ProMail June
Here we are with a new edition of ProMail! This month, we’re loaded up with news, events, and great opportunities for young people in South Wales! Among them, the much anticipated launch of a brand new concept ProMo Cymru has been working on for sometime: theSprout TV, and during the summer, an exchange project for people from all over Europe! Read all about this and much more!
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theSprout TV Launch
At 12.00 noon Tuesday 12th July, theSprout TV will be launched at the Senedd building of the National Assembly of Wales. ProMo Cymru has developed a touch screen video jukebox that uses Pixil Vision software and can hold more that 500 hours of video content. It displays video/multi-media content of local young people and youth organisations and will be available at various youth centres and locations throughout Cardiff. At the launch, there will be a system demonstration and showcase of various videos. The video jukebox installation will be at the Senedd for a few days to give people the opportunity of trying it out themselves.
This project is supported by Ifanc – Cardiff Young Peoples Partnership.
If you have any material; video, music, issues, art that you would like to reach a wider, varied audience, please send us a copy. For more details call/email Emil emo@promocymru.org or at 029 2046 2222.
Media and film training
Brynmawr Town Partnership and ProMo Cymru are due to start our joint Media and Film training project this June. The project will take place in Blaenau Gwent and aims to train young people in filming, editing, and story boarding. The finished film, which will be concentrating on the historical development of the area, will be available on DVD at the end of the project.
Participation is free. To take part, or for more information, please contact Brynmawr Town Partnership on 01495 294172 or Promo Development Officer (Julian Gardner) 07970 707209.
CultEURnet Exchange Project
ProMo Cymru is organising a youth exchange project this summer: CultEURnet – creating intercultural networks. Young bands from Sweden, Estonia, France and Wales will come together in Cardiff to share their cultures with each other and local people. Activities will include a week of creative workshops, jam sessions and gigs throughout the city. The project aims to be a pilot for future cooperation between young European artists. At the moment, we’re still very busy with booking venues and accommodation, constructing a website and organising fund raising events. You‘ll hear more soon! The project is sponsored by the EU programme Youth in Action.
To take part in this project, on a voluntary basis and be part of a working group, please contact Audrey Leclair at 029 2046 2222 or email audrey@promocymru.org
ACCESS CULTURAL TRAINING – ACT PROJECTS
A step ahead for Strawberry Blondes
ProMo Cymru’s ACT clients the Strawberry Blondes have been featured in this month’s issue of Rock Sound magazine. This is one of the biggest selling publications of its kind in the UK. The punk band are featured in the up & coming and the review sections of the magazine, where they received a seven out of ten rating for their album. The band’s album is available nationally on Deck Cheese Records and is also featured in the monthly Metal Hammer magazine, which is available throughout Europe. They will be touring throughout June & July in Wales and England.
Visit their space on http://www.myspace.com/strawberryblondes.
Worldwide release for Anterior debut album
Anterior, the Tredegar based band, who have worked with and received support from ProMo Cymru over the past three years are set to produce their debut album, "This Age Of Silence", released worldwide this month through Metal Blade Records. The band, which secured the deal late last year have received funding, training, advice and contacts from Promo staff over their development period. We wish them all the best in the future with their musical careers.
Visit their space: http://www.myspace.com/anterior
Reeling in the years…
Promo Cymru has teamed up with veteran musician Glyn Havard. Glyn was a founder member of the early seventies band Jade Warrior, who gained great success over an eight year period supporting the likes of The Who and Thin Lizzy while performing at events such as the Reading Festival. After leaving the band, Glyn went on to play with luminaries such as The Racing Cars and Kirsty McColl. Glyn has come to Promo for distribution help for a new Jade Warrior comeback album and Internet training to set up web and myspace sites for a solo project. We look forward to working with Glyn over the coming months!
New clients for ProMo?
Neath based band, Kardomah have recently approached Promo to help with the publicity and shows within Wales. The band, which is managed by UK group CUB’s management, is also looking for help with a future release and is set to sign as clients this month.
