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Kym Marsh gives top tips on Active Play
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- Kym Marsh gives top tips on Active Play
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- 2:14
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- 15 years ago
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- Top tips video with Kym Marsh on how parents can encourage their children to play.
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- XBox Partners with Right to Play
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- 1:55
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- 15 years ago
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- Top athlete ambassadors joined Right To Play and Xbox to launch the new partnership which will see the international children's charity receive $1m (US) to fund their outreach programmes in the UK and across the world to help children learn and develop through play and sport.
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- The Silent Revolution Videocall
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- 1:42
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- 15 years ago
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- Jimmy Carr works as a Barista for the day
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- 1:58
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- 15 years ago
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- Comedian Jimmy Carr put a smile on customers' faces as he puts on a green apron, cracks his infamous one-liners and serves them their early morning coffee. The comedy genius will work as a Barista for the morning at Conduit Street in central London making the perfect Latte, the nation's favourite drink.
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- iBGStar Launch
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- 1:52
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- 15 years ago
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- Monday 12th March marks the launch of the UK's first blood glucose monitor (BGM) to seamlessly connect to an iPhone and iPod touch. iBGStar offers those with diabetes a new and more advanced way to monitor and manage their condition. The small device simply connects and immediately allows you store, track and analyse the results. It also provides additional diabetes information. Using the technology built into the iPhone or iPod touch, this information can be shared instantly via email with healthcare professionals and family members
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- It's Time to Feed your Curiosity....
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- 2:10
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- 15 years ago
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- Discover and experience a new taste sensation with...
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- Launch of O2's Wayra Academy in UK
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- 2:29
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- 15 years ago
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- On Wednesday, 7th March, O2 Telefónica is announcing the launch of its business incubator Wayra academy, in the UK. This academy based model has successfully helped businesses succeed in nine other countries across South America and Europe.
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- Mass Hypnosis Event at Terminal 5 Premier Inn
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- 1:45
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- 15 years ago
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- Today (23rd of February) renowned hypnotist and TV presenter Dominic Knight will attempt to cure on mass Aviophobia sufferers at Heathrow's new Premier Inn hotel using a combination of hypnosis techniques, including a traditional swirl board and calming music.
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- Plan UK Interactive Bus Stop
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- 1:22
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- 15 years ago
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- Charity Plan UK's Because I am a Girl campaign, which highlights the plight of the world's poorest girls, has launched a groundbreaking interactive ad on a bus stop in Oxford Street (Feb 22nd). It aims to support four million girls* in developing countries to have more choices about what they do with their life.
Developed by the Create team at Clear Channel, 3D Exposure and CURB Media, the Clear Channel screen uses facial recognition software with a HD camera to determine whether it's a man or woman standing in front of the screen. Passersby can opt-in to interact with the technology by standing in front of the screen and having their face scanned to view the ad and find out more about Plan's work to help some of the world's poorest girls. It shows different content to females. Men and boys are denied the choice to view the full content in order to highlight the fact that women and girls across the world are denied choices and opportunities on a daily basis due to poverty ...
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- Land Rover and On|Off join forces to celebrate international fashion design talent
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- 2:45
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- 15 years ago
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- Last night global independent fashion showcase On | Off opened London Fashion Week with an event hosted in partnership with Land Rover, the leading innovative British car brand.
An intimate one off evening showcasing Fashion, Film, Performance, Art, at the Rook & Raven Gallery, London was hosted for guests including British Fashion Designer Zandra Rhodes, Jane Shepherdson (CEO Whistles), Brigette Stepputtis (Head of Couture Vivienne Westwood), George Lamb, Natalie Pinkham and Alexandra Burke with exclusive live performances from Amanda Lepore, Martin Creed, Ryan Styles, Early Morning Rebel and Marques Toliver. Natt Weller and Irina Lazareanu both lent their DJ skills to the event, entertaining guests into the night.
