E-Bulletin - August 2009
August 09 E-Bulletin contents page
Dates for your diary
- Play Day - 9 August
- Open Studios at Woodend Mill - 8-9 August
- Medlock and Tame Valley Conservation Association events - August to November
- Get fit this summer
- Event for young women and women youth workers at the Water Adventure Centre - 23 September
- Afoxe Festival - Manchester - 1 August
- New Hurst Academy of Drama and Performing Arts - free starter acting tuition - 12 September
- One Extreme to the Other - play - 15 October (RSVP 3 Aug)
- ACEVO Autumn Conference: Modernisation in the Third Sector – Times are changing, are you?
Play Day
Sunday 9 August, 11am - 4pm Rain or Shine at
Stamford Park (Stalybridge)
It's free so give it a go. There will be adventurous activities for all
ages and abilities!
- Den Building
- Climbing Wall
- Arts and Crafts
- Face Painting
- Back in time photo shoot
- Sports activities
- 0 - 5 area with Story Time
- Competitions/prizes and giveaways
- And much much more!!!!!!
For more information please contact Liz.hughes@tameside.gov.uk
Open Studios at Woodend
Mill
Saturday 8 - Sunday 9 August, 11am – 5pm each day at
Woodend Mill, Manchester Road, Mossley, OL5 9AY
Event title: Cotton On: A creative exploration of the
industrial heritage of Mossley
Cost: Free to attend
Woodend Artists have an open studio weekend on 8-9 August. They are running a
series of creative workshops in the local community using the cotton industry of
Mossley as inspiration. The work created will be exhibited on the weekend.
Woodend Artists have also created their own artwork in response to Woodend Mill
and the cotton industry and will be exhibiting their work alongside the
community artwork. Artists will also be opening their studios to the public and
holding demonstrations throughout the weekend.
For more information contact
Jacqui Symons Tel: 07801 837281
www.woodendartists.co.uk
Medlock and Tame Valley Conservation
Association events
Medicinal Herbs and Home
Remedies a talk by Judith Wood
18 August, 7.15pm in 5 Oaken
Clough Terrace, Ashton-under-Lyne,
OL7 9NY.
£2 per person admission including tea/coffee & biscuits.
Pond Dipping
12 September, 2.30pm in 5 Oaken Clough Terrace.
£2 per person including tea/coffee/juice/biscuits.
A great day for the family.
Birds of Medlock and Tame Valleys by Nick Martin
14 November, 2.30pm.
£2 per person including tea/coffee/biscuits.
Due to restricted parking please park at Oaken Clough end toward Oldham Road.
Get fit this summer
There are a number of ways to get fit Ashton-under-Lyne over the summer. Activities include keep fit, netball, belly dancing, yoga and badminton. There is also a stop smoking service.
As well as these there are
healthy walks around Ashton. One and a half to two hour health walks aimed at people who
want to become more active, meet new people and enjoy the outdoors. No special
walking equipment needed.
Please wear correct footwear (boots or trainers) and clothing for the weather
conditions.
Walking can help you gain more stamina, energy, be more alert, help lower high
blood pressure, cholesterol levels and help weight loss.
For more information please contact Azara Azam at The Health Improvement
Team,
Tel: 0161 343 8162, email:
Azara.azam@tameside.gov.uk
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Event for young women and
women youth workers at the Water Adventure Centre
Wednesday 23 September,
5pm-10pm
Using Feminist Web's archive and resources the volunteers' group and youth
workers will run six local events across the North
West (based in youth work settings, advertised through local and national media)
to explore what body image means to young women.
WAC is one of these venues!
The young women (aged 13-25) at each event will contribute to:
- a film about young women's images of themselves/ their bodies
- a banner-making project
- a ‘zine' all about the archive
- interviewing older feminist youth workers in their area
- a 'post'-feminist' postcard campaign to send to local/national decision makers to ask for what young women need to develop and maintain positive body images.
