Think back to that first defining year in your life, when you started to make the important decisions that helped shape who you are today.
Was it the year you decided to leave home? Start a new job? Have a child? Go to college? Whatever it was, that year probably changed your life forever. Year Dot is a groundbreaking project from Channel 4 that will give an insight into that journey. It will follow a group of fifteen young people as they go through what they hope will be their life-changing year.
We'll be with them every step of the way… highs and lows, successes and frustrations. They'll be continuously updating their stories through blogs, messages and videos, inviting people to give them advice and support and to share their own experiences.
You can follow them every day online at yeardot.co.uk, at Year Dot on MySpace and on their own individual MySpace page
Each of the Year Dot 15 are asking for your help or advice...
Aaron Augustus, 21
Wants to set up a dance company
Status: Are there any teachers that would give me one to one tution in break dancing? Contact me via MySpace
Akilah Russell, 19
Hopeful young journalist
Status: I’m looking for another work placement for 2009. Can you help? Get in touch with advice!
Chloe Spiteri, 19
Wrestling queen who wants to be a role model
Status: I need sponsorship to allow me to compete more and get the experience I need as well as lots of support from you out there! Show me your support here
Claire Hazelgrove, 20
Hopeful MP for Skipton and Ripon
Status: I really want to know what issues or campaigns you guys are interested in. What would get you invovled in politics? Tell me here
Deborah Stevenson, 18
Poet with a difference
Status: Know of any funding for projects run by young people where the people actually get paid? Let me know here
Gilly Flaherty, 17
Hopes to be chosen for Arsenal's Ladies First Team
Status: If anybody has a debate about women's football I'm all ears... Post a comment on my MySpace
Isobella Hatwell, 18
Playwright with a conscience
Status: Does anybody have any idea where I can get funding for my theatre project? Let me know here
Jamal Haynes, 19
Setting up Off Da Streets and trying to keep his family together
Status: Can anyone help or contribute positively to the Off Da Streets project? Let me know here
Josh Muggleton, 19
Leaving home and coping with life at university
Status: Any ideas for how to get through my biology exam? Get in touch via my MySpace
Nicolette Ester, 16
Moving to boarding school
Status: Any tips on how to cope with the stress of A Levels? Please get in touch
Sam Phripp, 16
Wants to represent the UK at Eurovision
Status: I need to hear your experience of homophobia in British Schools. Contact me on my MySpace
Sheila Lord, 18
Wants to be a professional singer
Status: Is anyone out there juggling several things at once? how do you manage your time? any advice appreciated ^_^ Get in touch on my MySpace
Simon Jenkins, 20
Wants to be a professional comedian
Status: Leave me some feedback on my new MySpace material. Visit my page here
