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Past events listing
Sac It In
Between 29 November 2008 and 29 November 2008, in Devon
Agents4Change will be gathering on Plymouth High Street on November 29th to take part in 'Sac It In' - a carrier bag Amnesty.
Sac it in campaign is to raise awareness and change consumer opinion on the use of plastic bags. Everyone is encouraged to bring any plastic bags they have lying around to be reused or recycled. Alongside this there will be loads of activities where people young or old will be able to reuse the bags and make decorations, placemats etc and have the opportunity to contribute to a "community quilt" to be displayed at a later date.
For getting involved and bringing your bags you will receive a very stylish locally made linnen bag. The Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress have agreed to be present along many other special guests. A local junk band in association with Plymouth Music zone will be playing and running workshops from 11am.
There will be something for everyone so come and show your support for such a great initiative in Plymouth.
If you are interested contact Ian at devon@comcats.org.uk or Karen Turvey at southwestsvn@googlemail.com
Posted on 20 October 2008 16:08:13 by Ian Chapman
Don't Write Us Off
Between 29 November 2008 and 29 November 2008, in Devon
Posted on 17 November 2008 15:56:45 by Ian Chapman
Dont Write Us Off
Between 27 November 2008 and 06 December 2008, in Gloucester
A team of hooded volunteers will be engaging with the public in an effort to curb the growing bias against young culture as being feral. Young people from all across England have been asked what can be done to give young kids the best start in life? Now is the time to tell the public. Volunteers will be handing out fortune cookies with concerns and problems young people are facing, and asking the public view on kids these days.
This should be a well covered event by the press and should be well worth your time.
If you would like to sign up, please give me a ring on 07599959585 or email me at Mike.McBride@bbc.co.uk and/or glos@comcats.org.uk
Posted on 27 November 2008 14:47:36 by Michael McBride
Domestic Violence and Honour Killings
Between 24 November 2008 and 08 March 2009, in Leicester
Agent Fazz and Domestic Violence Response Integrated Project (DVRIP) are joining in partnership to create a project that will create a major difference to not only a community, but the whole of Leicestershire!
We're establishing a project where young people get a chance to prepare one-hour sessions packed with interactive activities and debates for School children, College crews, and University students!
The aim is not only to spread awareness about this increasing social issue, but to also create a generation filled with fighters! It's simple ... the more we fight, the more likely this issue can be decreased.
Trials taking place during Domestic Violence Week in November. If success brews, we will continue this through for a while!
So come ... join us ... and let us create a better future where everyone can see that it is best when we are LOVING WITHOUT ABUSE!
x
Posted on 23 October 2008 01:18:58 by Farzana Topia
Don't Write Us Off!
Between 20 November 2008 and 06 December 2008, in Cambridge
On the 6th December the London and Cambridge agents joined forces and held a stall down at the Camden Lock Market. We enticed over 600 people away from their Christmas shopping with our fortune cookies and had a chat about young people, society, what's good and what needs to change. The best comments and ideas went up on our Don't Write Us Off! wall including:
'Don't stereotype! Or judge a book by it's cover, everyone needs a chance' Aaron 17
'Give them responsability and possibilities to put their ideas into practise'
'Have Aspirations :)' - Nicole 16
Posted on 20 November 2008 15:41:09 by Louise Payn
LIFE IN LONDON (Posted by previous Agent 4 Change Laurence Whitaker)
Between 20 November 2008 and 20 December 2008, in London
Live in Croydon or Wandsworth? Want to get involved with media and enterprise? Read on then...
The life in London project is a family learning project between two London boroughs Wandsworth and Croydon, funded by the Big Lottery. It aims to deliver family learning activities over three years to a range of families, with a particular emphasis on fathers, grandfathers and other male carers.
The project seeks to reflect ‘Life in London' using digital media and social enterprise. Participants will be involved in courses exploring the power of film, photography, radio and music as well as being involved in volunteering and setting up social enterprise projects.
