Will Willson

Promoting Youth Empowerment / Founder @flippingyouth / Volunteer Youth Mentor @SocialArkCIC / 2019 Churchill Fellow @wcmtuk

[Will Willson @thewillwillson]

@blagartiste I met you briefly 3 years ago at Cafe Blue in Kingston after you overheard me talking about our skatepark campaign for Jamaica! Would love to talk as we’ve made loads of of progress and plan to build in January 2020 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲

[Will Willson @thewillwillson]

Thank-you Minister @kaminajsmith and His Excellency Seth Ramocan for taking the time to hear about our plans for youth development in Jamaica, empowering young people through education, employability skills and entrepreneurship! 🇯🇲🙌@PrincesTrust @FlippingYouth

[Will Willson @thewillwillson]

Absolute honour to be part of this celebration of Stephen Lawrence’s life with @PrincesTrust and @S_LawrenceTrust Inspiring stories from @Hezron_Brown and @tazlimastyle Thanks @NickHurdUK for joining us and @ukhomeoffice for the support! #LiveOurBestLife #YouthCanDoIt

[The King's Trust @KingsTrust]

Our Young Ambassadors met with @NickHurdUK at our Kennington centre today to ask him questions about what more can be done for young people today and to support Stephen Lawrence Day. #LiveOurBestLife #YouthCanDoIt

[Will Willson @thewillwillson]

@Lisa_Stepanovic @RiRi29xx @MistaGoode Nice one @Lisa_Stepanovic ! Hey @RiRi29xx we are currently campaigning to build Jamaica’s first skatepark as a youth empowerment initiative in Kingston! Would be amazing to get @sterling7 involved, but I wonder how do I find him?! 🤔

[Will Willson @thewillwillson]

Proud to announce that I have been awarded a Churchill Fellowship to research pro-active approaches to tackling child modern slavery in Latin America, with a view to helping the UK deal with an ever-increasing problem with County Lines #ChurchillFellow2019 @wcmtuk

[The Churchill Fellowship @ChurchillFship]

Today we announce 150 new Churchill Fellows who will explore global best practice in urgent issues facing the UK today. Discover the new Fellows here #ChurchillFellow2019 https://t.co/LaWLWBks7n

[Will Willson @thewillwillson]

Shout out to Yusuf at @Baraka_CA for linking me with his youth group last night for some very thought provoking debate 💯

[Will Willson @thewillwillson]

It was a pleasure to meet the inspiring @MagicMagid at @SocialArkCIC ‘s event, amazing what you have achieved and I hope that young people across the country from under-represented groups will feel more confident to aim high whilst staying true to their personal values 💯

[Will Willson @thewillwillson]

Shout out to @Lisa_Stepanovic for putting together a motivational evening that showcased the fantastic achievements of a truly community focussed organisation @SocialArkCIC Make I’m sure I’m still signed up as a volunteer @SarahCastro2 l love what you guys are doing! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[Drivers for Change @Change_Drivers]

Wow. Blown away by the energy and realness of the @SocialArkCIC event tonight. An uplifting vision of what communities could be if we let the right people take the power💪 #Grassrootstogreatness #socialarkfamily

[Will Willson @thewillwillson]

@bycLIVE @UKYP These young people are the future, just give me the word and I’m there! ✌️

[Will Willson @thewillwillson]

Buzzing to be invited as the key speaker at this years @bycLIVE convention, spreading awareness around gangs exploitation and social inequalities causing vulnerability. Good luck campaigning for change at the @UKYP #socialaction ✊

[Will Willson @thewillwillson]

I hope the @bycLIVE are proud of this intelligent and empowered group of young leaders queuing up to ask me such pertinent questions. Watch out @SadiqKhan @sajidjavid @SophieKLinden these guys are fired up and ready to demand action to reduce youth violence! 🔥🔥🔥

[Will Willson @thewillwillson]

Keep up the great work in the community Tiersha, providing a platform for people to be educated, voice their opinions and debate solutions 💯

[Their Voices @theirvoicesinfo]

A huge thank you to @thewillwillson for being an overall fabulous human and a great speaker at the #letstalkyouthviolence event! And shout out to Mo who had everyone thinking deeply about why young people get into crime. Tonight was awesome with some amazing conversations!

[Will Willson @thewillwillson]

#LetsTalkYouthViolence See you there next Wednesday in Bow!

[Their Voices @theirvoicesinfo]

Say hello to our speaker for #LetsTalkYouthViolence on October 3rd. @thewillwillson is a Community Engagement Officer for Trident, founder of @FlippingYouth and mentor for @SaferLondon1 and @SocialArkCIC
You can still sign up to attend using this link https://t.co/fiqLFSlPR2

[Will Willson @thewillwillson]

Awesome collaboration yesterday with @movementatm @Key4LifeUK and @metpoliceuk Raising awareness of child exploitation and giving the community a platform to have their voice heard ✊

[Anti-Tribalism Movt @movementatm]

This month’s #OpenMindedDebate event is on County Lines and Child Sexual Exploitation with @thewillwillson from @metpoliceuk Trident #Gang. The grooming of vulnerable children by county lines drugs gangs is a huge & ever growing concern.

[ONE BIG LONDON COMMUNITY @OneBigCommunity]

The thing with the Rubic cube was you knew there was a solution but needed to be patient to line all the boxes up Thanks @SuptMatShaer for sharing your boxes with the @YouthViolenceUK team #Birmingham #Glasgow #London #PublicHealthParadigm

[Will Willson @thewillwillson]

Please support @Tiersha_ with her first @theirvoicesinfo event through the @SocialArkCIC programme, inspiring young people to be socially active in their communities! ✊ #LetsTalk #mentalhealth #wheresyourheadat

[Their Voices @theirvoicesinfo]

#3DaysToGo until our #LetsTalk: Mental Health event!
It'll be a chance to have intimate and honest conversations about mental health in its complex entirety.
Sign up here
https://t.co/YtBboau86y
#mentalhealth #wheresyourheadat

[Will Willson @thewillwillson]

London knife crime: 'Parents could do more to protect children' https://t.co/3Y0Ls0kKB4 @Garvinsnell Keep up the good work educating our young people how to react when faced with a knife 🏂⛹️‍♂️🏄‍♀️🏊‍♂️⛷🏇🚴‍♀️ just bounce! 🙏🏼

[Will Willson @thewillwillson]

@JimMFelton @Siddo_D She calls it the hostile environment dance

[Will Willson @thewillwillson]

@RTUKnews @LeeJasper Police officers get trained in Stop & Search once during initial training, that’s it! I believe that part of the problem is that it’s exercised poorly by inexperienced officers. Officers should get refresher training and more input on cultural awareness