Programme · Youth Speak
Stories change people. But first, young people need to discover their own.
Youth Speak is an immersive WOW Stories experience — workshops, speaking challenges, reflection and a live School Final Challenge in front of an audience.
For teenagers ready to dare, create, inspire, and become. Be the storyteller others remember.
The journey
Express, craft, perform — become.
01
Discover
Reflective prompts help each teen find the story only they can tell.
02
Craft
Workshops on narrative structure, vulnerability and audience awareness.
03
Challenge
Speaking challenges build confidence in small, supportive rounds.
04
Final
A live School Final Challenge opens the room to parents and the wider community.
Curriculum alignments
Storytelling, mapped to the curriculum.
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- What it is
- Youth Speak is an immersive 'WOW Stories' experience where teenagers transform emotions, ideas and personal experiences into stories that move the people around them. Through creative workshops, storytelling challenges, reflection and a live School Final Challenge, students learn to tell their own story not only to express themselves — but to create impact.
- Learning objectives
- Understand that personal stories are tools for connection and influence.
- Recognise the structures of meaningful, audience-aware narrative.
- Apply storytelling and performance techniques in front of a live audience.
- Explain how emotional honesty builds credibility and courage.
- Domain
- Core Entrepreneurship (storytelling, agency, influence)Career & study orientation
- UN SDGs
- SDG 3Good Health & Well-beingSDG 4Quality EducationSDG 16Peace, Justice & Strong Institutions
- YouthStart Challenges
- Storytelling Challenge (A1–B1)Expert Challenge (A1–B1)
- CASEL SEL Competencies
- Relationship SkillsSocial AwarenessSelf-Awareness
- OECD Learning Compass 2030
- CommunicationReflectionCo-AgencyStudent Voice
- Luxembourg Education Priorities
- Democratic ParticipationCommunication SkillsMedia LiteracyActive Citizenship
- 21st-century skills
- #Communication#Creativity#Initiative#Leadership#Social awareness#Persistence
- Location
- In schoolLive venue (school auditorium or partner venue)
- Partners & funding
Co-organised with: School theatre / arts departments, Local cultural venues
Funded with: Happy Kids Academy SIS, Cultural & education sponsors
Evidence & framework
Storytelling is a protective factor.
In the GFS framework, agency and meaning are two of the strongest predictors of long-term flourishing. Youth Speak builds both — by giving teenagers a story to tell, and a room to tell it to.
- Confidence and self-efficacy measured pre/post
- Communication and creativity tracked against 21st-century skills framework
- Builds belonging through public performance and peer support
- Feeds into the school's Flourishing Dashboard
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We bring the workshops, the coaching and the production. You bring the room and the audience.
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