Would you go on a date with a politician?

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Would you go on a date with a politician? How about a political date?

Street Politics London: Ken Livingstone

In the first episode of our Street Politics series, we take Labour candidate for mayor Ken Livingstone on a political date with three young people as he seeks their votes. Will Ken show that he is the candidate who will listen to the needs of young people if he is elected?

With the launch of the first episode in the Street Politics series, we will put the London Mayoral candidates in the spotlight and find out which one is doing the most to engage young voters.

Ken Livingstone features in the video launched today.

This is just the first in a series of videos, so watch this space and look out for the #StreetPolitics hashtag.

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Catch21 is a charitable production company which produces videos and other new media content to help engage young people with politics and their communities. Our charity work is funded by the profits of our commercial arm which offers full scale video production and online promotional services.

Catch21 believes in democracy. The problem as we see it is that for democracy to function properly, everyone needs to have the same level of information. However due to inability, apathy and inaccessibility this is not always the case. Our aim is to remedy these factors by providing the access and information to participate and by empowering young people to make them feel a part of their communities.

We promote the idea that political participation is the most important step a person can take to influence the decisions that affect their lives. Democracy is compromise, but compromise can only be reached if everyone has their say.

Essentially Catch21’s aim is to make young people more equal.

How do we do this?

We are a platform for young people.

Our blog gives young people aged 18-25 a voice, providing a forum where they can express their opinion and have their say on issues that they feel passionately about.

The younger a person engages in politics, the better, so through Future Bloggers we can provide a way for people aged 14-18 to have their say. We go into schools around the country and ask pupils to write a blog about an issue that interests them.

As a production company, we are able to use our expertise to host and produce a number of shows. From Uni-Q, where we give young people the chance to debate directly with politicians in a Question Time-style format, to Q-MP where we connect young people with politicians by interviewing MPs on topics that directly concern the youth of this country.

In our latest project, Street Politics, young people go on a political ‘speed date’ as the London Mayoral candidates court their votes.

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