Telling stories about Luton

Telling Stories will be run by teams of youngsters working at every level - from designing its look to presenting it and recording, distributing and discussing its contents.

The project will give people from diverse backgrounds a safe place from which to speak about their feelings, beliefs and life experiences.

A Facebook page has been set up with stories by local and international role models such as broadcaster Sarfraz Manzoor and American author Maya Angelou to inspire 18 to 30-year-olds to send in theirs.

The page – facebook.com/tellingstories2016 – will run until the end of September.

The stories will then be reviewed and put together in a lasting publication.