Parental Consent Form: Our Stories Project

Your child has been invited to participate in the Our Stories™ Project.  We would like to inform you about this project and request permission for your child to participate.   The Our Stories project aims help young people collect personal life stories from significant people in their lives, and provide a way to share these stories with a global online audience.  Please read this form and ask any questions you may have before agreeing to have your child contribute.

If you agree to your child’s participation in this project your child will be invited to record a brief interview with a friend or family member.  Completed audio recordings will be uploaded on your child’s behalf by their teacher and will become publicly available both on the YouTube and Our Stories websites.  Your child’s photograph and first name may be published online in connection with their contribution.  Your child will also be able to add other text which will be shown along side their audio recording.   

Please understand that by permitting your child to participate you agree to ensure that your child’s contribution adheres to the Terms of Service and content guidelines of the YouTube and Our Stories sites.  This means that the contribution must not contain unauthorized copyrighted content or content that is obscene, violent, defamatory, contains hate speech or infringes others’ privacy. You may review the full YouTube Terms of Service are posted at http://www.youtube.com/t/terms.

Should you subsequently wish to revoke your consent for your child’s participation, please inform your child’s teacher so that your child’s contribution can be removed. 

I, __________________________________________ (parent or legal guardian), understand and agree to the conditions as listed above and in the YouTube Terms of Service and give my consent that __________________________________________ (child’s name) has my permission to participate in the Our Stories Project. 

Signature: __________________________________________
Date:         __________________________________________