Helen and Tanimola have been fantastic members of the team at Bright Ideas, helping to develop work with their well honed skills and expertise. They have both begun new jobs at the start of this new year, Helen here in Nottingham and Tani all the way down in Exeter. We will be staying in touch, but want to wish them all the best in their new roles and thank them for all their hard work. We will miss you!
Vintage Dolls was featured in the Evening Post yesterday! Good news for Nyssa and for our campaign to raise awareness of Bowel Cancer. We launched our Toilet Roll Doll competition that evening, more details here next week.
Congratulations to Colin, who was nominated for a volunteering award, and had the chance to go to an awards ceremony on the 30th November!
The St Anns and Dales Volunteer Achievement Awards were held at BioCity on the 30th November. Colin was nominated in recognition of his fantastic work leading walks and inspiring people with his insights into local areas. A fantastic man, and a well deserved honour.
Vintage Dolls is a fashion show at Escucha bar in Nottingham this Sunday evening (5th December). It is still going ahead, despite the current weather!
On the night, Bright Ideas will be launching a competition with our partner community organization, BME Cancer Communities. All we can say at this point is Toilet Roll Dolls. Be prepared to be entertained!!!
All the £5 earlybird tickets have sold, but there are still tickets available at £7, or £10 on the door.
Tickets are still available at
http://www.theticketsellers.co.uk/buy_tickets/events/?id=10013473
Thursday 18th November saw Bright Ideas host a screening of short films made by the production team at Broadway about voluntary and community groups from the East Midlands (but outside of the city). We were privileged to have a welcome from the Lord Mayor of Nottingham and short talks from Mel Lenehan of the WEA and Julie Cassidy Gosling from Advocacy in Action. It was great to be able to welcome groups from near and far to our city and to celebrate their achievements and spend some time thinking about how much can be achieved to improve our communities.
Some images can be found on Toby Neal’s website here.
More of our own to follow.
Bright Ideas will be hosting a series of short, two hour courses to help those over 60 complete and return their NHS Bowel Cancer Screening kit. For more information visit the course page where you can read and download more information and the booking form.
A Vintage Dolls fashion show supporting BME Cancer Communities with live music and an after party into the early hours.
Click on the flier below for more information.
Sunday 5th December; Doors at 7pm, show starts 7:45 at Escucha bar in Nottingham.
Tickets are £5 in advance, more on the door (although it is likely to sell out.)
It’s fantastic to see Martin Glynn being celebrated. Bright Ideas and Martin have worked together numerous times including the I Believe I Can Fly and Get On Up projects. Well done Martin!
There are two reports below, one about Martin receiving his award and the other a press release from the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust who awarded Martin a Travelling fellowship to produce some research in Baltimore (USA). This was part of a research project centering around issues of fatherlessness amongst young men.
(Click on the image to read the full article)
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