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- The Hepworth Wakefield launches Apocalyptic Spring Exhibition
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- 2:17
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- 15 years ago
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- Saturday, 11 February 2012, The Hepworth Wakefield (the largest art gallery in the UK outside London) is opening its doors to the first in a regular series of spring exhibitions that explore common concerns and themes in the work of some of the most innovative artists working today. Artists include Ben Rivers, Ivan and Heather Morison and David Thorpe.
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- Free runners at O2's HQ in Slough
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- 1:21
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- O2 close UK HQ to trial flexible working day
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- 2:41
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- Ripley's Crystal Mini-Knitted Ferrari car swap in London's West End
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- 1:50
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- Get Ahead of the Games Website Launch
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- 1:55
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- Big Lottery Fund provide £15.2m lifeline for some of UK's most vulnerable children
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- 2:25
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- Nadia Sawalha 'Eat Yourself Happy' Cooking Video
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- 5:14
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition 2012
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- 2:03
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS 2012 GAMER'S EDITION
CELEBRATING THE BEST AND MOST BONKERS IN VIDEOGAMING
Guinness World Records, the global authority on record-breaking, announces the latest, greatest and most extreme achievements in the world of videogames in its upcoming publication of Guinness World Records 2012 Gamer's Edition released on 19th January 2012.
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- KT Tunstall launched WWF Earth Hour 2012
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- 1:52
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- KT Tunstall performed for shoppers as well as turning off the Christmas lights at London's Westfield Shopping Centre, Shepherds Bush, for WWF.
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- BIG Lottery Fund invests £35 million into Forces in Mind Trust
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- 1:57
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- Rosemary Conley Slimmer of the Year Awards 2012
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- 2:27
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- GetTaxi Charity Cabby Calendar
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- 1:40
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- 12 London black cab drivers are hoping to raise thousands of pounds for charity by going the full monty for a new 2012 calendar, which goes on sale today.
The calendar coincides with today's announcement of London's new female safety initiative, the 'Closed Door Policy' also launched by GetTaxi. All its drivers have pledged to wait until female passengers are safely behind closed door before leaving the drop-off address.
Available from www.gettaxi.co.uk, the calendar shows 12 London cab drivers stripped bare like never before and it is hoped that the calendar will raise in excess of £10,000 for the Suzy Lamplugh Trust. The black cab drivers, recognised as a symbol for safe travel in the capital, picked the charity for its work promoting personal safety.
The 12 working cab drivers were selected from hundreds to join the fund raising initiative after GetTaxi issued a call out to cabbies using its new app, which lets people book a black cab...
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- Science Museum Robotville
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- 2:04
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- Robotville Festival at the Science Musuem welcomes over 20 robots from Europe and the UK, celebrating European robotics culture and advances in robotics design and technology. Robotville is a free event, open for four days from Thursday 1st December - Sunday 4th December. www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/robotville
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- The Big IKEA Sleepover with TOWIE's Sam Faiers
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- 2:02
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- A childhood fantasy for many has turned into a reality as on Sunday (27th November 2011) IKEA opened its doors after-hours to 100 competition winners, inviting them to a one of a kind sleepover experience. For one night only the IKEA bedroom showroom was transformed into a giant sleepover and guests took over the shop floor, with the dress code strictly pyjamas. Sam Faiers was the guest of honour joining the slumber party to read bedtime stories before lights out.
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- Guinness World Records Day 2011
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- 2:13
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- Smirnoff Nightlife Exchange Project 2011
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- 2:23
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge
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- 2:12
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- National Lottery Awards Final in London
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- 3:26
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- The Fast Show is back!
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- 2:02
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- Kelly Brook launches Dance Central 2 at Westfield London
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- 1:54
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- Zumbathon Party in Pink for Breakthrough Breast Cancer
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- 2:36
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- World's greatest supercars hit London for Forza Motorsport 4 Launch
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- 2:06
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- 15 years ago
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- More than 20 supercars including four cars worth over £1 million each -- a Bugatti Veyron, a carbon Pagani Zonda, a McLaren F1 and a Ferrari Enzo -- parked up in a London car park for the day. A selection of them also took to the roads of London on route to the carpark, cruising past some of the capital's most recognisable landmarks, before taking up their spaces in the fantasy line up.
