This image was divided up to make the first 9 posts of the campaign. When posted in the right order on Instagram they make up the original picture. Pamula and…

https://youtu.be/PMeMLUz1NIQ By Polly Waterworth So can you make a collaborative film project with 8 young people in Brixton during the lockdown? Yes! With creativity, resourcefulness, determination and when you know…

By Vanessa Rojas (based on the presentation Vanessa gave, by Zoom, at the 2020 London Festival of Architecture) We wanted to make a short film for the London Festival of…

We Rise is a Brixton based community business with a mission to empower young people to create successful futures. Created by parents, we come from different backgrounds but are united…

Shae, Britney, Pamula, Brian, Diogo and Amy with Evelyn Grace Youth Council after their workshop. This is an example of an instagram post they created with a campaign slogan and…

Last week thirteen 16 and 17 year olds from local schools entered the world of Brixton’s independent coffee shops to research attitudes to coffee cup recycling. The result was amazing.…

https://youtu.be/YPeDo37mmYA We Rise worked with three impressive young women to create our first ever recruitment film. Made from a young person’s perspective, the 90 second advert was created and scripted…

We went back to ask some of the young people we worked with last year what difference We Rise has made to them personally. This is what they said. 1.…

Everyone has their own story and their own journey through life. Humans love stories. Being able to tell a compelling and authentic story is a powerful way we  interact with…

When we invited spoken word artist Benna to create a poem for We Rise we had no idea it would be so moving. Benna worked with young people as they…