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Knowle West Media Centre meets Lester Freckleton

by Roz 19/12/2006 in Bristol

18 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 [...]

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Knowle West Media Centre meets Simon Willis

by Roz 14/12/2006 in Bristol

6 November 2006
I met with Simon Willis who told me that he has worked for seven years as a detached youth worker in Knowle West and adjacent areas. He told me he had worked in Merrywood and Hengrove with young people on the brink of exclusion. Simon highlighted that detached work is very different from [...]

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Knowle West Media Centre meets Stewart Weston at The Mede

by Roz 01/12/2006 in Bristol

16 October 2006
I went to The Mede to meet with Stewart Weston. Stewart told me about the different activities that take place at the Mede. He told me that there is lots of work that takes place with the young people who use the centre. He told me about the out of school theatre club [...]

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Electric December Launched

by Clare 01/12/2006 in Bristol

Electric December, Bristol’s online advent calendar goes live today – offering a unique digital present each day during the run-up to the festive season: check out day 14 for the Connecting Bristol entry produced with Beef, a digital agency in Bristol.
A selection box of short films, games, animations and music can be discovered at www.electricdecember.org [...]

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Knowle West Media Centre meets Chris Pickering

by Roz 21/11/2006 in Bristol

26 October 2006
I travelled to KWMC where I met with Chris Pickering, Director of Future Learning, a social enterprise providing training opportunities in Knowle West. Chris told me about his involvement with Knowle West Web and how he has worked closely with Kevin and Diane Jeffries to support them in putting local people on line.
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What about older people?

by Clare 20/11/2006 in People

Last week’s visit from Stephen Dodson and Bert Provan (Chair of the Digital Challenge judges), seemed to highlight the need for us to look carefully at what we are offering older people. There are some fantastic and diverse projects going on already:
Mobile Bristol and CLASS
Members of CLASS, a self-directed group of older people, have [...]

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Knowle West Media Centre meets Matt Little

by Roz 16/11/2006 in Bristol

13 November 2006
Conversation between Carolyn Hassan of Knowle West Media Centre and Matt Little, Director of Creative Partnerships Bristol
Creative Partnerships (CP) is a government initiative focussed on making schools more creative places by establishing partnerships between them and the wider community and creative sector. CP have been working with schools in Bristol since 2003.
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Joining the Dots between Media Education and Community Engagement

by Shawn 13/11/2006 in People

I thought the Fresh 6 film event at the weekend was excellent and a real credit to Sam Burkey and all who helped organise it from Calling the Shots, Knowle West Media Centre, Suited and Booted and Firstborn Creatives, and all the young people who made the final decisions. At various times I was [...]

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Home help in Knowle West

by Woodsy 13/11/2006 in Bristol

Innovative developments just seem to keep happening south of the Avon with news that Knowle West Web and Future Learning have succeeded in securing funding to employ a part-time tutor to teach Knowle West Web users and residents in their own homes how to surf the internet and use email, as well as answering [...]

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