The car park features an A-Z of the greatest car brands in the world from Aston Martin to Zonda. The vehicles are being provided by the London Motor Museum, to mark the launch of Forza Motorsport 4 for Xbox 360 - with Top Gear seal of approval as Jeremy Clarkson's voice appears in the game's Autovista mode, where he talks about some of the spectacular cars found in the game. The game is as close as most of us will ever get to driving one of these supercars and the cars resemble the 80+ manufacturers available in the game.
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- Jeff Brazier gives top Halloween tips at UK's first Ghoul School
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- 1:43
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- Rapunzel crowned as 10th Disney Princess character at Kensington Palace
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- 2:07
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- Xbox 360 midnight launch of Gears of War 3 - London
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- 2:46
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- At one minute past midnight (Tuesday 20th) more than 20,000 stores around the world opened their doors for floods of fans to get their hands on 'Gears of War 3' which completes the hugely popular series. As one of the most anticipated games of 2011, more than 1.3 million copies have been pre-sold to date worldwide, making it the fastest and highest pre-selling game in the history of the console.
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- Amex Be Inspired launch with Kevin Spacey
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- 1:42
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- 15 years ago
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- Today Kevin Spacey launches 'Amex Be Inspired' with young people from The Prince's Trust at Jerwood Space, London.
The award-winning film and stage actor and Artistic Director of the Old Vic Theatre is hosting a workshop for young people from the Prince's Trust to share what inspired him to the heights of his career today.
People across Britain are being asked to share their inspirations via a dedicated Facebook page and Twitter feed. For each inspiration shared, American Express will give money to youth charity, The Prince's Trust, allowing the nation's passions to tangibly inspire and help others.
The project has already attracted the involvement of a host of well known names and faces including Gemma Arterton andJamelia, who will all be pledging support for the campaign by sharing their inspirations.
The vital funds raised by this initiative will enable The Prince's Trust to run grassroots projects across the UK, including a series of music and film th...
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- New Dog with Longest Ears in the World Revealed
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- 1:24
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- A Black and Tan Coonhound named Harbor from Colorado, USA, sets the world record for having the longest ears on a living dog.
Harbor's left and right ears measure 12.25 inches and 13.5 inches respectively.
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- Smiling Sessions reaches National Lottery Awards 2011 Finals
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- 2:20
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- This Friday, 2nd September, public voting opens for the final 22 projects -- including The Smiling Sessions, London -- competing for Best Arts Project
The Smiling Sessions is a musical project involving musicians visiting homes for the elderly to hold singing workshops to brighten residents' days. The musicians encourage residents to take part by singing and revisiting old musical interests.
National Lottery funding has enabled the project to employ three musicians involved -- Alison Jones, Pete Baikie and Dick Smith -- as well as funding other costs including songbooks and CDs which make it easier for the session residents to sing along.
To vote for The Smiling Sessions call: 0844 836 9677 or log on to www.lotterygoodcauses.org.uk/awards
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- Gymnasts record attempt
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- 1:29
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- 50 Gymnasts endeavour to vault to victory in World Record Attempt
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- Community Horticulture Enterprise reaches national lottery awards Final 2011
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- 2:29
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- Community Horticultural Enterprise, Derry -- competing for Best Education Project (in association with Best magazine)
Community Horticultural Enterprise started off as an allotment garden in 2006 and is now providing training courses, workshops and classes for local people most in need, teaching them about the links between their environment, their health and their quality of life. National Lottery funding enabled the programme to get started by paying for the community allotment, soil, wood, initial advertising and a concrete path for wheelchair users. As the programme expanded, further funding went towards growing the number of workshops available and expanding the garden.
