heart of 3 cities 2012

Heart of 3 Cities 2012Connecting Cultures and Communities

10 days of excit ingWelcome World!

events in Charnwood

2,012 Young ArtistsArt Competition

this June

GAMMELGAARD

International

CHARNWOOD

MONOCHROME

Photography Exhibition

Heart of 3 Cities 2012

Welcome to the Heart of 3 Cities 2012:

Leicestershire’s largest

independent community

arts and media

organisation resides in the

heart of the Three Cities

area of the East Midlands.

Our main area of work is

in Charnwood itself but

we also support regional

developments, work

internationally and have

connections with other

organisations and artists

world wide.

To bring the benefits of the arts to the fields of health and well being.

To support longer term community arts projects.

To support cross cultural projects and events and to promote community cohesion.

Charnwood Artsworks:

To deliver an annual South Asian arts and literature programme.

To deliver regular arts and media based work with young people at risk.

To create and publish work for print, video and new media distribution.

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Charnwood Arts was founded in 1976. We are involved in a wide range of arts, creativity and culturally based areas of work and are a key participatory arts organisation in the East

Midlands with a national and international reputation. Charnwood Arts is core funded by Charnwood Borough Council and

Arts Council England, East Midlands.

Since September 2010 we have been quietly welcoming the world to Charnwood through our UK2K12 programme and taking the friendship and creativity of Charnwood to far flung places. In January 2011 we defined our mission for the next three years as ‘Connecting Cultures and Communities’ and what better year to celebrate and emphasize this than in an Olympic year that also welcomes the world to these shores.

When we first heard of the plans for ‘Games Time’ back in 2010, Charnwood Arts were keen to build a festival or series of other events around this special Olympiad performance. With the help of others and the partnership of Charnwood Borough Council, Glastonbudget, Loughborough University and Déda Producing we have been able to do just that. Our ‘Welcome to the World’ has become ‘Welcome World’, a ten day ‘week’ of activities and events that will take place in June this year. You will find it as a 32 page pull out featured in the centre of this paper. It’s now time to welcome the world with noise, spectacle, colour! We hope that you, as local residents, will embrace this opportunity as fully as you can! Already many hundreds of local people are contributing to make these things happen.

‘Friendship’ and ‘Welcome’ are things that the good people of Charnwood seem to excel at - not necessarily with extravagance and largesse. We are not a passive community though. We go beyond the surface of ‘tolerance’ and ‘acceptance’ and welcome people in a grounded way, realistic, practical, without constantly needing to spell out difference. Loughborough alone, welcomes large numbers of new people as residents from the UK and world wide, each year through the University. There still things which keep groups of people apart but there are also many things to bring people together. You will find some significant ones here in our cultural events, the town focal point of the market and shared activities such as the recent Council of Faiths pantomime!

In this issue you will find familiar events such as Picnic in the Park, Loughborough Mela and the fabulous Glastonbudget festival in Wymeswold. There are activities for children through our long running ArtZone partnership programme with Charnwood Museum and a wonderful exhibition partnership in Gammelgaard Monochrome. Crowning it all is the fantastic Cultural Olympiad event, Games Time - a truly spectacular and memorable evening for Loughborough, of which, we are proud to be local partners.

As always we hope there is something to interest, excite and even educate you in this paper...and a warm welcome...to our events, activities and future projects!

Kev RyanChief Executive Officer - Charnwood Arts

To develop workshop programmes in a wide range of art forms with groups of all ages.

To provide help and advice to artists and groups.

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Contents

Welcome ......................................Map of Charnwood ..................Contents .......................................Games Time!?..............................UK2K12 .........................................2,012 Young Artists ....................ArtZone .........................................Pennants Project ........................

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Welcome World! ..................... Welcome World! ProgrammeGlastonbudget ............................ Picnic In The Park ......................Games Time Online ..................Games Time .................................Games Time Stories .................. AfterGold ......................................Japan Matsuri Day .....................Loughborough Mela .................Jubilee Markets ...........................‘Our Sporting Life’ Exhibition

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Gammelgaard Monochrome ..... Lightseekers .....................................People Making Places ...................The Story Of Me And My Town ..Celebrating Next Level Café ........

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Are You...

...find out on p30!

Red,Green,Blue,or Yellow...?


There will be 20 sports in the London 2012 Paralympic Games.There will be 26 sports in the London 2012 Olympic Games.


CHARNWOOD

Following the spirit of the UK Cultural Olympiad for a dispersedfestival over a number of years leading up the Games we decided to follow a low cost strategy to do the same. We began in September 2010, developing our own projects and supporting those of others. This current newspaper celebrates some of the past,

forthcoming and ongoing events and projects linked to our UK2K12 programme.Following are a few of many highlights for us since our launch in London.


1948 was the last time the Olympic Games were held in London.London 2012 will be the 30th Olympic Games held in the modern Olympiad.


Haiku at the London Matsuri In September 2010 we launched UK2K12 at the spectacular Japanese Matsuri day at Spitalfields Market in London attended by the new minister for arts and culture Jeremy Hunt. In an on-line/off-line project with artist Paul Conneally, we attracted haiku from around the world and ran workshops within the event to create an 18 foot long Haiku Wall that was seen by an audience of many thousands.

