| 28/08/07 Ministerial visit On 28th
August, Connections were proud to host Beverley Hughes MP(Minister
for Young People, Children & Families), Andy Akinwolere (CBBC
Blue Peter presenter) and Clive Jones (Chairman of Mediabox and
YCTV), who came to see the Media Writes project in full-swing.
28/05/07 Young People Media Forum Connections
is launching it’s first Young People’s Media Forum,
a committee of talented and committed young people from west London
who are keen to have their say on the creative industries. Monthly
meetings will provide a
chance for discussion on training, media ownership, effective publicity,
careers and opportunities for young people. With 10 people already
signed up, the group is expected to grow over the coming year with
guest speakers, and organised trips. The first meeting will take
place on June 5th.
28/05/07 ILM Award Connections
is now an approved Institute of Leadership & Management training
centre. Delivery on the Level 3 Award in Leadership is already taking
place, and Connections is also able to deliver level 5. This approval
is a great boost for Connections, and acknowledges the excellent
provision of leadership, management and networking training that
is taking place on the Innovation
for Success programme. ILM
Website.
14/05/07 Connections Magic Moments
On Wednesday 10th May, Connections CEO, Jacqueline Davis, and former
student, Yenabi Mezghebe, spoke at a cross-party conference on media
literacy at the House of Commons. Yenabi spoke enthusiastically
about her time working with Connections on the Channel 4 ‘Breaking
the News’ project. See Yenabi’s comments on the BBC
website.
20/03/07 Connections Magic Moments CCC tutor,
Ellie Land , has had her internationally award-winning short animation
‘Everything Was Life' selected for the BBC Film Network. To wacth
her film click more...
20/03/07 Reinforcing its vision. Connections undertook
another 'Values Day' with consultant Deb Durrant in which staff
reviewed the organisation's guiding principles, identified strengths
and weaknesses and looked forward to a dream Connections in 2010.
24/01/07 Compass Campus brings together five leading
audio visual training providers as delivery partners: Connections
Communications Centre (lead partner), Hi8us, Space Media, Vital
Regeneration and WAC Performing Arts and Media College to deliver
a range of digital media and audio visual training, including emerging
technologies (e.g. pod/webcasting, online streaming). more...
Connections' annual AGM for 2005/06. On 25 January,
Connections staff, students, board members, friends, partners and
funders gathered at the Riverside Studios for Connections Annual
General Meeting. Following the AGM a series of short films were
shown presenting work from the Urban Cre8ors young adults programme,
introducing Innovation for Success, our new industry training programme,
and launching On Track, a state of the art monitoring and online
learning system bringing together a community of training providers.
After a break for refreshments there was a special screening of
short films, animation and music videos made by young people on
the Cre8 Your Future and Urban Cre8ors projects. In addition, prizes
were given out for young CCC participants including video iPods,
meals at Nandos and HMV vouchers.
Blast Takes Over on BBC Two
A short film made by 13 to 17 year old London based young people
will be screened on BBC 2 Thursday 1st December.
Breaking the News
Young People training at Connections Communications Centre have
been cutting the news for Channel 4.
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