My Grandad’s photos of our Silver Jubilee Street Party have been presented to the Queen!!

Last year, in my capacity as a Community Reporter, I submitted some photos that my Grandad, Henry Spellman, took of our Silver Jubilee Street Party in 1977 for People’s Voice Media to submit to The Jubilee Time Capsule. Just found out today that my story was one of 60 selected by a panel of judges to be in the Diamond (re)Collection and presented to the Queen by the Royal Commonwealth Society  in the form a Digital Time Capsule on a Samsung Galaxy Note which is to be kept at Windsor Castle as part of the Royal Collection. I’m very happy that the judges were as charmed by his photos as I was and think that he would have been very pleased that the Queen got to see his photographs.

To read more about this and see the original entry take a look at my post on the Community Reporters website 

Our meeting with Baroness Hayman, speaker of the House of Lords! The Video

Our meeting with Baroness Hayman, speaker of the House of Lords!.

 

Have a look at the link to see the video Shahina and Michelle made about meeting Baroness Haymen, I went along to support them as new Community Reporters and make sure everything went smoothly. The great news is that the House of Lords loved our video and are going to use it on their website, what a great way to start Community Reporting!

RTVCYL News Report on USAL Participation in ISABEL Project

ISABEL made the TV news in Spain! This report  on RTVCYL was filmed during our training days in Salamanca and features many of the participants who took part. See link RTVCYL News Report on USAL Participation in ISABEL Project

ISABEL Training in Salamanca

Earlier this week I went along to Salamanca in Spain with Teresa Wilson to train trainers for the ISABEL project, a very exciting European project which People’s Voice Media are involved in. Training ran from 16th-18th May. Teresa was leading the training and I was there to provide some technical support and help people out when they got a bit stuck. One of the aims of the ISABEL project is to train Community Reporters in Europe. We had a group of around 25 including trainers from Spain, Italy, Germany, Hungary and Turkey who will deliver this kind of training to groups they are working with in Europe. The link below takes you to the slideshow on communityreporter.co.uk Keep your eyes peeled for more stories about ISABEL . . .

ISABEL Training in Salamanca Slideshow.

Here are some videos that were made on the training days:

We Are The Champions! (via People’s Voice Media)

“My attitude to learning is that it’s invaluable really, if you don’t want to learn you’re just going to stay stuck in a rut . . . any opportunity to learn certainly take it, grasp it with both hands.” Nick Bowles, Community Learning Champion People’s Voice Media have been working with Manchester First to identify Community Learning Champions in Manchester. Above is just one of the comments we have collected from people eager to promote learning … Read More

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We Are The Champions (via communitylearningchampion)

Gary Copitch of People’s Voice Media has been talking about Community Learning Champions on People’s Voice Media Chief Executive’s Blog. Click here to see the story. … Read More

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Videos from the Talk Broughton 3 Community Reporters

Community Learning Champion Reverend Chris Fallone

Community learning Champion Phil McCulloch

Community Learning Champion Nick Bowles