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NOTTING HILL CARNIVAL 2002: A New Dawn The Notting Hill Carnival Trust is pleased to announce that 2002 will herald a 'new dawn' for the Notting Hill Carnival, the largest open-air carnival celebration in Europe. This year's Carnival will build upon the success of its contributions to the Queen's Golden Jubilee weekend, which featured a colourful parade of over 2,500 costumed individuals and a 100 strong Steel Band. Notting Hill Carnival's focus will be broadened to include the five constituent artistic genres of Carnival - Calypso, Mas (masquerade bands), Pan (steel bands), and the mobile and static sound systems. Quote
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trips to get away from it all. Well this week, as promised, there is an amaaaaazing opportunity for one lucky reader to win an all inclusive week to Portugal courtesy of Mbrace fitness. Yes. You heard me right, one glorious week away in the sun to partake in fun, frolics, fitness and much, much more - check out the Competition Zone for full details. As we are on the subject of summer (and supposedly hot weather) I give a call out for the ladies, as there is a special treat in store for you with FREE beauty products from Corn Silk, not to mention more tickets to events (for everyone) also to be found in the Competition Zone This week, Charity Focus catches up on Dean Crumbie and his efforts to raise much needed funds and awareness for Sickle Cell - just wait until you see the pictures to know what great lengths Dean went to - truly honourable! We also take a look at The Saturday Club - a children's group focused on giving support and assistance to autistic children and their families/carers, and their forthcoming Funday to be held in August. Our Special Feature is a somewhat contraversial one - 'Forbidden Fruit' - dealing with interracial relationships, sex and race - what's your views on the whole subject, how stongly do you feel about it? Diverse TV, a Channel 4 documentary maker wants to hear from you in this regard, so give them a call or drop Rita Daniels an email with your comments; this truly is your chance to Speak Out! Again, you have overwhelmed us with your contributions to the Speak Out! Feedback Reviews and Kick Back sections, for which we are sincerely grateful, please keep them coming. It's over to Ju now and, as I like to say... see ya on the other side >>> Caz Parliament's uncolourful past The UK may now have its first black cabinet minister, but per head of population ethnic minorities were better represented in 1892. Paul Boateng's elevation to the cabinet and the promotion to the government of David Lammy at the tender age of 29 have spurred new hopes that Parliament could better reflect the UK's multi-cultural society. They are the latest figures in the sporadic history of ethnic minority MPs, who currently number 12 out of 659 in the House of Commons. The first non-white MP, Dadabhai Naoraji, was elected as a Liberal in 1892 and served for three years. Naoraji's stance as both an advocate of both Indian and Irish home rule must have been interesting for his constituents in Holborn, London. His election came soon after the Conservative Prime Minister, Lord Salisbury, declared the UK was not ready to elect a black man. Over-represented But even with one non-white in Parliament, the House of Commons was over-representing the number of ethnic minority people in the UK.
