Pam Giddy at the power inquiry has been in touch to tell us about a handful of films made to challeneg the process of reforming the Lords. You can find them through these links to www.makeitanissue.org.uk. – Alex Hardy and Phil Hall’s ‘The Road to House of Lords Reform’ – Mark Wrainwright’s ‘The Trouble with …
Digital Challenge: Sunderland wins – Birmingham to share £2m
Congratulations to Sunderland for winning the government’s digital challenge, pocketing £3.5 million to develop a number of community wide digital schemes, including a video conferencing network for voluntary groups in the city, community e-champions (essential in my view to remove the fear and confusion barrier over new technology) and an emphasis on networking and empowering …
Highgate Apprentices challenge the government – a new podcast on the Grassroots Channel
This programme is presented by two teenagers from Highgate in Birmingham. Earlier this month Stephen Hughes and Gareth Deeming spent a day in London talking to ministers and senior civil servants about young people and the communities where they live. They had a few minutes with Baroness Andrews and recorded their conversation on a mobile …
Podminions – podcasts by King’s Norton Boys’ School
Podminions is the podcast of King’s Norton Boys’ School in Birmingham, UK. Here we will tell stories of the local community, the things we do in and out of school, argue about the issues that matter to us and share with you the music we write. We set this up with a little help from …