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