Shake! team media recommendations
These are some of the media recommendations we've made to each other over the past few years. We hope that you enjoy them. Movies Annick: Monkey Man by Dev Patel, Godzilla minus one by Takashi Yamazaki and Descendant by Margaret Brow Music Annick: ‘I’ve Felt All These Things’, album by Anna Leone...
Goodbye to Voices That Shake
Today, after 15 years, we say goodbye to Voices That Shake!. We began as an organisation running radical youth courses. While our courses and events evolved from their initial inception, they never deviated from our praxis and principles. We’ve been honoured to have been a space for young people...
Shake! Supernova Showcase
The final showcase with performances from Shakers! over the years Time: 12pm-10pm Location: Rich Mix London About this event As we 'explode' and go away, we are leaving behind a beautiful, colourful nebula of hope. Join us in London to celebrate Shake!’s history and legacy, and enjoy a beautiful,...
Shake is coming to an end
For 14 years, we have been shaking it up. Supporting Global Majority youth to take up space, unapologetically; creating spaces of healing, art, care and radical political education. We want to keep the pressure for change authentically youth-led. So, in 2025, we have made the considered decision...
Youth work backstories, reimagining safeguarding and embodiment
In June, we had the pleasure of coming together for the second rendition of our Safe Yeah? course that we ran in April. Even though we had run the same workshops two months beforehand, we know that each course is different and special. We started the Saturday with welcomes, a grounding ritual,...
Safe Yeah? Reflections from our recent course
On Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th April we were delighted to run our first edition of “Safe Yeah?”, a free weekend course on radical youth work for People of the Global Majority. Shake!’s history originated with running courses for young people, and it felt like passing the baton to transition into...