|
Arts exchange
project
ARTS exchange project sends Liverpool youth to
Brazil! On Tuesday, 4 of September 2012, 5 young people from Liverpool
and 4 arts practitioners will be heading to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,
for a trip of a lifetime as part of a project called LIVEBrazil:Liverpool, Innovation, Vision, Education. They will spend
10 days in the famous Brazilian city where the next World Cup and
Olympics will be held, on a artistic residential with inspiring
group Afroreggae, a cultural group who, for the past 20 years has
successfully engaged and taken out of drug/gang culture thousands of
young people in the Rio de Janeiro favelas (shantytowns).
It all started back in 2010,when Afroreggae themselves spent 1 month
in Liverpool in the summer of 2010. Brought by the Everyman and
Playhouse and supported by the People’s Palace Project, Afroreggae
shared their practice in conflict resolution while offering young
people positive alternatives to gang violence and drugs.
Upon their departure, Juliana Landim and Ritchie Tunstall (from
local community group Batala Liverpool), where invited to support
young people from the Anfield Breckside Community Corner (ABCC) who
wanted to continue drumming to the Afroreggae and Batala beat.
From one drumming group in Anfield, the initiative expanded to
engage young people from different areas (Anfield, Everton, Norris
Green) through different activities (dance, costume making,
recording/DJ’ing) and has now matured to become LIVEBrazil, a
project striving to build stronger communities in Liverpool and
Brazil through arts and intercultural exchange. The project is lead
by a not for profit organization called BrazUKa- who coordinates the
activities developed in partnership with other local groups such as
Movema, Batala Liverpool, The Shrewsbury House Community Centre and
others.
Besides developing local arts programs with the
intent of engaging and inspiring young people to use art and culture
as a means to fight for social transformation, LIVEBrazil enables
young artists to grow personally and professionally through its
exchange program, Exchange for Change.
In our first trip, a small group of young leaders and practitioners
will experience firsthand how the arts can change and affect
positively areas of conflict while taking part in a variety of style
of drumming and dance workshops with Afroreggae while immersed in
the community of Vigario Geral.
While in Brazil, the group will document and keep a diary of their
experience, bringing back to Liverpool what they learned delivering
workshops, performances and organizing community meetings where they
will be able to share insights, images and sound of what they were
part of in Rio deJaneiro.
The group has been fundraising for many months now, holding events
such as the Zumba Carnival at Camp and Furnace, the LIVEBrazil
Carnival in Liverpool One and applying to many different funding
opportunities.
The group is still accepting donations to support them on the trip
via their
website and once
they’re back, delivering sessions in and around Liverpool.
Sarah Little, young person from Sambabeat/ABCC says:- “This is
a dream come true. I can’t believe we’ll be able to learn from the
people who have transformed so many communities in Brazil. We want
to bring back all we can to transform positively our communities
here in Liverpool too!" |
 |
Local
Councillors help Launch Hospice Event
200 dogs and their owners
will be putting their best paws forward to raise money for Woodlands
Hospice.
Walton MP Steve Rotheram joined councillors, dogs and walkers at
Woodlands to get a taste of what the ‘Woofs and Wellies’ sponsored
walk on 16 September 2012 will be like.
The 5K route through Croxteth Park will take approximately an hour
depending on the pace of the dog; and owner.
Carole Riley, Communications and Fundraising Manager at the Hospice
in Fazakerley said:- “We’re expecting a great turn-out for
this event, and we were delighted that Mr Rotheram was able to come
along to help us launch it.
We’re aiming to collar several thousand pounds through the walk, and
I’d urge dog owners to get their names down soon, as we can’t have
more than 200 canine entries.”
Registration is £5 per dog with each owner being asked to raise a
minimum of £40 per dog sponsorship money. A certificate and goody
bag will be given for each dog at the end of the walk. Advance
registration is essential as entries on the day will not be allowed.
There will be staggered start times between:- 11.00 a.m. and 12 noon.
Closing date for entries is:- Friday, 7 September 2012.
For a registration form and further information, please contact
Woodlands Hospice fundraising team on:- 0151 529 2630/2640 or visit
their
website to
download a form. Registration forms are also available from Croxteth
Park gift shop, Woodlands Hospice shop on Walton Vale or from the
Hospice reception.
Road crash
victims remembered
ROADPEACE NW invite those
who have been bereaved or injured, together with those who support
them, to a special remembrance of Princess Diana and all road crash
victims. It will take place on the Rankin Steps of Liverpool's
Anglican Cathedral, at 2pm, on Friday, 31 August 2012, the 15th
anniversary of the death of Princess Diana. If it is wet, the event
will take place in the Lady Chapel of the cathedral.
Official guests include the Lord Mayor of Liverpool, other Mayors
from the north-west, the Chief Constable of Merseyside Police,
representatives of the emergency services and others who support
road crash victims.
There will be a minute's silence and the release of 5 doves in
memory of those who have died on our roads. On average, 5 people die
each day on the roads of this country. The daily toll has reduced
from 10 to 5 deaths in recent years.
Hospital
pharmacist’s privilege to volunteer at 2012 Games
 PHARMACIST Laura Hughes was one of 100
volunteer pharmacists picked from more than 2,000 applicants to work
with athletes at this month’s London 2012 Olympic Games.
Laura, 27, took 2 weeks’ leave from her job in the pharmacy at
Southport and Formby District General Hospital to volunteer in the
athletes’ village medical centre. “I applied and was interviewed nearly two years ago after
seeing an advertisement in the Pharmaceutical Journal asking for
Games volunteers but I didn’t hear I’d been successful until just
before Christmas.” said Laura from Swinley in Wigan.
Her experience began with 2 training days and courses on doping and
anti-doping in sport and the management of common sporting injuries.
During the Games, as well as dispensing drugs, Laura helped national
team doctors with their accreditation, advised on medical queries,
delivered drugs around the Olympic Park and tested the water acidity
in the Jacuzzi in the athletes’ village.
Most prescriptions Laura dispensed were for anti-inflammatories,
antibiotics and painkillers but ear drops were also in high demand.
“It was also a great privilege to work in the village and at
the heart of the Games. It was
also a great feeling working with so many other volunteer health
professionals, trying to provide athletes with a good service and
making sure they were able to give their best for the Games.”
said Laura. |
