From the monthly archives:

January 2007

Knowle West Media Centre meets Drop Media

by Roz 22/01/2007 in Bristol

18 October 2006
I joined Sandra and Dani in a ‘Drop Media’ session they were running with young people. The group of young people, aged 9 – 12, were all very busily engaged in different activities. I observed the group as they rehearsed a video they were making about the food that they eat at school, [...]

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Knowle West Media Centre meets the Knowle West Walkers’ Group

by Roz 22/01/2007 in Bristol

30 October 2006
I went to the Health Park to meet with the walkers’ group. The group had finished their walk and were sitting in small groups at the Health Park café having their lunch. Caron introduced me to different members of the group.
The first people I spoke to were Irene Luxton and Alice Pearce. The [...]

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Knowle West Media Centre meets James Edwards and Tony Monks

by Roz 22/01/2007 in Bristol

15 November 2006
I met with James Edwards and Tony Monks. James is a Sports Development Officer and Tony is a Senior Sports Coach. Their jobs are about building relationships with disaffected young people using sport as a hook. However, their funding was originally focussed on sports activity, but due to changes in their funding they [...]

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Final bid submitted today

by Clare 19/01/2007 in Bristol

Connecting Bristol’s final bid was submitted today to the Digital Challenge team in London.
Hand-made in Bristol, the bid was submitted in a specially designed box which also featured a poster of the city’s vision, an audio summary and a ten minute film.
An electronic version of the full bid and all of the enclosures can be [...]

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First community radio broadcast licence for Bristol

by Clare 12/01/2007 in Bristol

Bristol Community FM have been awarded the first community radio broadcast licence for Bristol.
BCfm will start broadcasting in Spring 2007.  Now is your opportunity to get involved:
BCfm Ltd – a new community radio station – Your Choice, Your Voice. – Find out more at www.bcfm.org.uk

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Knowle West Media Centre meets Sarah Barfield and Anne Peachey at The School of Christ the King

by Roz 11/01/2007 in Bristol

Sarah Barfield and Anne Peachey
School of Christ the King
9 November 2006
I went to the School of Christ the King where I met with Sarah Barfield, learning mentor and Anne Peachey, head teacher. Sarah and myself began to discuss the digital challenge and Anne Peachey joined us soon after our discussion began. I explained the Connecting [...]

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January Skillswap

by Clare 09/01/2007 in Bristol

Bristol Skillswap: Tuesday 16 January 2006, 18:00 – 21:00, Watershed, Bristol
Rick Hurst presents a practical demonstration of how to create custom themes for the Plone Content Management System. This is aimed at web designers, developers and integrators with an interest in using Plone and/or understanding CMS and template driven web design.
Registration: http://bristolskillswap.eventwax.com/skillswap-january-2006

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Bristol based Alternative Reality Game launches soon

by Clare 08/01/2007 in Bristol

Immerse yourself in a world of intrigue, an alternate reality running parallel to your own. MeiGeist is an Alternative Reality Game, created by Bristol-based Licorice Film. Blending humour and short film with code-breaking and clues (the more traditional elements of an ARG) it is the largest non-commercially funded game of its type produced in the [...]

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Geeks, Eco Freaks and those who object to Simple Steroetypes

by Stephen Hilton 05/01/2007 in Events

Wikipedia doesn’t appear to define an “eco freak” but down the ages, a “geek” has been seen as “1:a carnival performer often billed as a wild man whose act usually includes biting the head off a live chicken or snake 2: a person often of an intellectual bent who is disliked 3: an enthusiast or [...]

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