At the events we will also:
- do some work around what sexism/feminism is
- work with the staff who come
to get them to think about and develop
their own feminist youth work practice - have a DIY challenge where
young people and staff plan a feminist
event, project or idea that they will take back to their own setting to carry out - fundraise for the Monduli Community Education Fund for Girls in Tanzania
- and because its at WAC we will also canoe!
For
more information contact Amelia Lee,
Youth Participation Programme Coordinator ICA
Tel: 0161 232 8444 email:
ypp@ica-uk.org.uk
www.ica-uk.org.uk
or Lilian Pons, Water Adventure Centre
email: wac.fun@zen.co.uk
Tel: 0161 301 2673
www.wateradventurecentre.org.uk
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Afoxe Festival - Manchester
1 August, Manchester City Centre
CABASA Carnival
Arts a Mossley based Community Group (soon to be social enterprise) will be
providing costumes for a Brazilian Carnival in Manchester.
It will provide a unique peek into the world of traditional Brazilian
Carnival with a modern twist.
This will be a night to remember, so come along and
support our 80+ performers as we invite you to follow our vibrant drumming,
dancing, singing, flower-giving, brass-blowing bloco from Piccadilly Gardens at
5pm, parading down to Albert Square where we’ll kick off the closing
celebrations of the Manchester Jazz Festival at 6.30-7.00pm.
This event is free and a perfect evening out for families.
See
www.global-grooves.org
or
www.manchesterjazz.com
for further information.
CABASA
Carnival Arts deliver workshops, training and support for community carnival
groups throughout the North West and beyond. Since it's re-launch in 2009 it is
already developing Carnival Arts for two large community groups working with
over 1500 people per year.
For further information, please contact Leon Patel on 07771923185 or info@bangdrum.co.uk
New Hurst Academy of Drama
and Performing Arts - free starter acting tuition
Saturday 12 September at Hurst Community Centre Kings
Road Hurst
The
Civic Mayor of Tameside will launch the opening of the Hurst Academy of Drama
and Performing Arts at the Hurst Community Centre on Kings Road in Ashton. Lead
tutor at the Academy is David Ambler, a local actor, who having studied at
Oldham College went on to The University of Hull and attained a B.A. (Hons)
degree in Theatre and Performance Studies.
A completely free workshop will be held for children aged of 8 to 16 between 2pm
and 4pm and all are welcome to attend.
For more information ring 0161 330 0691 or 07926 076 296
email:
david.ambler13@yahoo.com
www.hurstacademy.co.uk
One Extreme to the Other -
play
Thursday 15 October 2009, 6.30pm for 7.00pm start
(buffet included) - New Charter Housing, Cavendish 249, Ashton-under-Lyne
On behalf of the Strengthening Communities Working Group and New Charter Housing, I am delighted to invite you to see GW Theatre’s performance of ‘One Extreme to the Other’. The play focuses on how violent extremism can affect all sections of the community and has won numerous awards throughout the Country. The play recently toured round secondary schools in Tameside as part of a Borough-wide approach to dealing with preventing violent extremism and was well received by both students and teachers.
More information can be found on GW’s website
www.extremenews.org.uk/
This will be the only community performance in Tameside this year and we would
really encourage you to come and see it.
Please RSVP by Monday 3 August to
sarah.collis@tameside.gov.uk
indicating how many places you would like to reserve. Tickets
will be allocated on a first come first served basis.
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ACEVO Autumn Conference: Modernisation in the Third
Sector – Times are changing, are you?
Liverpool,
24 September 2009
This conference will be an opportunity to explore
the spectrum of challenges which face third sector leaders today. A
volatile funding environment, a challenging fundraising arena and an
increase in demand from clients, requires the third sector to be at the
top of its game. Third sector leaders must be resilient and progressive
in order to achieve high standards of governance, accountability and
engagement on behalf of those it serves. The relationship between the
chair and the CEO of a third sector organisation is crucial to success.
www.acevo.org.uk