Youth In Care Are Awesome Campaign Submission

Join the #YouthInCareAreAwesome Campaign for BC Child and Youth in Care Week 2021!

What makes children and youth in and from care awesome? Tell or show us in your own way! You can send in art, writing, videos, memes, photography, or whatever medium you want!

You can use the question, “What makes children and youth in and from care awesome?” as a guide for your submission, or you can share something you’re proud of about yourself and/or your peers in and from care.

Open to children and youth in and from government care in BC up to age 24. Honorariums of up to $50!

The Federation of BC Youth in Care Networks is a BC Child and Youth in Care Week partner and will hold all the information required to facilitate and launch the #YouthinCareAreAwesome Promo Campaign.

Please complete this submission form by May 5, 2021. Be sure you have all the information ready to enter before you begin the form. You can't save the form part way through and come back to it.

Youth Information

First Name *

Last Name *

Legal First Name (if different from above)

Legal Last Name (if different from above)

Pronouns (ie. she/hers, they/theirs)

Date of Birth *

Year

Month

Day

Contact Information

Email Address *

Phone Number

Address (include any unit number or PO box) *

City *

Province *

Postal Code *

Your Submission

How would you like us to credit you?

If you leave this blank, your name will appear on your published submission as your first name and last initial. You can also remain anonymous, have your last name included (19 and over only), or we can credit you with another name of your choice.

Tell us a little about your submission!

We may publish what you share here to provide context to your submission. If you don't want us to publish what you share in this box, please include a note for us here.

If your file is too big to attach here, please contact Stephanie at stephanie.thompson@fbcyicn.ca and we'll find another way for you to submit your file.

Permission to Use Your Submission *

By clicking yes, you give permission for the BCCYICW Committee to use your submission in different platforms including BCCYICW social media, the BCCYICW website, on promotional materials or at BCCYICW events. All submissions will be reviewed by the BCCYICW Promo and Awareness Working Group and are subject to the BCCYICW Editorial Policy. Please contact stephanie.thompson@fbcyicn.ca if you have any questions.

Media Consent

Please complete this section if you are submitting a photo, video or audio recording of yourself. If you submit a photo, video, or audio recording of yourself without completing this section, we will not be able to include it in the campaign.

I hereby give the BC Child and Youth in Care Week (BCCYICW) Committee and those acting as its authorized representatives the right and permission to use and/or publish photos/videos/audio recordings of me as outlined below. I hereby waive any right to inspect or approve the finished media.

Finished media may include digital or print materials (such as posters, videos, graphics, reports, etc.) and may appear on platforms including but not limited to BCCYICW social media channels (Facebook), the BCCYICW website, and BCCYICW printed materials.

Signing this form will be taken as consent with the above. A parent or guardian must sign this release form if the individual photographed/videoed is 18 years old or younger. If the young person is 18 or younger, signatures of both the youth and guardian are required.

It is BCCYICW Committee policy that names, ages or addresses are not used to identify youth under the age of 19 in these photos/videos/audio recordings. Social workers, please note that this is in line with MCFD policy for children and youth in care.

If you have given Media Consent to the BCCYICW Committee and want it changed, you must notify us immediately at info@fbcyicn.ca.

Youth Consent

By clicking the box below, I understand that I am giving consent for the BCCYICW Committee to share photos/videos/audio recordings of me submitted here.

Guardian Consent

REQUIRED FOR YOUTH AGED 18 AND UNDER. By clicking the box below, I confirm that I am the legal guardian of this youth, and I understand that I am giving consent for the BCCYICW to share photos/videos/audio recordings of this youth that are submitted here.

Guardian Name