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Contents:
Editors' Chat Yes Yes Whaaaaaa gwaaaarn everyting kriss? I certainly hope so, it's a new month again meaning there is only 5 Months to the end of the year (Oh and seven weeks to the start of the premiership ;-). Can you believe it!!! We are rapidly heading toward 2003, Carnival season is amongst us, Kidz are on holiday in a couple of weeks or so and I still haven't changed mi underwear *joke* (I SAID JOKE!!!... Caz says: 'im nah joke - trust me!) Anywayz let's get down to business… Okay this is gonna be more of a request than Editor's chat this week and your participation is key. Our beautiful Black Children are filled with so much talent, so much desires, so much creativity and energy but they do not alwayz get the acknowledgements of their achievements. It could be your little or older brother or sister, niece or nephew, son or daughter, it could be your friend's child or a child that you just happen to know. They do things which we as adults may not look on as significant but it means something special to them. Request: I want us to share the achievements of Black children, whether big or small, funny or serious. I want you to take a few minutes of your time to send in achievements of a Black child. Now remember what may not seem significant to you may mean a whole heap more to this child and I believe we should share these special moments as a way of encouragement and building. To me Black children are an inspiration and they are also the future, and remember you should always invest in the future. We would like you to send the achievements into us so we can highlight them each week. Examples of what I am talking about: Your child, a child or even a group of children may have taken part in sports activities, they may be taking part in a youth club, they may have moved up a class at school, they may have stood up in front of a crowd and sang, told a joke, danced, they may have designed something, they might have got their first job, passed their exams or even re-sits or even gone down the wrong road but has pulled through against the grain, So, I want you to email us with 'Achievements of a Black Child' and if you can produce photos etc that would be fantastic!! Email us. I thought of using the heading 'Achievements of a Black Child' but your ideas for this section are welcomed. This section will go live from the 15 July 2002 so it gives you some time to get busy…Email us. Second request Information is coming in thick and fast from members but information from outside the South of Briton is not enough. Now I am sure activities are talking place up North and it seems as though we have plenty members in that area who seemed to be a little shy and I think it is about time you shared some information with the nation. So If you are outside the M25 we're encouraging you to send us info so we can share with the community; there are people who want to share experiences with you but they cannot do so if you are shy, and I'm sure Northerners would not like me to put them over my knee and give them a beating (smiling) so fix up ! That's me for
this week, hope to hear from you but until next week, keep sweet,
keep your chin up and walk good! Ju & Caz signing out till next week Continue
the good worx and maximum respect and love as always
Beloved
daughter of Sandra and Lloyd  CONTINUE
TO SUPPORT THE SANJAE LEWIS TRUST. Although the original
appeal campaign was for Sanjae, the Trust will continue in the same
vein, to provide funds for medical research, treatment, support and
relief of suffering to children with fibrosing
alveolitis. Keep those donations coming - there are other little
Sanjae's out there who need our help - don't let the same thing happen
again - play your part in creating an institution to which those in
need can turn.
Donations can still be made direct at any Barclays Bank, quoting the details below: Acc.
Name: Sanjae In Need ~ Sort Code: 20-46-60 ~ Acc. No: 40310913 Correspondence,
cheques/postal orders The
Sanjae Lewis Trust LET'S
SUPPORT THE CAUSE - WE KNOW WE HAVE THE POWER TO DO IT!!! .Chat 'bout
Events to look out for CHAPTER
SIX: RACISM (Dave Lewis Exhibition As part of an ongoing body of work by the artist that explores racism (Dave Lewis), this exhibition is based on Chapter Six of the MacPherson inquiry - the report that came out of the Stephen Lawrence murder inverstigation. Combining selected
quotes from the chapter with photographs of one Watermans, Box
Office: 020 8232 1010
What is an African-centred worldview? How does African-centred social work present itself in terms of its approaches and the practices of the social worker? How can African centred-approaches survive in white institutions? What kinds of results can African-centred social work deliver to people worked with, e.g. the Black community, managed staff and the world at large? Dr. Mekada Graham
is Senior Lecturer in Social Policy and Social Work at the University
of Hertfordshire. Mekada has published articles in several scholarly
journals in the UK and USA including the British Journal of Social
Work, Social Work Education and the Journal of Black Studies. Her
research interests include black communities and social policy,
African-centred approaches to social work, social work philosophy
and values, spirituality and practice learning processes. She is
currently a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Black
Studies, (Sage Publications) in the USA. Mekada received the Diop
Award for the best scholarly article in journals from Temple University,
Philadelphia USA in 2000. Mekada is author of Social Work and
African-centred worldviews (2002) published by Venture Press
(British Association of Social Workers) This will be London's last opportunity to hear from Medkada who is going to the States in August. For further info contact Griot Institute on 020 8697 1600 or ABSWAP on 020 8293 0440. (Nearest BR: Woolwich Arsenal, 5 mins. Buses stopping outside: 53, 54, 422) Wig
n Gown and The Wild Bunch (Fri
5 July '02) 'We will present
the right atmosphere, people and djs every month'~ The largest annual event in the entertainment calendar is back! T.E.A.M promotions are proud to present the "Your Time To Shine" finals taking place at the luxurious, internationally known Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham on Sunday 14th July 2002. With the overwhelming popular demand for the showcasing of the UK's finest talent, Team promotions is without doubt on the cutting edge of the driving force behind bringing the music industry to Birmingham. Hosted for the 3rd time by the unmistakable talent of TV presenter Terry Wallen, co hosts Melanie Sewell, Sue Brown and Dawn D'Caccia, you will witness performances from 20 quality UK artists who have been successfully chosen from 250 applicants to reach the finals. This will surely be a night to remember; with a host of invited celebrity guests and personalities including ex England Footballer John Barnes, RnB singer Jamelia, Olympic medallist Judy Simpson, Premiership Footballer Dean Sturridge, international reggae artist Pato Banton this event promises to be a night of glitz and glamour.
