North Shields has always been shaped by its young people — their creativity, energy and ideas. Yet too often, young voices are missing from how the town is represented, remembered and imagined.

Next Gen is a proposed new project from I Love North Shields in collaboration with Miriam Robson, designed to change that.

Currently in development and subject to funding, Next Gen aims to create a youth-led edition of the I Love North Shields magazine, co-created with young people and rooted in their lived experience of the town today.

This is not about telling young people what to say. It’s about creating the conditions for them to speak for themselves.