Typecast Awards – a new social network for Lancashire teens

Every so often, public organisations really get something right, and Typecast Awards seems to me to be one of those “delicious moments”!

Anyone who has ever tried to get more than a grunt out of their teenager will know how hard it is to undertand what they are thinking, never mind have an actual conversation with them.

Yet they happily text away for hours, type furiously on their Facebook page, and upload homemade videos onto You Tube.

So I was intrigued to come across “Typecast Awards” at http://www.typecastawards.co.uk.

Somebody here is trying to harness all this online/mobile phone chatter and give the kids a place to say what they really think about what adults think about them!

Seems the kids can upload videos, songs, whatever – and the prizes on offer look very teen-friendly!

This is a very interesting experiment, so I’ll be keeping a close eye on it!