During Shine week, uploads to the website doubled to over 2,000. Media coverage included BBC Breakfast, BBC News 24, The Sun and The Daily Mail plus lots of regional coverage. See the Press page to view Shine in the national spotlight.

Shine week '09 will take place from 6 -10 July. Pencil in the dates now and email any feedback about this year's festival to info@shineweek.co.uk

Schools and organisations working with young people: don't forget to blog about your events on your Shine web page and upload young people's work: picture, film, sound and word files. Get the best of what you do all year round in the national spotlight this summer!

It's easy to promote your events to your local media. The Media kit contains a press release you can adapt for your event.

Upload film, picture, sound and word files by registering with Shine now and help build the national wall of young people's talents!

We've finished making changes to the site so that you are now able to upload audio, video, image and written content. You can start adding content by clicking "create content" in the left hand menu or by going directly to the create content page.

If you have any problems uploading content please consult the faq section or contact us

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Welcome to the Shine website. You can now officially register your school to be part of this fantastic national schools festival. We hope this is just the start of what will be a lively celebration of talent up and down the country. Please keep checking the site for the latest Shine news. We will also be keeping you updated on Shine news via e-mail.

Many thanks from
Joe and the Shine Team