Archive for the 'Social Enterprise' Category
Yesterday was a long day for me, but by the end of it I was so grateful to be considered an adult and not a ‘young person’. I’m on an advisory panel for ‘The Unit’ where a group of young people have taken over a small empty shop unit opposite a Bus Station and along [...]
So having been made Community Champions by O2 ‘It’s your community’ project, O2 organised a photo shoot for the young people organising the evolution of THE UNIT from #empty shop to youth info centre/ideas hub/music project central/ etc., Here’s some of the photo’s local young photographer Julian Farmer took of the whole shebang!
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So this summer, I was delighted to be asked to join the…. ermm, well, not exactly a ‘board’ more an advisory committee, a group of professionals to support/drive/encourage/advocate/beg on behalf of newly formed ‘Firestarter Arts’ a social enterprise and community interest company.
What! I hear you scoff…on earth… is a Community Interest Company!? Well I’m [...]
Artsmonkey’s other blog- Travelling Light November 19, 2009I travel quite a bit in my role as a freelance creative consultant and often at my own expense, so I’m careful about my journeys. One of my favourite journeys is returning home from Brighton. Brighton, as far as I can tell is like Marmite, you either love it or you hate. I love it. [...]
- National Theatre of Wales - Live launch November 5, 2009Today is November the fifth a day for plots and coup attempts, remember? Well today also marked the official launch of the National Theatre of Wales and boy did they do it in style. Not only were parties being thrown across Wales but Producer Lucy Jones and Artistic Director John McGrath shared the event online [...]
- Poetry: invitations October 7, 2009autumn haiku .CrispAutumn. Dead leaves hang from tree like brown butterfly cocoons. Seasons of nature. ©theboywyatt This week sees National Poetry day come around again. I have a love/hate relationship with this day ever since I was asked to be part of a team delivering ‘poetry on the buses’ with mixed success. Our carefully picked mix of contemporary and […]
- Beep, beep. Out of my way slow coach! August 31, 2009Haiku’s courtesy of ‘theboywyatt’ http://theboywyatt.blogspot.com/ .GoFasterStripes. Loudly tooting horn! flicking the V’s at the flash. Speeding road rager. ©theboywyatt, 2009 I recently attended a ‘speed awareness workshop’ having been caught speeding by one of Wiltshires 18 (approx.) mobile speed camera’s, like many other unfortunate motorists […]
- Travelling Light November 19, 2009
