HIV ‘Inbetweeners’ and ‘Misfits’
posted: 21/02/2011
Life in my shoes challenges the stigma and prejudice around HIV and corrects misunderstandings about HIV transmission and treatment.It's a new campaign aimed at teenagers and families affected by HIV, organised by the London family HIV charity Body and Soul.
Life in My Shoes is fronted by actors from the popular television shows The Inbetweeners and Misfits, to appeal to teenage interests, and it offers young people exciting opportunities.
Could you be their star?
Life in my Shoes is a film which will be distributed to secondary schools. The campaign has begun with a competition to find a young person to star in the film. There’s a short script about HIV misconceptions and prejudices. You upload your auditions to the online gallery.
Help spread the word about Life in my Shoes - visit the website, and encourage young people to join the competition. The competition is for all between 14-21 who have stars in their eyes to be on screen, whether or not your life has been affected by HIV.
You can audition and star without saying anything about whether or how HIV affects you.
Young people with or affected by HIV should check the other wannabe stars in the audition gallery. It is a treat to see young people, who may not have thought much about HIV previously, reading the script and showing support for young people whose lives are touched by HIV.
Audition and upload
Upload you audition using their script before Thursday 17 March – St Patrick’s Day
Life in my Shoes is a response to findings from research commissioned by Body & Soul and undertaken by OPM into the attitudes of teenagers to HIV.
Download their report Attitudes to HIV among 12-18 years olds in London
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