Get in touch if you're interested or find out more at www.lifeinlondon.org.uk
Posted on 20 November 2008 14:18:04 by Farhat Amin
DON'T WRITE US OFF - LONDON (Posted by previous Agent 4 Change Laurence Whitaker)
Between 20 November 2008 and 06 December 2008, in London
Come down to Camden lock on the 6th of December, Agents4Change are having a stall down by the canal. Come along, have a chat with us about young people, society, what's good, what needs to change...have your say!
Play our bran new interactive game and grab a free cookie while your at it! And hey, it's Camden - the perfect place to mooch about on a Saturday in the run up to Christmas!
Posted on 20 November 2008 15:19:21 by Farhat Amin
Remembrance
Between 19 November 2008 and 19 November 2008, in Truro
This year is the 90th anniversary of the signing of the Armistice, which heralded the end of the First World War. To coincide with this the BBC is launching a campaign 1918-2008: Ninety Years of Remembrance.
The new campaign aims to record people's experiences of the First World War both at home and abroad. A special event is being held on Saturday 8 November 2008 at the Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry Museum in Bodmin.
Agents 4 Change also wants to hear from you about first hand accounts of life during the First World War or the experiences of your relatives or friends who lived through the conflict.
The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry played a prominent role in the First World War - with troops fighting on the Western Front, which covered France and Flanders. They were involved in the infamously bloody Battle of the Somme in France and the Battle of Passchendaele near the town of Ypres in Belgium.
Soldiers also fought in battles in Italy, Serbia, Salonika, the Gaza strip and Palestine.
It was not only the men who went away. Many women joined the British Red Cross Society and were sent to the hospitals on the front.
Volunteers spent the weeks leading up to Remembrance distributing posters and leaflets around bodmin and other parts of Cornwall to get people to come along and share their memories.
Over 400 people turned up to show their support due to our encouragement of youngsters the message had a knock on effect and whole families turned up on the day some of them with four generations.
Posted on 19 November 2008 10:29:04 by Zak Stanley
Creativity 4 Christmas
Between 17 November 2008 and 01 December 2008, in Leicester
I NEED YOU!!!
10 Charity shop windows...YOU CHOOSE WHICH ONE...in Loughborough and Leicester to dress up...spare a few hours for ONE DAY at ONE SHOP to dress it up. Do whatever you want to it as long as the charity shop approves of it!
Here's the challenge...
Try doing it without the dosh (money)!
Photos will be taken...judged...and the best one will recieve a prize...
And oh yeh...did I mention you're doing the shop window ON YOUR OWN?! It's a good way to put your artistic skills in use and allows others to see how good you can be!
x
Posted on 23 October 2008 01:40:21 by Farzana Topia
Cemetery Clean Up
Between 15 November 2008 and 15 November 2008, in Devon
Agent4Change volunteers turned out in force at Ford Park Cemetery on Saturday 15th November to help expand the cemetery drive that was originally made for horse and cart suitable for a hearse to drive down.
Posted on 12 November 2008 12:30:23 by Ian Chapman
Tea Dance
Between 10 November 2008 and 10 November 2008, in Devon
Agents4Change from the University of Plymouth took part in a Tea Dance at Sherwood Church Hall.
Students took to the dance floor and served tea and coffee to the guests whilst the University Of Plymouth Big Band played the afternoons entertainment.
Posted on 12 November 2008 11:51:36 by Ian Chapman
1918-2008: 90 Years of Remembrance
Between 08 November 2008 and 08 November 2008, in Manchester
Six Agents4Change volunteers and I spent the day at the Imperial War Museum to help out with this national campaign. We were all there to help members of the public contribute to the online wall of remembrance with stories about their relatives that served in the First World War.
It turned out to be a matter of quality rather than quantity, as we had approximately 70 people walk through our doors to share their stories. One volunteer spent over three hours with one couple of old ladies, who had brought in old letters, photographs and medals from her family! These artefacts have now been scanned and her story added to the online wall, which will consequently preserve such in-depth information for years to come.
