Get Crazy Creative X 1000 Black Boys

Find Your Feet CIC and 1000 Blacks Boys have created a powerful programme to support and empower the young people of Brixton. The programme is about supporting and empowering them to see their potential, see through the lies and negative narrative, peel back the layers of limitation so they can step into their true identity and create incredible things that transform the NOW and FUTURE of Brixton.

Some have been told that they are not smart enough, not good enough, won't make in life (and other negative and disempowering things) during their time in mainstream education and in other areas of life. It’s time to transform this and show our incredible young people what they are truly capable of.

There are five pillars to this programme:

1. Find Your Feet CIC will deliver their ‘Move & Make Creative-Wellbeing Labs’ in Brixton twice a month. Includes:

• Movement & mindset and therapeutic-styled group activities led by trained, lived-experience facilitators;

• Healthy cooking on a budget (quick batch-cook routines that fit real Brixton life);

• Creative storytelling (photo, video, podcasting) so young people from Brixton can express themselves, grow, develop and publish their work.

 We’ve delivered movement & mindset classes with Nike x Spotify to Brixton housing association residents and wellbeing & creative skills programmes with MTVH and Evolve across Brixton estates, alongside accredited and non-accredited training – a culturally competent, interactive model that young people choose to return to.

2. Each month we add a ‘Healthy Choices Pop-Up’ in a hyper-local venue (barbershop/faith centres/estates etc).

 3. 1000 Black Boys will deliver their Inspiration & Empowerment Events each quarter. These will include the events themed “Entrepreneurship & Creativity Unleashed” and “Your Mental Health Matters”. We will bring together successful people from across our network that are great role models and mentors for the young people. These are business owners, entrepreneurs, professionals, and creatives from different fields. We will focus on turning your ideas into ways of making money and building a business.

We will also focus on how young people can secure career opportunities/work in a corporate environment if they want. Because of what many young people experience today we will talk about how they can avoid exploitation.

Our mental health event will bring together people who have faced challenges in this area and overcame them. This will help remove the stigma around this topic and help young people overcome their mental health/wellbeing challenges.

Those that speak will also be a source of encouragement and support for the parents/guardians.

We will have organisations and businesses participate that can give young people access to opportunities.  

These events have been delivered successfully across London, now it’s time for Brixton.

4. Family Therapy & Counselling Services – this will be provided by culturally competent experts through 1000 Black Boys.

5. Financial wellbeing – we will run two short ‘Money & Mood’ workshops. Sessions help young people budget for healthy food, reduce money-stress, and access local cost-of-living support.

The total amount £48,840.