Who can apply

Mediabox is for disadvantaged young people who do not usually get opportunities like this. Mediabox does not have a single, fixed definition of disadvantage, but expects applicants to have their own strategy for engaging hard to reach young people. Our suggested disadvantaged categories are:

  • Young people excluded or at risk of exclusion from mainstream education
  • Young people not in education, training or employment (NEET)
  • Young people with disabilities or mental health issues
  • Young parents
  • Young carers
  • Young homeless
  • Young people within the youth justice system
  • Young asylum seekers or refugees
  • Young people from BME communities
  • Looked after young people and care leavers
  • Young people from areas defined by the Government's indices of deprivation as economically disadvantaged
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