To vote for Community Horticultural Enterprise call: 0844 836 9680 or log on to www.lotterygoodcauses.org.uk/awards
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- Dean & Cauvin Trust Aftercare Service reaches national lottery awards Final 2011
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- 2:27
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- Dean and Cauvin Trust is Edinburgh's oldest charity. The Trust's Aftercare Service provides a continuum of care for young people that have been looked after and accommodated within the Trusts residential care homes. This involves building natural and supportive relationships with the young people during their stay, exploring their wishes for the future and assisting young people to make successful transitions into independent living. This includes helping young people secure and set up a home, accessing education and training opportunities as well as developing the crucial skills required to successfully manage a tenancy.
Without funding from the National Lottery, the service could not be provided for a large number of young people in the area as the grant is used to fund the posts of Aftercare Support Workers.
To vote for Dean and Cauvin Trust's Aftercare Service call: 0844 836 9730 or log on to www.lotterygoodcauses.org.uk/awards
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- Chase Trails Cycle project reaches national lottery awards Final 2011
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- 1:57
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- The Chase Trails Cycle Project has involved local people in the design, build and maintenance of mountain bike trails in Cannock Chase, Staffordshire.
National Lottery funding was used to hire machines and operators to unearth the initial excavation and then provided materials for the Chase Trails volunteer group to complete the trails using the necessary equipment. A small amount of money was set aside for information, signage and some outreach work to encourage all groups within the community to use it. To date, over 100,000 people have enjoyed the network of cycling trails and around 200 people have invested time in building the course -- amounting to eight or nine years of volunteer hours.
To vote for Chase Trails Cycle Project call: 0844 836 9721 or log on to www.lotterygoodcauses.org.uk/awards
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- Brighter Future reaches national lottery awards Final 2011
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- 2:43
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- Brighter Future Workshop, Skelmersdale -- competing for Best Environment Project
The Brighter Future Workshop exists to enhance the lives of people with disabilities, and others who are disadvantaged. Young disabled people train in the workshop, working alongside technicians to recycle donated mobility equipment. Over 6,000 pieces destined for landfill have been recycled to date, giving people with disabilities in the area access to affordable mobility equipment.
National Lottery funding has enabled the project to continue to expand, increasing training day places and help fund increased operational costs.
To vote for Brighter Future Workshop call: 0844 836 9690 or log on to www.lotterygoodcauses.org.uk/awards
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- The Bluebird Care Hampshire Disability Cricket Programme reaches national lottery awards Final 2011
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- 2:01
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- The Bluebird Care Hampshire Disability Project, Hampshire -- competing for Best Sport Project
The Bluebird Care Hampshire Disability Cricket Programme promotes disability cricket by encouraging disabled people to play the game, encouraging them to become coaches, offering professional coaching and working with cricket clubs and advocating the inclusion of disabled cricket within them.
National Lottery funding has supported the employment of a Cricket Development Officer whose role is dedicated to developing disability cricket across the county.
To vote for Bluebird Care Hampshire Disability Project call: 0844 836 9724 or log on to www.lotterygoodcauses.org.uk/awards
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- Altogether Better reaches national lottery awards Final 2011
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- 2:41
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- Altogether Better, Sheffield -- competing for Best Health Project, in association with iVillage.co.uk
Altogether Better is a programme of 16 local projects that recruit, train and support community and workplace 'Community Health Champions' across Yorkshire and the Humber. 'Community Health Champions' are local people who use their own unique skills, knowledge and experience to motivate and support others to improve their health and well-being, providing communities with information and forming groups and developing activities to meet local needs.
National Lottery funding has been used to provide training, workshop sessions, staff costs and volunteer expenses, ensuring that the project has been accessible to everyone particularly people who are often underrepresented in volunteering such as elderly people, individuals with disabilities, young families, ex-offenders, adults with learning difficulties and the long-term unemployed.
To vote f...