Performing on the night they will have the cream of UK artists including Monique, ILL Finesse, Kreative dance group, Bláze, Mark Dwayne and Bobby Woods & Tribal Force. With outstanding support from the Birmingham Evening Mail, BBC Online, Blacknet, The Voice Newspaper and Channel 4 this event can only go from strength to strength. The event will be recorded for Birmingham cable and will only add to the mass awareness of this initiative. Prizes include Recording Contracts, Development Deals, Managerial contracts and Agency contracts. T.E.A.M promotions would like to wish their contestants the best of luck on the night and in their future careers, to .T.E.A.M they are all winners. They will also be continuing their drive to raise money and awareness for Sickle Cell Anaemia in conjunction with OSCAR Sandwell. Event: Your
time 2 shine For further
information: T.E.A.M Hotline: 0797 444 1538 CAREERS FAIR FOR MINORITY ETHNIC GRADUATES
Organised by Linbert Spencer Consultancy in collaboration with The Cabinet Office, Creating the Future 2002 aims to provide minority ethnic students with a constructive and realistic view of working in the Civil Service. One of its main aims is to help departments to sell themselves more effectively so that they can increase the proportion of minority ethnic employees in the civil service. Exhibitors include; The Cabinet Office, GCHQ, the Health and Safety Executive, and the Inland Revenue. The Fair is FREE so PRE-REGISTER ONLINE NOW! e-business4business seminar: (Wednesday 24 July at IBM (UK), South Bank, London.)
Entry
is only £5 and we encourage you to pre-register. For more
information, please email me or phone Evelyn Aska on 020 7226 8080.
The MBPA is happy to announce it's first Social function of the year to be held on Friday 26 July (8pm - 1am ) at Liverpool Marina and Bar & Restaurant, Coburg Wharf, Sefton Street, Liverpool L3 The evening will include live music, an Indian disco and light show. Tickets are £10 per head and sold on a first come basis, telephone reservations to be confirmed via email/lotus notes to black.police.association@merseyside.police.uk Office
Tel: 0151 777 4406 / 220 6726 24hrs
The voting for the Black Footballers' Awards is now up and ready. To vote for your favourite footballer, log onto www.blacknet.co.uk/bfaawards Brought to you by Tharmm Equest (Sports Group), the three main sponsors are Blacknet UK, Voice Newspaper and Choice FM, from whom further details on how to purchase tickets and the itinerary of the event will be forthcoming. These awards are to honour Black Footballers of the past, present and future. Voting is strictly by the community - YOU the community, PICK the winners. By registering your votes you could win the opportunity to attend the function, but more details will follow in this regard later. WATCH THIS SPACE FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND INFORMATION
Blacknet Information Community News The UK may now have its first black cabinet minister, but per head of population ethnic minorities were better represented in 1892. Paul Boateng's elevation to the cabinet and the promotion to the government of David Lammy at the tender age of 29 have spurred new hopes that Parliament could better reflect the UK's multi-cultural society. They are the latest figures in the sporadic history of ethnic minority MPs, who currently number 12 out of 659 in the House of Commons. The first non-white MP, Dadabhai Naoraji, was elected as a Liberal in 1892 and served for three years. Naoraji's stance as both an advocate of both Indian and Irish home rule must have been interesting for his constituents in Holborn, London. His election came soon after the Conservative Prime Minister, Lord Salisbury, declared the UK was not ready to elect a black man. Over-represented But even with one non-white in Parliament, the House of Commons was over-representing the number of ethnic minority people in the UK. David Coleman, a population expert at Oxford University, said that was still the case even thirty years later when another one non-white MP was in Parliament. Currently non-white MPs make up 1.8% of the Commons, compared to the 6.7% of the UK population made up by ethnic minorities. Naoraji was not just an isolated case in the last years of Queen Victoria's reign. Just as he left the parliamentary scene in 1895, Sir MM Bhownagree, the son of a