• 88,961 students trained to date in public speaking and effective communication. 430,404 have heard them Speak Out
• "Great, great, great! This Challenge has built up my confidence massively!" Michael, Barnet
• £15,000 prize fund including 36 iPods and thousands of pounds worth of iTunes vouchers!
• "I've never had an iPod so thanks so much! It does so much more than I realised!!" Rianna, Chelmsford
• On track for 50,000+ unique website visitors this year
• "I completed the workshop at Mill Hill County High School in 2008. All the skills I learnt that day have helped me during sixth form and now university." Sara, Harrow
• Increase in confidence grows to 59.5%
• "Thank you ever so much for such an extraordinary experience and essential life skills training. It was certainly worth it!" Olumide, Newham
• 100% of teachers recommend the day to colleagues
• "A wonderful GCSE speaking and listening tool!" - Mr Fowler, Teacher, Islington
• 70% of schools now holding "Speak Out "Assemblies! - Over 50,000 students spectating.
• "The public speaking tips cascaded down to all Year 10 students" - Vinsia Mc Queen, London
• Students have spoken out on over 2000 topics and issues from Alcoholism to Xenophobia - here are the most recent top 5
• Stereotyping of young people, achievements, parents, knife crime and size zero
• "What we say is important... for in most cases the mouth speaks what the heart is full of." Jim Beggs

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Hackney Winners - 5th March 2009 - The Petchey Academy
Inez Sarkodee-Adoo - 1st From Our Ladys Convent RC School - Subject "You are a winner"
Agnes Sina-Inakoju - 2nd from Haggerston School - Subject "Racism"
Jordy Meya Matumona - 3rd from Cardinal Pole School - Subject "Achieving your goals"

Wilma-Naomi Mukendi - 1st from Mount Carmel - Subject "Black people put into a box"
Nowras Tharb - 2nd from Central Foundation - Subject "The hypocrisy of adults"


Kalm Paul-Christian - 1st from Leytonstone School - Subject "Orange fury"
Afsana Sayyed- 2nd from Walthamstow Girls School - Subject "Taking things for granted"
Jack Norman - 3rd from Walthamstow Academy - Subject "The big W"

Jenny Nolan - 1st from Langdon Park School - Subject "We are all mixed race"
Salma Begum - 2nd from Oaklands School - Subject "Light at the end of the tunnel"
Mahbub Hussain - 3rd from Bethnal Green Technology College - Subject "Mother"

Tanim Rahman - 1st from Little Ilford School - Subject "Stereotypes"
Lois Elias - 2nd from St Angela's Convent School - Subject "Are your kids safe online?"
Sukana Al-Hussani - 3rd from Brampton Manor School - Subject "War, we're caught in the middle"
Sultan Ahmed, Little Ilford School - 2008 Grand Final Winner - Reflections

Nicola Farrar - 1st from Chadwell Heath Foundation School

Shabab Uddin - 2nd from Beal High School

Mohsin Khan - 3rd from Valentines School


Olivia Odubanjo - 1st from Sacred Heart of St Mary School - Subject "Laughter is the best medicine"
Rosa Cordaro - 2nd from Abbs Cross School - Subject "Beauty"
Esther Anna Samuel - 3rd from Marshalls Park School - Subject "Teenager in meltdown"

Prisca Mutunda - 1st from Barking Abbey School - Subject "Teenage stereotypes"
Katie Downes - 2nd from All Saints Catholic School - Subject "MP's expenses"
Nick O'Grady - 3rd from All Saints Catholic School - Subject "Reality TV"