Momentum Meeting 14.12.06
December 19, 2006 Posted by Clare in : Digital Challenge, Bristol, Connecting Bristol , add a commentWith the beat of a Christmas party from the bar downstairs in the background, Dick Penny and Stephen Hilton fed back to the gathered Momentum Group current thinking around the bid, how it will be developed over the coming month and where the current gaps are. We have a number of people working on different strands of the proposition – what is becoming evident with each new piece of research and consultation is the overlap between all of the work that is being doing. The challenge for us now is to continue to harness and grow the momentum, whilst locking down the vision to create a coherent and compelling bid.
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Knowle West Media Centre meets Cheryl Martin, Vicky Morris, Sue Partridge and Louise Kane at Knowle West Health Park
Posted by Roz in : Digital Challenge , add a comment17 October 2006
I travelled to Knowle West Health Park to meet with Cheryl, the Healthy Lifestyles Coordinator at Knowle West Health Park Community Interest Company, (KWHPCIC). We were also joined by Vicky Morris, chief executive for KWHPCIC, Sue Partridge, Operations & Development Manager with KWHPCIC and Louise Kane who is a Counsellor with Addiction Recovery Agency, Bristol.
Knowle West Media Centre meets Phil Cotgreaves of Youth Moves
Posted by Roz in : Digital Challenge , add a comment13 October 2006
I went to The Park where I met with Phil Cotgreaves from Youth Moves. Phil told me that most projects have some sort of digital technology in them. He said that if you go to most youth centres they have equipment like digital cameras which young people regularly use with staff.
Phil said that people need to know how they can access and use such spaces and how and where they can respond to current issues and debates. He said that he thinks there is a need for more PR about such spaces.
Phil suggested a need to consider the way in which young people interact with each other through radio and other digital technology. Phil told me that he has looked into setting up a digital radio station that could be run for and by young people. He said he thought this was a great use of digital technology and a great way of getting instant feedback from young people on anything.
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Knowle West Media Centre meets Lester Freckleton
Posted by Roz in : Education, Digital Challenge, Media, Learning , add a comment18 October 2006
I went to the Park where I met with Lester Feckleton, music tutor, and head of levels 1 and 2 in music at The Park and City of Bristol College. Lester told me that his work is about engaging young people in music, and that the young people he works with range from beat makers through to performers. Lester said that he is keen to extend on the work through project activities and through linking up with other agencies, organisations and groups in order to do so. He mentioned Trinity as one such collaborator.
Lester said that it would be great if there were more connections between all the different work that is going on in Bristol involving young people in music. He suggested that new media might be a way of making connections that could then be followed up in physical ways. For example, if there was a local version of YouTube, whereby people could identify other musicians with similar interests to their own, in order that they might then meet up and jam together.