Bombay merchant, was elected as a Conservative in London's Bethnal Green. Welfare and education, as well as the rights of Indian subjects and Indians in South Africa, were Bhownagree's key interests during his nine years in Parliament. Since then, the Conservatives have not had another ethnic minority MP - though some candidates have come close - and the party is now trying to make sure it really does provide opportunity for all. By far the most radical of the early ethnic minority MPs was the Bombay-born Shapurji Saklatvala. It was not race but politics that made Saklatvala such a controversial figure when he entered Parliament in the 1920s. Labour's first splits? He was elected as a Labour MP in 1922 despite much debate in the party over his close links to the British Communist Party. A year later he was ousted by his voters and by the time of the next election, Labour had banned communists from becoming its candidates. One party veteran called the "first splitting of the labour movement" in the UK and it did not stop Saklatvala's local Labour party endorsing him as he stood and won in the 1924 polls. He remained as Battersea's MP before being beaten five years later by the official Labour candidate. With Saklatvala's defeat in 1929 fell non-white representation for another 58 years, despite the mass immigration of the 1950s. Andrew Geddes, senior lecturer in politics at Liverpool University, said the part race played in the defeat of West Indian-born David Pitt in the winnable Labour seat of Clapham in 1970 deterred parties from selecting black or Asian candidates. It was 1987 that brought the first clutch of ethnic minority MPs in the modern era - Bernie Grant, Diane Abbott, Paul Boateng and Keith Vaz. Lack of coherence? But Dr Geddes stressed the black caucuses seen in the US have never emerged in UK politics. "Ethnic minority MPs never really organised themselves coherently in Britain," he told BBC News Online. "Bernie Grant did pursue a broader black agenda but Diane Abbott was working on the Left and Paul Boateng and Keith Vaz followed ministerial careers." With the rise of "black sections" part of Labour's 1980s turmoil, joining them was not a good career move for those harbouring frontbench ambitions. The 1987 intake hardly prompted a swathe of new ethnic minority candidates and MPs. Dr Geddes suggested the election of Ashok Kumar in Middlesbrough and Parmjit Dhanda in Gloucester has been the most significant recent development. "In the past you could say that representation was colour coded in that black and Asian MPs were really in areas which had large ethnic minority populations," he said. 'Lamentable' numbers Kumar and Dhanda's success helped to break the "bizarre" logic that Asian people could only represent seats with many Asian residents, argued Dr Geddes. Simon Woolley, national co-ordinator of Operation Black Vote, said those moves were significant but a comprehensive programme to recruit and retain ethnic minority talent within all parties was still lacking. "The 1987 intake had a massive impact in terms of the feeling that real change was about to occur," Said Mr Woolley "But since then the numbers have been lamentable. "I think what has happened is we keep getting these false dawns where we believe that they will be matched by institutions at least beginning to reflect the people they serve." Mr Boateng has stressed it is his job not his colour that counts. Activists like
Mr Woolley will not be the only ones hoping his promotion will herald
a new age where such jobs really are open to all. NOTTING HILL CARNIVAL 2002: A New Dawn The Notting Hill Carnival Trust is pleased to announce that 2002 will herald a 'new dawn' for the Notting Hill Carnival, the largest open-air carnival celebration in Europe. This year's Carnival will build upon the success of its contributions to the Queen's Golden Jubilee weekend, which featured a colourful parade of over 2,500 costumed individuals and a 100 strong Steel Band. Notting Hill Carnival's focus will be broadened to include the five constituent artistic genres of Carnival - Calypso, Mas (masquerade bands), Pan (steel bands), and the mobile and static sound systems. Notting Hill Carnival 2002 is officially part of the Queen's Golden Jubilee celebrations. In recognition of this historical Carnival year a number of Mas bands have decided to use 'Jubilee' as