"Speak Out" Challenge! -

Welcome to Jack Petchey`s "Speak Out" Challenge! the biggest youth public speaking event in the world.

Listen to June Sarpong's welcome, send in your own video, win a guaranteed prize and you could get to the Grand Final

Complete the ONLINE Challenge! and win yourself an iPod! Khadija Farah from Sir John Cass School, Tower Hamlets wins the April iPod - Congrats

Up to 23,500 year 10 students in 550 state secondary schools in London and Essex are now taking the Challenge!

This means you will receive a full day's training in public speaking and effective communication and learn how to:

Speak with confidence
Motivate and influence
Make your point
Impress at interviews

You will have the opportunity to "Speak Out" openly and honestly about what really matters to you and you could become the 2008 "Speak Out" Challenge! Champion.

Click here if you are a student and want to know what happens during a day's training
Click here if you are a teacher and want to find out more about the training

Every region in London and Essex will host a "Speak Out" Challenge! Final, where you could win one of 110 iPods.

On the 10th July 2008 one year 10 student will become the 2008 "Speak Out" Challenge! Champion and win a holiday for four to Portugal and £3000 for their school.