Anne Frank - SAV went to London to the Emirates Stadium to talk to young campaigners last month. It was an interesting day. The idea was to share our experience with young people who are starting out on their own campaigns. Im hoping it was valuable for them.
School talks - I attended 2 schools in Plymouth over 2 days to speak about what happened to Lloyd and show the SAV film. It had a brilliant effect as per usual. Im suprised at how much the DVD keeps its impact no matter where it is shown.
TrueTube - A website for films made by young people on topics important to them asked me to travel to London to interview a lady from the Department for Social Justice. They write policies and recommendations to Government based on crime. Their last policy was one on Gang Crime which was quite impressive. Providing the Governement listen it should be effective. They focus on short, medium and long term which is brilliant as most are short term solutions. They also base their policy on what the people of the UK think by doing polls and gathering opinion. Thats key to success in my opinion. They are currently working on youth justice at present to focus on youth violence and anti social behaviour. There may be opportunity to work with them which will be a great way to influence change on a Government scale. I will post the link when the interview has been edited.
Fireworks fundraiser - I am looking to team up with a local fireworks display to raise some money for SAV in November.
Summer Fete 2011 - Vivary park has been booked and we are starting the planning for this community event. Theres a lot of work involved but i have no doubt that we can pull it off!
Sponsored walk - Kirsty's Kilimanjaro walk is coming up next month and we are making good progress on sponsors. Thank you to everyone that has donated and to anyone that wishes to donate bear in mind that £1 from each of our facebook members will raise over £2000. So please sponsor this amazing challenge.
Kirsty's fundraiser - As well as the sponsored walk Kirsty is also organising a fundraising day in Taunton for the start of June. Its all ready just a case of encouraging people to attend.
Trustees - We have welcomed a new trustee to the SAV charity who will be our official treasurer. We are also going to be making Kirsty a Trustee to manage fundraising as she is doing a fantastic job and it would be great to have her continue.
Grants - We have received a conditional grant offer for £2500 from the Awards for All lottery grant program. This will enable us to attend an Education Show next March to promote SAV and our resource. We have 2 further grant applications pending.
ITV fixers - Im awaiting an edit day for the advert and hopefully it should be ready by the middle of next month! The task of finding places to show the advert then begins!
Website - Our website is being revamped which should be ready soon. We hope to have another page for feedback where i can post up some of the brilliant feedback we have received to demonstrate the positive impact our resource is having on young people.
I think thats it for the time being. Thank you for reading and i will post further updates soon. If anyone wishes to sponsor Kirsty please click the link: http://www.charitygiving.co.uk/kirstygough
If anyone wishes to join in on fundraising and promotion of SAV we are looking for volunteers. Please get in touch if you believe in our work.