Other people came along to get some help with researching their family history. One gentleman found out where his great uncle had served, as well as his medical history and his disciplinary records - all of which were unknown to him previously. He was delighted to find scanned documents online, which pieced his story together.
This event illustrated some fantastic inter-generational work, with both young and old eager to support each other over the course of the day. All the volunteers came away with the achievement of having helped many people share their stories and the privilege of learning so many family histories.
Posted on 15 October 2008 11:06:17 by Becky Taplin
Media Open Day (Posted by previous Agent 4 Change Laurence Whitaker)
Between 08 November 2008 and 08 November 2008, in London
Do you want to learn how to make films or produce radio? Springboard Media is having an open day to show you how.
Free places are available for volunteers who want to learn how to make films, produce radio, take photos, learn Photoshop, produce magazines and websites. Come to our open day and see how you can get involved as a volunteer. Industry standard media from the not for profit sector.
Date >> Saturday 8th November
Time >> Drop in between 10.00am and 1.00pm
Venue >> Springboard Media, The White Lion Centre, 43-45 White Lion St, N1 9PW. Tel: 020 7527 7015
Posted on 14 October 2008 16:29:25 by Farhat Amin
BBC WW1 Remembrance Event - 8 Nov!
Between 08 November 2008 and 08 November 2008, in Brighton
A pan-BBC Learning campaign to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Armistice, 1918-2008: Ninety Years of Remembrance, will run in the days leading up to 11 November 2008.
The BBC are looking for friendly and enthusiastic volunteers who have an interest in history and computers to help at the BBC WW1 Remembrance event at Newhaven Fort on Saturday 8th October 2008 from 11am to 4pm.
Volunteers are needed for 3 hour shifts in a number of different areas, such as:
- help visitors upload photos / images onto BBC Remembrance Wall website
- help with children's art activities / family ration pass activities
- help direct visitors / be an information steward
Volunteers will be provided with BBC cotton T-shirts, refreshments and have their travel expenses reimbursed as well as time to enjoy event at the Fort.
Volunteers will need to attend a short briefing at the BBC in Brighton on Tue 28 Oct at 5.30pm.
Please get back to me ASAP as forms need to be filled in by 17 October!!!
Posted on 14 October 2008 13:54:41 by Marco Kor
1918-2008: 90 Years of Remembrance
Between 08 November 2008 and 08 November 2008, in Devon
Exeter Central Library will be opening its doors to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Armistice, bringing young and old together in the act of Remembrance.
Air Cadets from the Devon and Somerset Wing turned up in force to help families research their ancestors from WW1.
If you are interested contact Ian on devon@comcats.org.uk
Posted on 20 October 2008 14:57:37 by Ian Chapman
Remembrance 90
Between 08 November 2008 and 08 November 2008, in Kent
BBC Radio Kent and BBC Southern Counties teamed up for an event at New Haven Fort in November to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the Poppy Appeal. Agents4Change volunteers were on hand to provide IT support in the BBC Memoryshare room where people could come aloing and add stories, photos and memories of their friends and families who had been in the war.
It was a fantastic opportunity for young people to speak to an older generation and find out some interesting information about the war and our history.
It was a windy, but very successful day which was greatly enjoyed by the volunteers involved.
Posted on 07 January 2009 12:16:32 by Stefanie Foreman
Don't Write Us Off South Yorkshire!
Between 07 November 2008 and 31 December 2008, in Sheffield
"Young people are all the same: loud-mouthed, rude and anti-social."
Is this a fair reflection of every young person in the UK today? The Don't Write Us Off campaign from Agents4Change seeks to challenge this view, inviting young people to speak out against ‘hoodie' culture.
We took the campaign to the streets on Saturday 6th December to show South Yorkshire what young people are really like and get their voices heard.
The campaign is backed in South Yorkshire by the Sheffield Youth Council. The Council exists to bring together young people's voices, views and opinions to influence political activities and to help change Sheffield to benefit young people.
The campaign continues with more workshops and activities to get more young people speaking about their communities and the difference which they themselves can make.
We're always looking for more young volunteers to help out so demand something different and get your voice heard. Sign up now.