their costume theme. Notting Hill Carnival encompasses a full programme of events over a six week period. The first event will be the opening of the Calypso Tent by the Association of British Calypsonians, who will be celebrating their tenth year of promoting calypso in the UK. Each Friday evening, from 26 July to 23rd August, the Yaa Asantewaa Arts Centre in Chippenham Mews W9 will host a unique musical showcase of the best of Calypso & Soca. A select band of international performers and the best of British proponents of the art form will offer aficionados a medley of songs, rhythms, lyrics and bacchanal that is not to be missed. The magnificent surroundings of the Royal Opera House and the Covent Garden Piazza will then transform themselves into a premiere Carnival venue. Uniquely in 2002 and as a testimony to its New Dawn, the Carnival Trust will present the Golden Jubilee Carnival Gala - three separate programmes showcasing the numerous themes of over 50 Carnival Bands and the Calypso Monarch Competition. The best British Calypsonian will be chosen to reign as Calypso Monarch 2002 for one year. Around the Covent Garden Piazza, the public will have a unique opportunity to dance to the pulsating rhythms of the latest Soca and Zouk tunes together with live music from local and international performers. Bank holiday weekend events begin with Panorama - the annual competition to choose the London Champions of Steel 2002 - on the Saturday 24th August at Emslie Horniman's Pleasance Park, Kensal Road W10. Sunday August 25th is Children's Day with the emphasis on family fun with a shorter Carnival route reserved exclusively for children and young people who are the future generation of Carnivalists. Bands and performers wishing to join the Carnival on this special day must be under 21 years old. In addition to encouraging more youth and children participation, the Carnival Trust will reserve sites in the Carnival area for activities that will appeal to them. The Trust is making a special appeal to sponsors with products and services that appeal to the young to host these activities sites and Carnival Chill Zones. Carnival reaches it pinnacle on Carnival Monday - 26 August 2002 - with West London becoming a kaleidoscope of the best of contemporary urban music, hundreds of costumed individuals delivering unique costumed and theatrical portrayals, several steel bands beating sounds with intricate orchestrations and a feast of mouth watering delicacies representing a wide range of international cuisines. Carnival Monday will be a multi-faceted, multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary event for all to enjoy. The Carnival is truly a London event despite it being seen as a Notting Hill Carnival. It is the largest arts festival in Europe that is growing from it distinctive Trinidadian roots into a truly diverse festival representative of the multi-cultural and multi-racial society of the nation's capital. The Carnival Trust will encourage this development and seek to strengthen the event's traditional roots by welcoming a number of international performers to join individual performing units. The Notting Hill Carnival Trust operates an all-inclusive policy of encouraging all artists and performers to celebrate their cultural traditions through art, dance and music within the traditional Carnival template. The Notting Hill Carnival is funded by the Association of London Government, the City of Westminster, the Greater London Authority, London Arts and the Arts Council of England, the Regional Arts Lottery Fund and the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea. Cannabis trial lets drug gangs flourish The Tories say the experiment in the decriminalisation of cannabis has allowed drug gangs to flourish. The claim comes from shadow home secretary Oliver Letwin. People with cannabis for personal use in Lambeth have been let off with confiscation and a warning to allow police officers to focus on the war on hard drugs. Scotland Yard Deputy Commissioner Ian Blair, the force's second-in-command, hailed the scheme an undoubted success just days ago. And Home Secretary David Blunkett is expected to announce the effective decriminalisation of the drug across the country within weeks. But Mr Letwin insisted on the BBC1 programme Breakfast with Frost the pilot project in Lambeth, south London, has only helped