So I had the privilege of taking part with The Community Giants Hybrid Youth Market across the summer - including 2 market stall events and an amazing Caribbean Cookout in August with food & festivities.
A huge highlight - being able to meet people who shared the same love as me with mandalas and all things patterned!
To sum it up - the Hybrid Youth Market was brought about to change the face of how society sees youth and the younger generation these days - rather than presuming they're all up to no good, it gives young people within the Leicester community a chance to get involved and gain real working life experiences and skills needed to help brush up their CVs and enable them to move forward with a positive mindset and working attitude towards building a career.
I was lucky enough to be working alongside John and the rest of the Community Giants team to put forward myself as a newly established freelance illustrator and social media manager to showcase my work and talk to others about freelancing and all that comes with it whilst being only 21!