See some badges made out of the slogans thought up by Vale Youth Forum members here.

For the biggest event in the Graffiti Participation project, Aimee visited Vale Youth Forum, where young people come from all over the Vale of the White Horse District to talk to Councillors and other decision-makers about what young people really want.

There were 58 young people attending, so making badges wasn't practical! Instead we went for a presentation with audience participation.

People wrote down slogans while watching the presentation. Some gave sensible advice....

The presentation was about Spired.com, and Aimee started by showing off the site with a quick tour. The site was projected onto the wall with a data-projector so that everyone could see.

As she showed them round the Participation Project pages, she asked what slogans they would put on a badge or tell someone about, and invited them to write them out on paper provided.

... while other dealt with broader issues like war, vandalism, racism, smoking, animal rights and more.

At the end of the activity, one slogan was read out by each table; but that wasn't the last they'd see of their slogans!

You can see some of them on this page, and we also made some into virtual badges later. But right there and then, while the next activity was starting up, Aimee was uploading all the slogans to Spired.com, posting them onto a chat board called the Graffiti Project Wall.

Aimee added the slogans while the young people watched.

The data projector was still running so people could see their slogans as they were added, projected onto the wall.

All in all, forty different slogans were added to the wall, about all sorts of topics including animal cruelty, war, vandalism, religion and more.

See some made into badges, and others put onto a graffiti wall, here and here.

Thanks to Alex, Alice, Arjun, Claire, Dave, Edward, Emily, Emma, Emma, Emma, George, Graeme, Jen, Jess, Jess, Joanne, Karen, Karina, Kate, Katie, Kayleigh, Lewis, Louise, Luke, Lynette, Matt, Nathalie, Niamh, Olivia, Ollie, Owen, Rebecca, Rob, Robert, Ryan, Sara, Sarah, Taja, Tessa, Will, and those who contributed anonymous slogans. See some made into badges.