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Knowle West Media Centre

April 7, 2008 Posted by Makala Cheung in : Digital Challenge, e-democracy, Bristol, Community Media, Regeneration, South Bristol, Events, Mentoring, News, Learning, Skills, Environment, Connecting Bristol, Guest Bloggers , add a comment

I’m Press and Communications worker for the Knowle West Media Centre. We offer cutting edge media services and facilities from our new environmental building, and exciting hands on learning alongside professional practitioners. We are strongly embedded in the local community and run various groups for residents, especially young people.

My role involves doing press and marketing for KWMC, editor for the community newsletter, running parts of the community website http://www.knowlewest.co.uk (including the events pages), community communication both face-to-face with residents, clubs and organisations, facilitating Mouth of the South (more below) and taking part in community events, networks, and city-wide work for example I took part in Connecting Bristol’s bid to the Digital Challenge.

The new Knowle West Media Centre at Leinster Avenue will be holding its official 2 day opening event this week. Young people who work with Knowle West Media Centre will launch the two day programme of celebration on Thursday 10th April when they officially open the £2.6m green new HQ that they helped to plan, design and build. The opening ceremony will mark the successful end of a 5 year project to provide Knowle West with a beacon of creative and climate-friendly media enterprise, where young people can develop the technological skills demanded by the digital age.

Thursday 10th April 12pm-5pm
Official opening of KWMC by the Archimedia Core Group and KWMCC Director Carolyn Hassan from 12pm, this will be followed by building tours and displays of each departments work, as well as film screenings and projects and performances by young people and community groups.Then at 3.30pm Matthew Taylor, Chief Exec of the Royal Society of Arts, will speak about Young People, Media and Community.

Friday 11th April 2pm-5pm
Friday will see an opening of KWMC by local residents and Key Funders of the building, including Bristol City Council, South West Regional Development Agency and Arts Council SW. Again there will be film screenings, exhibitions, story telling sessions and tree planting.

To join us on this landmark occasion please RSVP to Katie Taylor at Katie@kwmc.org.uk by 7th April.
Please note children under 10 must be accompanied by an adult.

You will be able to find out more about us and meet some of the young people we work with. Examples of our groups include:

AMAZING ARCHIVE GROUP - A Young Roots Heritage Lottery Funded project for 12 – 25 year olds researching their heritage in and around Knowle West.
In June 2008 an exhibition will present the work of the group and invite the community to become involved in creating a ‘living’ archive for Knowle West.

KNOWLE WEST CARBON MAKEOVER- Knowle West Media Centre is working with 100 homes to be part of this exciting year-long environmental project. The project team will support the families in making changes to their homes and lifestyles looking at the different themes of climate change, for example, shopping locally.

DIGITAL FISH FILM CLUB - A young person-led club for 13-19 year olds, open to young people from Knowle West and South Bristol. They make short films and animations; as well as holding holiday film clubs, and workshops on acting, music recording, scriptwriting etc. The group’s work has won national awards and often run trips to screenings of our work all over the country.

SILVERSCREEN FILM CLUB - Over 50’s Film Club with regular screenings, host guest speakers, an extensive DVD library and cinema visits both in Bristol and further a field. Transport to events if required, and a selection of refreshments. It is open to all over 50’s from Knowle West and South Bristol.

MOUTH OF THE SOUTH - Our young journalists group is for 11-16 year olds and sessions include;
Newsletter - design, writing, interviewing and photography
Website: www.kwmc.org.uk/mos which includes radio and film projects

NLARGE PHOTOGRAPHY - Our photography group for 13-19 year olds is open to young people from Knowle West and South Bristol. The group follow an in depth and exciting programme learning all aspects of photography from a wide range of professional photographers. The Nlarge team take professional commissions and work towards becoming a sustainable enterprise led by young people.

To find out more about us go to http://www.kwmc.org.uk

Meanwhile, I have a workshop to prepare for - The newsletter drop-in club. The newsletter is nearing deadline, and residents will be meeting tonight, and I will be helping them in editing and designing all the new stories I received from residents and local workers over the last week.

So until tomorrow, everyone have a nice evening (whether the sun is shining or it’s snowing - who knows after yesterday’s weather), and if you happen to be reading this weeks Venue, there’s a double spread about us on page 24.

Makala x

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CAN DO COMMUNITIES, Learning for Change National Event

November 22, 2007 Posted by Stephen Hilton in : Education, Community Media, Events, Mentoring, Learning , 1 comment so far

The Scarman Trust has been very supportive of Connecting Bristol. They are holding the following free event, which has a very interesting, diverse and potentially explosive line up of speakers. I wish I could be there…

You are invited to attend the launch of the Scarman Trust’s “You Can Do”
Guides. Designed to equip citizens with the skills, capacity and confidence to engage in community activity, in social action and in democratic processes the Guides are an invaluable resource for individuals with a Can Do spirit and for anyone involved in public service delivery.

This will be a fantastic opportunity to meet a wide range of interesting people - national and local politicians, community activists, academics, media commentators, voluntary, community and public sector leaders. Please come along to share and develop your ideas and opinions on the current issues for community and citizenship in 21st century Britain.

This is a FREE event, funded by Equal, to encourage wider participation and inclusion.

Central Hall Westminster, Storey’s Gate, Westminster, London SW1H 9NH
Tuesday 11th December 2007
11.00am - 4:45pm

Speakers to include

To reserve a place please contact dave.johnston@thescarmantrust.org or call 0117 9299555

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DC10 Project Management Consultancy - Community Capacity

November 8, 2007 Posted by Stephen Hilton in : Digital Challenge, Bristol, Community Media, Mentoring, jobs , add a comment

Birmingham City Council, on behalf of the Digital Challenge Network, is offering a 12 months consultancy contract for a Project Manager. We are looking for an effective people connector with a firm standing in Community and Voluntary (CVS) work. You should be well organised and with an understanding of how IT can enhance service delivery. The project will identify successful networks and services in 6 Local Authorities: Birmingham, Bristol, Ealing, Norfolk, Shropshire and Sunderland which aim to increase the capacity to access and deliver services on a local level through networks of volunteers and organisations.

Information on the Digital Challenge can be found on www.digitalchallenge.gov.uk/dc10

The contract value is £42k plus £5k expenses. Submission deadline is 26/11/2007 12.00 noon. For an informal discussion contact Paul Nash on 01743 252020 or Heike Schuster-James on 0121 675 8887.

For details about this contract see the Consultant Brief, the Person Specification and the Project Outline.

Brief

Specification

Outline

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A visit to Princess Royal Gardens

December 5, 2006 Posted by Woodsy in : Digital Challenge, Wireless, Bristol, Bristol City Council, Regeneration, Mentoring , add a comment

It’s the last Tuesday in November and it’s before 10.00 am - not a sensible time for a nightbird like your scribe. I’m ringing the bell to gain access to Princess Royal Gardens in Redfield. I’m here to meet Heather Barham of Bristol City Council and Ronnie Corbett, scheme manager for PRG. Heather’s come to learn about Bristol Wireless‘ work with sheltered housing schemes and I asked Ronnie to help hold my hand.

Once settled in Ronnie’s office with a brew, we’re down to business. (more…)

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