The Reload project

What is the project?

This project was set up to give young people skills in different types of media.  Young people on the project were given training in Graphic Design, Web Design, Photography or Research/Writing so they could create a magazine for young people called ‘Reload’ and make an online version to go onto the Connexions Leicester Shire website. 

The graphic design course taught them how to construct pages for print, including what looks good and what you should avoid doing when you design a page. 

The web design sessions showed young people how to make a webpage using the latest software and included time to work on the webpage for the project, which was published on the Internet.

The photography course showed young people how to take a great photo and how the process doesn’t end as soon as you’ve clicked the button. The course also showed how much can be done with photos using computers to add effects, reduce/enlarge the size and loads more. 

In the research and writing courses young people learnt about writing interesting articles, how to structure them, what to look for when you are checking them and other aspects of being a great journalist.