the drug gangs tighten their grip. "We have been seeing in Lambeth an appalling example of the gangs getting back in charge," the shadow home secretary said. "The medical evidence suggests that cannabis and cannabis derivatives are pretty dangerous to the mind," said Mr Letwin, who has admitted accidentally smoking cannabis when friends at university spiked his pipe. "It is pretty difficult to imagine a young person who is taking that kind of drug regularly prospering in school and getting a good job. "And again, going back to Brixton, there seems to be every evidence of these gangs and dealers dragging people on from cannabis to other drugs." Drugs' link to drive-by killing A man gunned down in front of his girlfriend in a drive-by execution may have been linked to the drugs trade, it emerged today. The 38-year-old man, who has not been named by police but was known to neighbours as Brian, was ambushed by three men at his home in Simmons Drive, Woodgate Valley, in the early hours yesterday. The man, who was of Afro-Caribbean origin, was blasted in the chest with a shotgun but died as neighbours frantically fought to save his life. Detectives have launched a murder inquiry and say it is vital that any other witnesses come forward. Neighbours believe the victim had links with the drugs trade - but said that he caused them no problems. Detective Chief Inspector Malcolm Coall said: "Once we have identified the deceased we will look into his background to see whether he was involved in that sort of thing. "Irrespective of the man's background, it cannot be right that people are engaged in this sort of violence." A post-mortem examination was due to be carried out today and police were expected to formally identify the man later. The horrific incident was witnessed by one of the man's neighbours in the usually quiet, residential street. Sorrel McHugh, aged 23, had just pulled up outside her home in her car after a night out when she saw three men huddled up in the doorway of the flat opposite. "Suddenly I heard shots ring out," she said. "I thought at first it was fireworks but then realised the men were firing a gun at the man inside. "I was terrified to move in case they saw me. I thought they might shoot me too. I rang the police on my mobile as soon as I saw them run to their car but then they came back, aimed at another window in the flat and fired again. It seemed ages before help came." As the shots rang out neighbours, woken by the disturbance, ran from their homes in their nightclothes to investigate and many saw the gunmen speed away in a dark-coloured car. They then ran and kicked in the front door of the flat to try to help the injured man. Police say one even ripped off his shirt to try to stem the blood from the injured man's wound but was unable to save him. The victim's girlfriend, who had been forced to take cover as the shots rang through the house, was led away by friends after collapsing in the street. The gunmen are thought to have fled the scene in the direction of Harborne and was last seen two miles away at the junction of Gillhurst Road and Perreira Road. The flat was still sealed sealed off today as forensic science officers searched the scene. A blue and white tent was erected in the doorway and uniformed officers began door to door inquiries. The dead man was eventually removed from the flat in a zip-up body bag at about 3.15pm by private undertakers. Woman hurt in knife attack A WOMAN suffered an horrific hand injury when she was mugged in the street by a knife thug. The victim needed microsurgery to re-attach severed tendons. She was walking in Higher Ardwick, Manchester, in daylight when a thug sneaked up behind her. He grabbed her bag, but the 59-year-old struggled to hold on to it. The yob then produced a long-bladed knife and chopped at her bag straps - slashing open her hand and fingers. He fled with the bag containing her purse, leaving her bleeding in the street. Because of the
need for extensive surgery, it was nearly two weeks before she could
give detectives a detailed explanation of what happened at lunchtime
