Wednesday 25th August 2010 16:34:20
Flowers Youth Festival runs from Wednesday, 25 to Saturday 28 August at Daisy Dip in Swaythling. Each day will run from 12 noon to 4pm and till 9:30pm on the last day, Saturday. As well as a 5-a-side football tournament, plans include other sport games, food, theatre and music performances from local bands. For more information contact Ethan Fox on 07818 565 800.

Thursday 19th August 2010 12:09:51

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Monday 2nd August 2010 12:37:28
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Wednesday 21st July 2010 12:56:49

Creative young people aged 13 -19 will soon be able to unleash their imagination in a series of free workshops when BBC Blast returns to Southampton. 

Blast is the BBC's youth creativity service. From first-timers to emerging artists, Blast gives you the chance to try out new skills, showcase your work and find out more about working in the creative industries. Each year the BBC takes Blast out on tour, giving young people the opportunity to get some hands-on experience and training in a wide variety of free multi-media workshops. Last year, Blast engaged over 170,000 teenagers in face-to-face activities throughout the UK.

After the successful visit in 2008, Blast will return to Hoglands Park on Thursday 5^th August, building an impressive mobile creative village, complete with digital workshop spaces and separate performance area.

Over the next three days, young people with a passion for music, dance, fashion, film and art, can take part in a variety of free workshops, meet industry professionals, learn new skills, share ideas, use the latest technology and get creative, whatever their ability.

Highlights include:

• Work with hip-hop stars: Learn to beatbox and freestyle with MC Gleem and Ochs, or develop your skills with leading music industry producer and artist Baby J and ask questions about working the music business.
• Song Writing and Digital Music: Write and record a song in a morning with professionals from Ranch Recording Studio, plus Matt from SOCO leads a session on creating digital soundtracks and music for film.
• Better The Eastenders: Celebrate the 25th anniversary of the BBC's iconic soap opera by making and recording your own scene inspired by classic archive footage.
• Comic Strip Character drawing: With comic strip artist and illustrator Nich Angell, who has just been signed to Titan Books (publisher of comics and graphic novels including Batman, The Simpsons, Transformers and Tank Girl).

 Other exciting workshops on offer include:

• Brush up your performance skills: try Bollywood Dance with dancer and actress Rakhi Sood, or get pop singing vocal coaching and audition tips from a professional voice coach.
• Use state of the art equipment to: make your own film about the Hoglands Park Skateboard Festival, learn the basics of live sound engineering and help create a three camera video mix of a band, or try radio journalism, scriptwriting and programme making.
• Free your artistic side: try fashion design, photography, photostory comic strip and stop frame animation.

A selection of work created at the event will be shown at the Blast Talent Showcase on Saturday 7^th August at 5.30pm, where you can get to see the future stars of the area showing off their new skills!

Julia Sherman, Editor for BBC Blast said

“The idea of being creative can be pretty daunting, if you don’t consider yourself to be particularly artistic. But in fact there’s some creativity in all of us and sometimes all you need is a bit of inspiration. BBC Blast is all about inspiring young people to explore their own creativity, through technology and interactivity.”

All workshops and showcases are free, for more details and to sign up please see:  http://www.bbc.co.uk/blast/events or email blast-southampton@bbc.co.uk.

The Southampton event runs on Thursday 5^th (10.30am-6.30pm), Friday 6^th (10.30am-5.30pm) and Saturday 7^th August (10am-6.15pm).

BBC Blast will be working in partnership with Soco Music Project (www.socomusicproject.org.uk) for this event.

Thursday 8th July 2010 13:22:11
What's the deal?

A programme-led apprenticeship in Plant Operations, giving you the qualfiications to work in industries like construction, docklands or warehousing.

Who's it for?

Anyone aged between 16 and 18 who is keen to learn a trade using heavy plant machinery like fork-lift trucks and telescopic handlers. There are 15 places available.

When is it?

September 2010 - January 2011

Intensive training at LETS using real plant machinery.

January - July 2011

Employment in a relevant industry where you will achieve NVQ Level 2 in Plant Operations.

You must complete both parts of the programme.

What will it cost?

Nothing! All course fees are paid for.

Do I get paid?

You will not be paid for the intensive training part of the programme (September to January), but you may be eligible for EMA.   When you start work in January you will be employed and paid a minimum of £2.50 per hour, however, research has found that apprentices earn an average of £170 net pay per week.

How do I sign up?

Come to the Open Evening. Learn more about the programme, the machines you will be training on and future job prospects.

Wednesday 28 July 2010, 6pm - 8pm
LETS Training Centre, Campbell Road, Eastleigh  SO50 5AD.

For further information call Luke Perryman on 01264 360025.

This apprenticeship is provided by Sparsholt College, Hampshire in partnership with LETS Eastleigh.

Thursday 8th July 2010 11:30:24

Following recent announcements from the Department for Education concerning both the Youth Opportunities Fund and Youth Capital Fund, Southampton City Council have announced the updated arrangements for these funding streams for 2010/11.

Follow this link for further details.