Star date: 23rd December 2016

THE TEENS SPEECH TO TELL IT LIKE IT IS

Three working class teenagers from Salford have joined with others from Greater Manchester to take on the Queen with their own Teens' Speech, which will be released at 3pm on Christmas Day.

Amongst issues they will be addressing are the shocking murder of Jo Cox, the refugee crisis, and the Northern Powerhouse... "But amongst their disappointment, they will give you hope for the New Year" states the #TeamFuture campaign.

Full details here...

"You won't hear these words from the house of the Queen,
Now you'll hear them from the voice of a teen..."

As nasty, nasty 2016 draws to its horrid conclusion, a group of working class teenagers from Greater Manchester are preparing to throw down the gauntlet to the establishment, with their own Teens' Speech - to be broadcast on YouTube at 3pm Christmas Day, the same time as the Queen is mouthing off to the nation.

Three of the #TeamFuture are from Salford, and two of them, Hamaad and Samantha, appear in the video, which tackles issues from the murder of Jo Cox, to the Northern Powerhouse, to refugees, UKIP, Corbyn and May, all done in a poetic style, calling on young people to sort the mess out.

`So we ask you to join our #TeamFuture campaign,
We're creating a movement, fighting for change,
Leaders must reflect what all people need
From country estates to council estates, we ALL must lead...'

"The world says it's trying to get young people to take action" says Samantha, 15, "#TeamFuture is ready to take a lead in political discussions"..."They're making big decisions on our lives, but they've never lived our lives" explains Shawnee, 16, while Elijah, also 16 adds: "My motivation to change the world is based on living through the challenges and hardships I've faced. I intend to go as far as I can with no limitations, and to take others with me..."

#TeamFuture is a new social movement, campaigning for bold, ethical and hopeful leadership, that strives, it states, "to hold leaders to account in decision making, give voice to the voiceless, and end leadership inequality"..

The Teens' Speech will be broadcast at 3pm on Christmas Day via YouTube on the RECLAIMmanchester channel – click here

or follow the team on Twitter for links on the day @RECLAIMproject

To see the trailer - click here

 #TeamFuture is a collaboration with RECLAIM, a Manchester based, award winning youth leadership and social change charity supporting working class young people to end leadership inequality.