on Friday, June 14. Anyone with any information should call police on 0161 856 4255 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Police vow to smash gun gangs West Midlands Police has pledged to tackle the rising tide of gunrelated crime on the region's streets. Deputy Chief Constable Matthew Baggott said he was concerned about the 44 per cent increase in offences involving firearms, which went from 1,512 to 2,262 last year. The figures, published in the force's annual report yesterday, equate to an average of six offences every day, with many shootings being carried out by rival gangs in turf wars over drugs. Mr Baggott said the force was determined to tackle the criminals and remove them from the streets but sometimes met a wall of silence from the public. He said: "I am very concerned about the number of firearms incidents. The average person is very, very safe but in any of these incidents there is potential for lives to be put at risk. "Where you have drugs and criminals and rival gangs, guns will occur. But we are no different to other parts of the country. This is a national issue, not just a West Midlands issue. "The figures have to be put in context. The West Midlands is a busy urban area with 2.7 million people and seven local authorities." He said there would be concerted action against gangs using weapons to assert power and control, especially in the lucrative drug trade. "Criminal gangs are using guns because they are competing for the market place. "They are also competing for status and influence. The majority of shootings are not random but that is not to say they are all right. "There is a concern about the degree of availability of many weapons on the street." Initiatives such as the force's anti-robbery drive Safer Streets and Operation Ventara were being used to tackle armed criminality, he said. Mr Baggott added: "We are getting better at identifying the gangs and the areas where they operate. "Resources for Safer Streets II are also going into dealing with armed criminals and we are looking to remove these people. But we need support from the public. Sometimes we encounter a wall of silence from people who are fearful of reprisals. "There are ways the public can tell us information without speaking to us, for example using the Crimestoppers line." Mr Baggott also called for a new debate on how to curb the rising tide of violent crime and echoed Chief Constable Sir Edward Crew's concerns about the effect of television on the young. In the annual report, Sir Edward blames the "constant diet of aggression and undress" as a cause for the increase in offences of violence. Mr Baggott said: "There is a debate which needs to be had about the lack of respect in society. |
Established
for 3 years now, they will be having their first
Funday at Burges Park (Southwark, London SE17) on the 3rd
of August 2002 from 12.00 noon - 3.00pm.
Bromley
to Southwark with her family, which includes her 13 year old
autistic son Garvey. In Brompley, Garvey had greatly enjoyed
music therapy and music based activities. Sharon was keen
to see this continue when she moved to Southwark, however,
she was greatly disturbed by the lack of special needs provision
in the Southwark area.
@
Watermans, 40 High Street, Brentford, TW8 0DS - 23 June - 16 July
'02)
man
in his private environment, the work leads us to consider the effects
racism can have on everyday life and question notions of institutional
truth and objectivity. The work was comissioned by the Photographers'
Gallery, London.
AFRICAN-CENTRED
APPROACHES TO SOCIAL WORK & SOCIAL WELFARE
- Dr.
Mekada Graham (Wed. 3 Jul '02 @ Woolwich Town Hall, Wellington St.,
SE18 - 6.30pm
- 9.30pm)
Your
time 2 Shine (Sun
14 July '02 @ Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham)
In
attendance will be some of the biggest and most renowned names in
the music industry ranging from A&R, Managers, Agents and Producers.
Representation from companies namely EMI, Sony, Def
Soul UK, Channel 4 and Tejá Entertainment Inc
will lift the profile of the event and the artists performing. This
year they have seen a large interest from independent labels that
are seeking to sign their next big artist.
Whether
you are planning to start a business, develop an existing one or
interested in learning more, this seminar will help you to understand
how e-business can transform your prospects and develop your knowledge.
MERSEYSIDE
BLACK POLICE ASSOC. SOCIAL EVENING (Fri 26
July '02 @ Liverpool Marina and Bar & Restaurant, Coburg Wharf,
Sefton Street, Liverpool L3)
BLACK
FOOTBALLERS' AWARDS (BFA)
(28 Sep '02 @ La Royale Banqueting Suite, Tottenham, London N17)