Amplify Young Voices. Explore Big Issues. Create Change

Ideas change the world

What change would you like to see?

VOICEBOX is a cultural platform for young people, created to amplify voices, explore the big issues of our time and spark positive change.

Through live events, digital content and youth-led reporting, we provide spaces where creativity and ideas meet – from music, spoken word and comedy to debates, workshops and policy discussions.

Join us at Cheltenham Literature Festival, and on our Instagram, TikTok and YouTube channels year-round.

What is VOICEBOX?

A welcoming inclusive space for discussion, creativity and performance

A platform for emerging talent alongside established voices

A place where young perspectives shape cultural and social conversations

A hub for collaboration and new ideas, locally and nationally

Why it Matters?

Too often, young people are excluded from cultural and political conversations. VOICEBOX responds by:

✨ Widening opportunities in the creative industries and improving access to culture

✨ Showcasing underrepresented voices and emerging talent

✨ Connecting young people with decision-makers, organisations and each other

✨ Capturing youth perspectives through the VOICEBOX Report to influence policy

✨Find out more via the Impact Report

Tom Daly being interviewed during a VOICEBOX event

The VOICEBOX experience

Events

Live, free and co-created with young people

Content

Bold, relevant storytelling, in-person and across TikTok and Instagram

Community

A movement of young people, creatives and partners shaping the future

Podcast

Launched in 2026, the pilot season of the VOICEBOX podcast is now live! Follow @voicebox_ on Instagram and @theVOICEBOXpod on YouTube to stay up to date. Available wherever you usually listen to your podcasts.

The VOICEBOX Podcast

Bold, fearless conversations where arts, culture and the issues that matter collide.

Find Out More

Since launching in 2021, VOICEBOX has...

✨ Engaged thousands of young people annually

✨ Delivered 100+ events and activities

✨ Spotlighted underrepresented voices and communities

✨ Launched the FUTURE VOICES AWARD, celebrating young creatives driving social change

✨ Taken youth voices to the highest levels, including a VOICEBOX at 10 Downing Street

✨ Launched the VOICEBOX podcast featuring bold, fearless conversation - the big sibling that listens and never judges

I don’t get the opportunity to voice my opinions and concerns on the issues that affect young people as often as I’d like to. VOICEBOX offers that and more, which is what makes it rare, unique and important to young people like me
VOICEBOX audience member, 2022

HEAR MY VOICE

VOICEBOX is more than a programme, it’s a movement built with and for young people. Whether you’re here to participate, perform or partner, this is your space to connect, create and influence change.

Join us. Add your voice.

Do you want to be involved in VOICEBOX? We’re looking for writers, creatives, performers, partners, you.

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A huge thank you for how you and the wider team have championed smaller voices like mine, and how you continue to support up and coming creatives with all the work you're doing.
Monika Radojevic, VOICEBOX speaker