Overdue update

Hi all,

Not a great deal has happened since the last entry but i feel its time for an update.

Charity status: We are making progress in terms of becoming a charity. Unfortunatly the trust deed needed revising so it now needs to be resigned by all the trustees but it sounds hopeful.

ITV fixers: Good progress is being made on this front. Unfortunatly we had a few set backs in finding locations to film the A&E scene as we have not been allowed to use the casualty set. There are a few other options we are trying and keeping our fingers crossed! I believe the rest is sorted although we are still waiting for one more stunt man.

Questionnaires: I have sent out questionnaires to all those i know are using the SAV material. I have received one back which was possitive so we shall see what the others say.

GLEAN: I attended a visit to The Kings school in Devon where they have been filming a teacher training video for PSHE using the SAV material. Fantastic responses from the pupils. According to the email i received from the teacher, one lad said "occasionally you are part of something that you know will effect you for the rest of your life"!

Funding: We have another avenue we are exploring for funding. One of Lloyds friends is also organising some fund raisers this year which is fantastic news. Unfortunatly i have decided to start a small charge of £2.99 for the DVD's. The website resource remains free but due to lack of money and the cost of DVD production, postage and packaging i have decided i have to cover some of our costs!

There we go. I think we are up to date now. More updates to come. Oh and we now have a Wikipedia article about the campaign. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand_Against_Violence

ITV fixers

We had a day of filming today. This morning we had an interview with Victim Support then 7 of us squeezed into my little flat for the rest of the filming. This is mainly for a news piece which will be on ITV westcountry sometime in April.

We also discussed the advert. We are aiming at TV, Cinemas, mobile phone apps among others. It sounds like its going to be a great, impacting ad. Time to call up all my contacts that helped in the main educational film! We plan to film a fight sequence and follow through a story showing both the view of the victim and the view of the offender. I will elaborate further when we have a more detailed plan.

More positive feedback

Hi Adam


Yes, I have used the film very successfully in 11 sessions with the kids who have been referred to the Behaviour Support Team because they are at risk of being permanently excluded. It has been a source of great reflective discussion & 1 boy in particular has stopped his daily fighting as a direct result of seeing the film.

I hope that other people are having as much success in getting this message across to kids.

I think it would be an excellent film to show in Assemblies.

I'm going to the Education Show tomorrow at the NEC, an annual event much loved by all those who work in schools. It would have been an ideal place for you to have a stand.

Sending you lots of positive good wishes.

Donation

Another update.

We have just received a £500 cheque from one of the local Lib Dem councillors in Taunton Deane.





We will be using the money to pay for the music licensing on the DVD and due to demand for the DVD nationally we may need to get more DVD manufactured. As always we will also putting the money towards promotion.

At present we are saving to accumalate enough money to get leaflets into the Big Issue magazine but its taking a while!!

Reply from the DCSF - Finally

Hi, finally received a reply from the DCSF. Link to previous post below if you didnt see the previous entry regarding the unhelpfulness of the DCSF. The bit about them is at the bottom of the post.

http://standagainstviolence.blogspot.com/2010/02/nothing-for-days-and-then-it-all-comes.html


Dear Mr Fouracre


Thank you for your email dated 11 February asking to include a link on the teachernet site to your material relating to anti violence/alcohol awareness for use in citizenship.

Teachernet was developed by the Department for Children, Schools and Families as a resource to support the education profession.

In our previous correspondence with you we have outlined the Department's stance on endorsement, or promotion of specific resources or activities for use in schools, and the purpose of this Department.

I have passed your comments onto the relevant policy team, who have confirmed that they are unable to promote your material. As such, we are unable to pass this information onto the teachernet team for inclusion on the site.

I realise this must be frustrating, and that it is indeed time consuming to contact individual schools and Local Authorities with your ideas. However, because schools and Local Authorities make the final decisions on the resources they use, then there is no alternative other than to direct you to them.

I am providing the link to the Association of Citizenship Teaching site, which you might find useful. Apologies if we have already directed you there in any previous correspondence:

http://www.teachingcitizenship.org.uk/

Thank you for writing.


Regards



What a suprise, they cant help. I would just like to point out here that Teachernet contacted me a couple of weeks ago and have put a link on their website. I just do not understand these people. They are obviously spinning me a load of crap. I give up with the Government.