Friday 10 December 2010

People, Places and New Faces


The location for the Community Media Centre 2012 is the Phoenix Square Film & Digital Media Centre in the Cultural Quarter. The building offers all the necessary elements needed to provide this experience.
Events are being organised in 2011 as part of a planned build up to the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics.These include some key milestone dates:
  • March – 1 day event ‘500 days to London 2012’
  • June – 1 day conference – UK wide independent media centre organizers
  • July – 2 day ‘Open’ Weekend – 1 year to London 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony
  • August – Bank Holiday Monday – 1 year to Paralympics 2012 Opening Ceremony
In January 2012 the CMC 2012 will open at Phoenix Square and start a nine month long series of events, workshops and seminars taking place for members of all communities across the city and county. This will include events organised with our many partners including Inspire Leicestershireand working inside schools to develop 2012 related experiences.


Monday 6 December 2010

Hiding In The Open Leicester



Reverend Tim Blewett experienced 4 days & nights rough sleeping on the streets of Leicester to gain a personal insight. This experience will assist him in his role as a trustee of Action Homeless and help them raise awareness of the issues and create new services. All words below are his own and detail many of his experiences into one 24 hour timeline. They were captured on a digital voice recorder.

I'm pleased to have had the opportunity to film and photograph his experience and I'm pleased with how the blog turned out. Let's hope it helps raise awareness about the homelessness sector.


http://hidingintheopenleicester.blogspot.com/




Blog post by John Ager - http://johnager.co.uk/2010/12/07/undercover-in-leicester/