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A huge thanks to Rui, Megan, Holly, David, Hafsha and Lian for their stunning entries to the Kings Speech competition.

In true X Factor style we have now counted and verified all the votes cast in the competition (this included allowing up to two votes per household and then removing any further duplicate IP addresses).

Drum roll please....we are delighted to announce that the overall winner of the competition is Rui Octavio who inspired us to build our careers, lucky Rui will be building his own career with a two week placement at Romley Davis a PR agency in London. Go Rui!

However I'm sure you'll all agree that Megan, Holly, David, Hafsha and Lian also produced fantastic and inspiring speech entries and they'll all be recieving King's Speech goody bags in the post.

Even though the competition is now over, we hope you'll keep inspiring each other and supporting each other on Big Society's Big Mouth.

I would be grateful if all the finalists could provide your postage details to enable us to send your prize by emailing us on mybigsociety@vinspired.com Thank you once again for submitting such inspirational speeches. Read less

The power of speech.

“I have a dream”. “Ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country”. “Yes we can”. It’s incredible how words can inspire, and motivate us to take action. And it’s time for the voices of a new generation to be heard.

What would you say?

How would you inspire people to:

• stay on in education?
• look after the environment?
• take part in politics?
• volunteer?
• build their career?

So here’s your challenge: can you write an inspirational speech about one of those 5 topics? We want to hear your words of inspiration, so get writing and recording that speech. All you need to do is upload a clip of no more than 4 minutes to YouTube, then post it on the site with the tag “inspiration”. Just make sure you do it by Sunday 22nd May.

If you’d like any technical assistance with recording your speech, drop a line to us: mybigsociety@vinspired.com

What's in it for you?

To celebrate the release of the award-winning smash hit phenomenon The King’s Speech on DVD and Blu-ray on 9th May, Momentum Pictures has teamed up with national youth charity v to support their Big Society’s Big Mouth project. With the support of Momentum Pictures and their publicists, Romley Davies, we can offer you the following prizes:

The first 25 entries will receive a copy of “The King’s Speech” on DVD.

There will be a winning entry for each category above, and these 5 winners will receive:

A copy of “The King’s Speech” on DVD, a signed copy of the film’s poster, a copy of the film’s script, a recording of your speech on DVD, a certificate, and a V Inspired T shirt.

These winners will be judged by a panel made up of individuals involved with the film, its production company (Momentum Pictures), its publicists (Romley Davies) and v.

All 5 winners will then be entered into the “People’s Choice” award. The winner of this will be chosen by Big Society’s Big Mouth users, and in addition to all the other prizes will win:

A 2 week expenses paid work placement with specialist film and PR company, Romley Davies (www.rdp-db.co.uk)

The small print.

The competition is open to UK residents between the ages of 16 and 25.
The competition closes at midnight on Sunday 22nd May 2011.
The panel judging will take place week commencing 23rd May 2011, and the 5 category winners will be announced on Wednesday 1st June 2011
The voting for the People’s Choice award will open on Thursday 2nd June 2011, closing at 5 pm on Wednesday 8th June. The winner will be the speech with the most votes, and will be announced on Thursday 9th June. In the event of a tie, the winner will be selected at random from all of those with the most votes.
The judges decisions are final, and no correspondence will be entered into.
The Romley Davies work placement will be based in their London offices, and will last 2 weeks. Travel expenses of up to £50 per week, and lunch expenses of £5 per day will be paid.

A full list of terms and conditions is available here: http://bigsocietysbigmouth.org/house-rules-2
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Kings Speech Finalists!!

Thanks to everyone for your Fantastic entries for the King's Speech Inspirational Speech Competition.

We have narrowed it down and the six finalists battling it out for the top prize of a two week work placement at Romley Davis PR are....

Rui inspiring us on build our careers.
Megan inspiring us to build our careers.
Holly inspiring us to build our careers.
David on inspiring us to take part in politics.
Hafsha on inspiring us to take part in politics.
Lian inspiring us to stay on in education.

Check out their brilliant entries below and get voting on the most inspiring speech!

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