Well as i say, busy week. I had a meeting today with local A1 Ace Taxi's who have not only agreed to promote the campaign with car stickers but also sponsor the local trial poster campaign financially in return for putting their number on the poster. Seems like a fair exchange! I have about 4 local pubs that have agreed to have the posters and it should be possible to get the rest with several phone calls. The idea is to compile a list before producing the posters (which are already designed and can be seen in an earlier blog post. There is also a meeting this week to discuss bus advertising with First bus group.
The council motion to support the campaign will be passed tomorrow evening as well! Local radio, tv and papers will be picking up on this.
I will also be having a meeting with the local fire service who are doing a lot of projects with the community at present. Leading in to the final event of the week, the first presentation of the DVD to young people at the local YMCA. Im a little anxious as to how they will react but its usually positive. We shall see, it'll be a nice change from schools.
Oh and im attaching below an example of what the new car window stickers will hopefully look like.
Just an initial post to say thank you to Selina for setting up this blog page. Im a techno retard so couldnt have done it without you!
Quick update for people. Hopefully you have read the profile and know a little about our work but the main issue involves the anti violence educational material including the film. Trailer below.
The campaign is moving along nicely. In December a motion will be passed at the local council (Taunton Deane, Somerset) which will officially back the work of the SAV campaign.
Schools are gradually picking up on the anti violence educational material so watch this space.
I have a conference with the Behavioural and Attendance Consultant on Tuesday at the annual meeting. If i can promote the material there theres the possibility of them using it and spreading the word at more schools.
The campaign is being picked up in other counties thanks to the hard work and dedication from others. Selina is pushing it in Surrey and is doing a wonderful job.
Posters have been developed and we are looking in to having them in pubs and clubs, hopefully on a national scale. A few pubs have agreed to display them locally already!
Samples
The website is changing next week. Same address, better site. We have had difficulties getting flash video files to work with the website software (i dont really get it!). We are now switching to html and it will look great.
So lots going on and lots to come. Wish us luck!
Oh, if anyone would like to develop the campaign in their local area please get in touch. Also, any suggestions or thoughts to incorporate in to the campaign are welcome.
Stand Against Violence is a campaign started in 2005 after the death of 17 year old Lloyd Fouracre. When returning home from a friends party he was brutally beaten to death by 3 teenage boys. Shortly after Lloyds brother Adam began a campaign in his brothers memory
The aim of the campaign is to reduce violence. Adam started working with local schools by giving talks and presentations to groups of pupils and also became involved with PSHE programs. As time went on Adam decided to produce a film re enacting his brother’s murder in an attempt to educate pupils. The aim for the film is for it to be used in citizenship programs and, if appropriate, PSHE.
