BBC Radio 1 and BBC Learning today announced details of the Radio 1 and 1Xtra Academy - the stations’ biggest ever programme of social action and outreach, which will offer up to 10,000 young people across Hackney and beyond the chance to gain skills and experience and to be inspired by leading people in their fields.
Opening in the run up to Radio 1’s Hackney Weekend - the station’s biggest ever music festival - the Academy will feature a host of leading names from the worlds of music, business, film, radio, fashion, comedy, gaming and software and journalism. They will take part in a range of masterclasses, Q&As and panel sessions to explain how they have made it and to offer advice.
Radio 1’s Hackney Weekend Ambassadors Leona Lewis and Plan B, along with Labrinth, will all take part in music Q&A sessions about their experience of the music industry and how they got started. They will also star in a
new BBC Three programme, Plan B, Leona And Labrinth: Back To Hackney (working title, tx: June)
which will see them work with a range of kids aged between 13 and 15 from Plan B’s old school, a Pupil Referral Unit in Newham, to create a special musical performance.
Leona and Labrinth will also return to their old schools to explore how life in the inner city can affect opportunities for young people - for better and worse.
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