Listen to them on http://www.myspace.com/kardomah.
Cubase & Logic music training
ProMo Cymru will be providing Cubase and Logic music training over the next few months for selected clients starting with John Heale. Anyone wishing to hire any of our array of music workshops please contact Julian Gardner on 079 7070 7209 or julian@promocymru.org
ACT Project Neath and Port Talbot
ProMo Cymru is looking for young people aged 16 - 30 in Neath and Port Talbot developing enterprising ideas and projects in the media, arts and music. We would like to talk with you about your creative needs and ideas and give you the required training and support to develop those ideas. If you have an organisation and have a young group of people you think we could work with, give us a call.
Ring Julian on 079 7070 7209 or e-mail julian@promocymru.org
PopIdol workshops
It seems like anyone can become a star these days, whatever your background is. But with a little training from ProMo Cymru, you’re a step ahead of all those others. In July and August we are running PopIdol workshops with Communities First areas Six Bells and Llanilleth. The workshops will take place over a period of 12 weeks and will focus on vocals, dance, guitar and drums. They are open to people from Abertillery, Six Bells, Llanilleth, Cwmtillery and Swyffydd areas. If you want to sign up or get more information, call Julian at 079 7070 7209 or e-mail julian@promocymru.org
Young reporters needed
ProMo launches a new website – the Sprout – with the latest events, a database of services and the hottest local bands around. Young people and organisations will be able to input information on events directly onto the site.
ProMo has consulted several groups of young people on the design and the content of the website and it is now mid construction, due for a launch date in June.
The new website, which is funded by Ifanc – Cardiff Young Peoples Partnership, will be maintained by young people, so this is your chance to get involved. Working for the website will offer you the opportunity to learn how the site has been constructed, and ProMo can even offer you training in web design, reporting, photography and video making.
If you’re interested in being part of the editorial team, drop us a line at audrey@promocymru.org or call 029 2046 2222!
Your Voice Your Choice workshops
To inspire young people to become actively involved in decision-making, ProMo Cymru helped setting up the Your Voice Your Choice workshop. It provides information on where and how young people can become involved in youth forums and school’s councils. Funded by the National Assembly for Wales and ESF, the project is a partnership between ProMo Cymru and Casbah/Working Word PR.
Delivering across Wales, the project facilitates young people’s participation from a broad range of social backgrounds and abilities.
Workshops have so far already been a great success in Torfaen, Blaenau Gwent, Monmouth areas and Gilfach Goch.
If you would like to discuss the free workshops please contact Marco on 029 2046 2222 or email marco@promocymru.org.
Development Trusts Association Wales
ProMo Cymru have been commissioned to develop and produce a couple of videos, to be shot at very locations throughout Wales.
A corporate video examining the key principles of Development Trusts which reviews their objectives and achievments, role operations, enterprises and diversity in Wales,
and a social enterprise video, introducing and examining the key principles of Social Enterprise in Wales.
The Young Newport site is now up and running
Are you between the ages of 11 and 25?
Do you live in Newport?
If the answer is ‘yes’ then young Newport has been designed for you, to give you better information about the activities, services and opportunities that are available for you in Newport – your ‘entitlements’. The website has been launched recently and you can visit it on www.youngnewport.co.uk
ProMo-Cymru have been consultants and project managers for the development of Young Newport, which has been led by Newport Young People’s Partnership and Newport Youth Information Service, with funding from the National Assembly’s Special Grant for young people and 14-19 Learning Pathways.
Merthyr Moves
What arts and cultural activities would you like to develop in your local area?
We are putting together a report to let funders, the council and other organisations know what you think. We will also be providing ideas and helping to create links between people who want to do similar things. As part of this research we will be organising Carnival African drumming taster workshops in every Communities First area in Merthyr.