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- Active Newcastle reaches national lottery awards Final 2011
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- 2:22
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- Active Newcastle, Newcastle -- competing for Best Sport Project
Active Newcastle aims to get people of all ages and abilities more involved in sport and physical activity in the run up to the Olympics. It aims to remove the barriers to participation for disadvantaged communities and create a framework that engages and involves the community in sports.
National Lottery funding has allowed the project to employ four full-time staff as well as run special sessions and events to introduce people in the city to sport. The project now runs around 80 sessions per week around the city, with further sessions delivered by partner organisations.
To vote for Active Newcastle call: 0844 836 9723 or log on to www.lotterygoodcauses.org.uk/awards
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- Hands That Talk reaches national lottery Awards Final 2011
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- 2:23
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- This Friday, 2nd September, public voting opens for the final 22 projects -- including Hands that Talk in Derry -- competing in Best Voluntary/Charity Project
Hands that Talk improves the quality of life for deaf people by providing access to employment, education and services. It has also enabled the deaf community to experience a much more deaf aware society where communication barriers have been broken down and opportunities now exist for personal growth and confidence building.
Thanks to National Lottery funding, Hands that Talk has three full-time and two part-time members of staff who are working to improve the lives of deaf people in Northern Ireland. It has enabled the centre to provide deaf awareness courses, sign language classes from basic level to NVQ Level 4 and a Junior Trainee Interpreting Course to help train new interpreters.
To vote for Hands that Talk call: 0844 836 9736 or log on to www.lotterygoodcauses.org.uk/awards
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- Windmills Café reaches National Lottery Awards Final 2011
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- 2:45
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- This Friday, 2nd September, public voting opens for the final 22 projects that have made it through to the finals of the 2011 National Lottery Awards. They include Windmills Café, a café that provides a real working environment to train young adults with learning disabilities in Lanarkshire, which is competing in the Best Education Project category.
Windmills Cafe provides a training programme which links theory with practical training for young adults with learning disabilities aged 18-25. Windmills Cafe uses a working café environment to encourage young people in developing existing skills whilst learning new skills in order that they may eventually enter meaningful employment. Through the programme and social activities, Windmills Cafe also aims to reduce social isolation.
National Lottery funding has enabled the project to recruit a committed multi-disciplinary staff team with expertise in catering, social work, human resources, teaching and training. ...
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- We Were Brothers: WW1 A Shared Heritage reaches National Lottery Awards Final 2011
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- 2:40
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- This Friday, 2nd September, public voting opens for the final 22 projects that have made it through to the finals of the 2011 National Lottery Awards. They include We Were Brothers: WW1 A Shared Heritage, a project remembering the heritage of the soldiers who served in WW1, from Fermanagh, which is competing in the Best Heritage Project category.
"We Were Brothers: WW1 A Shared Heritage" is a play, a DVD, a book, an interactive website and a youth project remembering the heritage of soldiers from both the Unionist and the Nationalist traditions who served side by side with the British army in WW1, as members of the Ulster Battalions or the Irish Volunteers.
National Lottery funding enabled the project to research material, from which they wrote the play and performed it with a 'professional' local cast. The project also produced a DVD of the performance and created printed material to accompany it.
To vote for We Were Brothers: WW1 A Shared He...
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- mac Birmingham reaches national lottery Awards Final 2011
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- 1:53
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- This Friday, 2nd September, public voting opens for the final 22 projects -- including mac birmingham (Midlands Art Centre), Birmingham which is competing for Best Arts Project
Thanks to funding from the National Lottery, mac birmingham (Midlands Arts Centre) has had a complete renovation of the old facility that was no longer fit for the 21st Century. The fully accessible arts centre has had a makeover, a substantial extension of the old building, combined with new facilities to now provide a welcoming and exciting place for people of all backgrounds and abilities to explore the arts.
To vote for mac birmingham call: 0844 836 9673 or log on to www.lotterygoodcauses.org.uk/awards