Posted on 07 November 2008 11:34:54 by Mischa Lewis
Don't Write Me Off
Between 05 November 2008 and 01 December 2008, in Manchester
What can be done to give young people the best start in life?
Get creative and take some snaps of your community - what do you love? What do you want to improve? How have you contributed?
Email your photograph with a one-line response to the question:
What can be done to give young people the best start in life?
Include your name, age and town/city.
Responses will be collected for the campaign and the best photo taken will receive a prize! Tell your friends and stay on the look-out for the perfect picture...!
Posted on 04 November 2008 16:15:55 by Becky Taplin
A Phab Way to Make A Difference
Between 01 November 2008 and 01 November 2008, in Reading
What do you get if you take a group of local young people and mix them with a load of paint, a dash of glue and a bucket full of colouring pens? An amazing Make A Difference Day that's what!
Young people with disabilities from the Berkshire Phab Family Centre suggested the themes. University students from the Reading Audio Visual Enterprise Society created the design. The result was a collaboration which showed that the young people of Reading really do care about making their local area part of a fully inclusive society.
A mixture of paint and collage, volunteers created an original piece of art that brought together music genres, animals, and the globe. Using handprints to make the world at the centre of the picture, drawings and magazine cut outs depicting anything from rap to rabbits were then placed around the edges.
Sue Paver, a Trustee of Berkshire Phab Family Centre, described what she believed her young people took from the day: "Phab is a charity dedicated to promoting the integration of people with and without disabilities. We believe that we need to challenge negative attitudes towards disability, and art is able to do that by allowing everybody to see themselves valued for the contribution they make."
After the centre has received some much needed TLC, the picture will be hung for all visitors to see. Not only that, but the team of university volunteers were invited back to run a similar workshop in the future - proof that a difference definitely was made!
Posted on 11 November 2008 10:17:27 by Maz Ebtehaj
Broke and Broken - Students in the Red Engage the Public on Big Red Bus
Between 01 November 2008 and 28 November 2008, in Liverpool
Over 20 Agents4Change volunteers from Liverpool's three univerisites - University of Liverpool, Liverpool John Moores, and Hope - took to the streets of the city yesterday, for a day of campiagning about the financial crisis facing students at the moment.
The volunteers drove around Liverpool in a big red bus. Here they met members of the public, inviting them onboard to discuss their campaign, tuition fees, student debt, and asked people to sign postcards to lobby their MPs.
The tour took in Calderstones School, where pupils looking forward to A-Levels and beyond, were talked to about their financial future and asked to join the campaign.
The day was organised by leaders from the three student unions. University of Liverpool Guild of Students President, Danielle Grufferty, expressed her delight at the sucess of the day.
"In this national campaign, Liverpool activists put on the biggest day. We got hundreds of postcards signed, which hope to include the NUS in the next round of discussion on the future of top-up fees. We appeared on many local radio stations or newspapers, and this is a campaign which will run and run."
University of Liverpool Fundraising Coordinator, Jennifer Anderson, 28, thanked all the Agents4Change volunteers for being so committed to this cause.
THIS IS A CONTINUING CAMPAIGN! IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN SUPPORTING THIS CAMPAIGN, PLEASE EMAIL TO GET INVOLVED.
Posted on 06 November 2008 17:01:27 by Jon Dean
Make A Difference Day
Between 01 November 2008 and 01 November 2008, in Coventry
On Saturday, 1 November, at Ryton Wood in Coventry, young people got experience in many different woodland management activities (such as coppicing) for Make A Difference Day 2008.
It was a great day out helping to save the habitat of many different endangered species in Ryton Wood.
Posted on 23 October 2008 03:03:53 by Balnek Sangra
Don't write us off!
Between 01 November 2008 and 06 December 2008, in Leicester
A nationwide campaign...and the BIGGEST ever!
