 100 young people in the West London area. The three week broadcast in July 2004 included 4 hours per day of programming created by young people - music, interviews, features - poetry, art and drama. One evening, friends of a local teenager who was killed broadcast music and tributes. Programming also included Hammersmith & Fulham's community safety campaign, Lock In Log On, raising awareness on crime and personal safety among 13-24 year olds.
   

• Slough Young People's Centre - Radio Underdog
  Slough Young People's Centre "focuses exclusively on the needs and aspirations of Slough residents, with policies that are devised by and for people aged 16-25 years." The Centre has a permanent radio/recording studio, as well as facilities for dance, performance, computing and video editing. SYPC has run several successful RSLs since 2003. The radio station is called Radio Underdog and has included crafted radio programmes made by the young people, for example, the teenage mothers group (Radio Ga Ga) and Aik Saath (conflict resolution group). The radio project is funded as a partnership including Creative Partnerships, Lifelong Learning, Heart of Slough, Teenage Pregnancy Strategy and People's Purse.
    

• Takeover Radio Trust - Leicester
  The Takeover Radio Children's Media Trust in Leicester (linked to the licensed community radio station Takeover Radio) uses radio to help build community cohesion with groups of local teenagers, encouraging them to interview people who they might otherwise never come into contact with.

If you know of other projects or resources which should be listed on this site, please let us know.

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