To find our more and to let us know what you think please contact:
Sarah Vaughan 029 2046 2222 / sarah@promocymru.org
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"Redemption Songs", Free Workshops in Cardiff
South Wales Intercultural Community Arts (SWICA) invites you to come and discover South Wales’ links with the Slave Trade and interpret them imaginatively using Carnival Arts! SWICA is running a series of free workshops in Butetown Youth Pavilion and the Old Library (The Hayes) in Cardiff in June and July, combining Heritage-Learning with Carnival Arts. The workshops include Caribbean Carnival MAS-making, African Drumming, Dance, Song, History and Heritage.
To find out more about it, contact Steve Fletcher at SWICA on 029 2038 2094 or email sf@swica.force9.co.uk.
Escape Into The Park
One day of non-stop dance music with DJs from around the world spinning everything from hard house to drum’n’bass to break beat in the Singleton Park in Swansea, Saturday 16th June.
See www.escapefestival.com for more information and the full line-up.
Photomarathon
On Saturday 16th June, the Wales Millennium Centre’s organises a photomarathon. It is a photograph competition with a twist: Entrants receive a 12 picture 35mm film and over 12 hours have to take pictures on 12 given topics. It’s one part photographic competition, one part creative adventure. The results - every single image taken – will be displayed at the Photomarathon exhibition in July/August.
More information and entry forms can be found at www.photomarathon.co.uk or on myspace at www.myspace.com/photomarathon.
Regen School Recruitment
The Development Trust Association is currently recruiting for their second Regen School in Wales, which is likely to start in July. The Regen School is a programme of practically based 'hands on' learning in regeneration, consisting of mentoring, workshops and residential days. It will cover topics as business planning, introduction to social enterprise, marketing, effective governance, organizational structures and sustainable funding strategies. The evaluation of the first Welsh Regen School has been very positive.
The criteria for the course are:
The location of these workshops will vary, depending on the location of the students. They will need to cover traveling costs themselves.
To learn more about the project, surf to http://www.regenschool.com/index.asp There is no online information as yet on the Welsh project, but if you’re interested, contact Jane Lee, Social Enterprise Development Officer, Blaenau Gwent Council, at 01495 354786 or
jane.lee@blaenau-gwent.gov.uk
Take part in Newport Fashion Show
A fashion show is being held at the Riverfront Arts Centre in Newport, on the 4th July. The participants will have had no or little experience, but the hopes are to make the night a big success! The fashion show is being organised through the Charter Housing Association in Newport as an inter-generational project, where young and old people from Charter communities will take part, with each community taking a different era/theme.
Theme for the young people in Alway Community Centre is 60's fashion.
They are looking for volunteers with specific skills who are interested in coming on board, and could add this to their CV, please could you take this opportunity to pass this information on to those who
If you are interested or know anyone who would contact Stephanie Pike 07812 564171 stephaniepike.alway@yahoo.co.uk
NESTA Future Innovators programme and Insight Out initiative
NESTA has launched Insight Out Wales a start-up business development programme for new media sector.
Your business idea must be based on new media content creation or distribution and could be using music, interactive media, gaming, animation, film, video, web and mobile entertainment technologies or be multi-platform.
NESTA offers you the chance to test out your ideas, hear from experienced entrepreneurs and learn some models and techniques that will help bring your idea to fruition.
If you have any potential applicants can you please point them in right direction. Also NESTA’s Future Innovators programme (aimed at developing the skills and capacity of young people to be innovative and entrepreneurial) has just been launched. It will run a seminar on 9th July with DEMOS looking at the skills needs of young people. richard.turner@nesta.org.uk
029 2045 2632
www.nesta.org.uk
MBA in Social Entrepreneurship
The MBA in Social Entrepreneurship is a specialist option within the well-established MBA programme of the Cardiff School of Management. The MBA is an internationally recognised qualification that provides a strategic understanding of how all aspects of management can be integrated into practice. This is particularly helpful to practitioners and those seeking new work or promotion. The MBA in Social Entrepreneurship is especially tailored to those working in social enterprise, community development or the co-operative sector. It can be studied part-time so that those working in the sector can complete the qualification in two years spending just one afternoon a week on site.
Further details are available from Molly Scott Cato on 01453 882662