Leicester is set to get approximately 100 volunteers out by Leicester's Tower Clock (Leicester town's centre piece!) to dish out fortune cookies containing one-line quotes taken from group discussions carried out with 21st century youths! These are real-life views and opinions coming from youngsters who had guts to voice the problems they face today. If we don't let the nation know...then who will???!
Join this campaign...wear your hoody...dish out the cookies...engage in a convo with the public...LET THE MEDIA CAPTURE IT LIVE!
There may be a chance of this event taking place in the day 10am-3pm AND the evening (to be confirmed).
Anyone with music expertise such as, DJ's, MC's etc. who would like to play a mixture of RnB and HipHop music are VERY WELCOME! Even if its a car with a sub-woofer!
THIS IS BIG...SO BRING IT ON!
x
Posted on 23 October 2008 02:01:36 by Farzana Topia
Get Mucky - Liverpool's Muddiest Weekend of Volunteering Yet!
Between 16 October 2008 and 25 November 2008, in Liverpool
ONLY 3 SPACES LEFT!
Agents4Change are partaking in a great weekend of volunteering at Fordhall Farm.
We will travel to Fordhall Farm on the outskirts of town on Friday 21st November, and camp for two nights, taking the short journey back on Sunday night.
Its what hapens in between that counts. We will camp for two nights, either in tents, or the Yurts availiable at the farm. Food is provided throughout the weekend, with food grown on the farm, and a Saturday night BBQ - all diets are catered for.
Jobs completed in the past include: wild flower planting, making benches, completing work on a barn, clearing ditches, hanging gates, erecting fences.
This promises to be a great weekend ( I personally am really looking forward to it!), and possibly a real eye opener for those of you who've spent your entire lives in Liverpool urban areas!
For more information please email me at liverpool@comcats.org.uk, for a special weekend of volunteering.
Posted on 16 October 2008 13:43:14 by Jon Dean
1918-2008: 90 Years of Remembrance
Between 16 October 2008 and 10 November 2008, in Liverpool
This November we celebrate 90 years since Armistice. We need you to help us be research assistants for the day!
On Friday 7th November, we are looking for volunteers to help add to the BBC's living history project. Remembrance Day is a vital time of year for Britain, making sure we never forget what our parents or grandparents went through during the wars.
We need volunteers to meet with older generations to discuss what went on in World War 1, and record their stories, so they can be later added to the body of work on the BBC Remembrance website, available at http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/remembrance.
We will leave the City Centre at 12.30 on Friday 7th October, to travel to the Active Age Centre in Clubmoor, where all volunteers will need is a willingness to chat with older people, and record their, or their families, war time memories through note taking and discussion. We will be finished by 4pm, and travel back to the City Centre together.
Add something to the BBC Ninety Years of Remembrance - get involved.
Email: liverpool@comcats.org.uk
Posted on 16 October 2008 13:10:56 by Jon Dean
MESS - Mile End Sporting Spectacular (Posted by previous Agent 4 Change Laurence Whitaker)
Between 01 August 2008 and 01 November 2008, in London
A sporting spectacular and free community event will be taking place on Saturday 1st November at the Ecology Pavilion in Mile End Park.
The Mile End Sporting Spectacular (MESS) will focus on encouraging families and young people to become engaged in their community through sport and the arts.
The event, set up by Laurence Whitaker, 17 and CSV Agent4Change for London, and supported by BBC London will be free of charge and run from 11am till 4pm.
Numerous sports groups will be there giving visitors the chance to get stuck in and find out more about becoming active in the local area. It's a chance to get active with the dance troupes, try your hand at acting with the local amateur dramatics society or have a shot at one of many sports on offer. There'll be a kick around for the kids and a high climbing wall for the more adventurous. There will be performances throughout the day from local bands, actors, dancers and singers to show off talent and entertain the crowds.
Rayne Passmore, Head ranger at Mile End Park, says, "This is an opportunity for the community to come together, to discover what's out there for them to get involved with, to have fun and to be entertained by young local talent!"
If you want to take part or find out more contact Laurence on london@comcats.org.uk or on 020 7643 1341.
Posted on 25 September 2008 16:15:56 by Farhat Amin
