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.
How about that, a slot in the Evening Post. Great exposure not just for Champions of Change, but for awareness of mental health in the city.
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CHAMPIONS OF CHANGE – STRUT YOUR STUFF
JOIN THE WALK!
HATS OFF FOR NOTTINGHAM WORLD MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS WEEKS
Members of the Champions of Change Network invite you to join them and their friends on a lunch time walk around Nottingham city centre to show that mental health is everybody’s business. Wear a hat of your choice!
Wednesday 0ctober 6th 2010
Meet: Left Lion, Market Square, Nottingham, 12:30pm. Walk will last approximately 30 minutes.
ALL WELCOME
See the Facebook event page – http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=164349943575140
Champions of Change will be officially launching the network on the 30th of September. All of our Champions have been invited to the Council House in Nottingham to celebrate all of the successes so far and to look forward to what we hope to achieve in the future.
More information on the new Champions of Change blog (click here)
We will be blogging on here throughout the event.
Sam has been with us at Bright Ideas HQ over the summer months and has now returned to Sheffield for his second year of Uni. We wish you all the best Sam, and many thanks for all your efforts!
New pics on the Flickr – we took the toilets down to Nottingham Pride this weekend where they spent a lot of time meeting new friends. Take a little look at what they got up to, show us yours and then take a look at why we are doing this on the Lets Get to the Bottom of Things page.
Amaya has been with us for a little while now, but is off to study her masters in Maastricht. She started as a volunteer but later worked with us.
Amaya, you have been a fantastic member of the team, your hard working nature has been invaluable to us, and there is now a you shaped hole in the office! Thank you for all your hard work, smiles and laughs; we wish you all the best in the future and hope to see you soon!
Champions of Change will be at Stonebridge City Farm On Sunday 25th July, come along and see us!
For more information about the Farm and what is happening take a look at their website here.
Photos from Radford Carnival now on Flickr…