 |
大象传媒
raises Voices in Bridgwater
An
ambitious new 大象传媒 project is about to give a voice to people across
Bridgwater.
大象传媒
Somerset Sound launches Voices in May - part of a national venture
that sees 大象传媒 staff working closely with local people giving them
an opportunity to tell their own stories across TV, radio and online.
大象传媒
Voices Producer Steve Haigh has set-up a radio studio at the media
centre, located within the Engine Room - Bridgwater's new film and
video studio.
The
大象传媒 has equipped the studio for the community. It will be used to
train local people in radio editing, and as a base for 大象传媒 Somerset
Sound in the area.
A
number of events have been arranged with local partners for Voices,
from which 大象传媒 Somerset Sound will be broadcasting live.
Programme
of events
Friday
9 May
Veg-Out
Local
suppliers will set-up stalls outside Chilton Trinity Technology
College to help inform parents and children how to make their meals
healthier.
The
event also includes the first sod being dug at a new community vegetable
plot and the planting of an apple orchard in the school grounds.
Presenter
Jo Phillips will broadcast her morning show between 9.00am and Noon
from outside the school, talking to the food producers, health experts,
parents and children.
Friday
16 May
Living
History
World
War Two veterans in Bridgwater will be at the school to tell children
stories of heroic deeds.
The
Fleet Air Arm Museum will be there with a display about Naval flying.
And,
the Somerset-based Sir William Godolphinf Regiment will re-enact
scenes from the Monmouth rebellion.
Local
people with war medals and memories of the war should come along
to tell their stories.
Think
of a Story?
For
adults, Margaret Graham, author of romantic fiction, gives a free
writing workshop between 1.00 and 3.00pm in Bridgwater Library to
co-inside with Adult Learners Week. All
welcome.
Adam
Thomas will broadcast his afternoon programme live from the workshop
between 2.00 and 4.00pm.
Friday
23 May
Brick
in the Wall
A
day of celebrating traditional local skills, with students from
the Construction Course at Bridgwater College demonstrating forms
of stonework in the playground of Chiltern Trinity School.
There
will be the "topping-out ceremony" of a raised flower-bed
in the school grounds. The flower-bed is for disabled students and
will be built by volunteers, with bricks donated by a local construction
company.
Other
projects going on in Bridgwater during the Voices project in
May include:
Splash
It On, a community art project to paint a giant mural of the town.
Painting
By Numbers, local people painting a watercolour of the postcode
area where they to build a picture map of the whole town.
Steve
Haighsays: "The 大象传媒 has invested a large amount in Somerset,
including new programmes on Somerset Sound and the Somerset Where
I Live website.
"Bridgwater
is a thriving community. During May, we hope to connect the town
with its local 大象传媒 services, and to inspire activities which everyone
can get involved in."
Tune
into Voices across the schedule on 大象传媒 Somerset Sound from 7 May
onwards.
Watch
television updates of the project on 大象传媒 Points West.
Log
on to
to enter a competition to name the new radio studio in Bridgwater
and find-out more about Voices in Somerset.
Local
partners including Bridgwater Education Improvement Partnership,
Sedgemoor Council, Adult Learning and Leisure, Sure-start Project,
Engine Room, Somerset Food Links, Sustainable Somerset, Bridgwater
College (Construction Department), The Prince's Trust, Admiral Blake
Museum and Fleet Air Arm Museum are all lending their support for
the project.
Notes
to Editors
大象传媒
Somerset Sound broadcasts on 1566 AM.
A
major marketing and publicity campaign will launch across all 大象传媒
networks for Voices in early May.
大象传媒
Voices is taking place in 大象传媒 local radio stations around the UK
this spring. Each local station will broadcast output for their
project between 8.00 and 8.30am from 12 to 19 May.
大象传媒
raises Voices across the UK (31.10.02)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