Beautiful Life – UK and Taiwan This partnership project with artist and curator Ming Turner and artist Paul Gent resulted in a touring exhibition of international artists shown in Bracknell, Hinckley in the UK and Kaohsiung, Taiwan. In each venue Charnwood Arts made a film with local residents and Paul Gent conducted workshops with residents to create a collaborative work to join the exhibition.

Rong Tao – ResidenciesCharnwood Arts UK2K12 has hosted two, month long residencies with Chinese dancer and choreographer Rong Tao resulting in new performances, video work and engagement with hundreds of children and young people as well as adult participants and dancers. As a result of the residencies and partnership work with Lakeside Arts Centre in Nottingham, Rong Tao has introduced dance with people with special needs to his home city of Chongqing in South West China.

Man of the Heart Charnwood Arts worked with Sudipto Chatterjee to develop, promote and document the ‘Man of the Heart’ project that was performed in Loughborough and the Barbican in London. Although we were not successful in attracting academic funding to further this project in the UK it has been supported for further development in Berlin during 2011/12. The play focuses on the life and times of Lalon Shah Phokir, a nineteenth century Bengali Sufi saint and song-maker. It is a multi-media solo-performance incorporating live music, dance, spoken word, video and recorded audio.

Everybody’s Reading FestivalThe first Everybody’s Reading festival took place from the 2nd - 10th October 2010, with nine days of events and activities to get everybody reading in Leicester. The festival was supported by Whatever It Takes, Charnwood Arts and Leicester Libraries. The second festival in October 2011, developed in partnership with the Charnwood Arts hosted Writing Industries Network, included more than 80 events. Plans are now underway for the 2012 festival which will be held between 29th September - 7th October 2012.

Loughborough MelaCharnwood Arts has been an active partner in the Loughborough Mela since it began over a decade ago. We continued that support through our UK2K12 programme by hosting Mela co-ordinators, running workshops, supporting infrastructure, planning and documenting the events. Now based in Loughborough Town centre the Mela is attracting more visitors than ever! See page 41 for this year’s Mela!

Heart of SilebyThis event was held on the 10th and 11th September 2011. In the lead up our workshops produced hundreds of little stuffed hearts to sell and larger 2D hearts for a textile hanging. Over 300 people came though the doors of St Marys Church to view the exhibition of 19 local artists and 13 stallholders selling arts and crafts. The weekend also included circus skills, screen printing, drumming and song! Over £2,000 was raised for the church tower appeal. A ‘legacy’ textile hanging featuring all of the Hearts For Sileby produced over the festival will be hung in Sileby as a reminder of the project.

Kala KahaniAs part of the UK2K12 initiative, our Kala Kahani project took part in the Everybody’s Reading Festival with the amazing storyteller Peter Chand and his new show ‘Henna’. We organised a writers workshop event with Leicester based writer, Bali Rai and attracted audiences in a variety of venues through the ‘Rag Picker’ exhibition by photographer Kajal Patel. ‘Borderland’ by Soumik Datta at Embrace Arts in Leicester was a real highlight for us. We also undertook extensive work in schools with storytelling, multicultural weeks and ‘Access to Nature’ days. We have a vibrant Web presence, in particular through our popular online magazine ‘Rangoli’ which has been downloaded in its thousands around the world.

A World of StoriesHema Acharya, our resident storyteller, frequently hosts storytelling sessions in a range of venues and with a diverse and growing audience. Through UK2K12 we have run successful and popular groups with Mums and Babies at Mountsorrel Library making story quilts. We have also held weekly sessions in a local Junior School, outdoor activities at the Outwoods in Charnwood Forest, craft activities at local events including Picnic in the Park, Loughborough and Leicester Melas and traditional storytelling as part of the ‘Flavour of India’ week and at Diwali celebrations.

Book in a Day at ICAFIn 2011 Charnwood Arts were invited to run a workshop based project at the International Community Arts Festival in Rotterdam. We chose to create a ‘book in a day’. Working with over 30 people from around the world we celebrated, through writing, photography and illustration, the power that arts can bring to our communities. Go to ICAF in the Projects section of the Charnwood Arts website to take a look!


550 Team GB athletes will be officially kitted out at Loughborough University.4 teams will be taking part in the Games Time events taking place in Loughborough on 9th June.

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ArtZone Our regular Saturday workshops with visiting artists, for children, embraced some unusual activities related to our UK2K12 programme including Japanese Fish Printing – Yes! Printing with real fish with artist Jo Sheppard to celebrate The Big Draw. Ceramicist Bridget Mcvey taught Japanese Raku (pottery) in all ‘All Fired Up’, we went all foody with ‘Intonoshanall’, and explored the work of artist Peter Blake through ‘Dig Society’. (Read more on page 14)

Big Knitting Group The Big Knitting Group got their needles around another knitted masterpiece for Loughborough In Bloom 2011. They displayed three baskets full of fruit, flowers and animals in The Town Hall on judging day. For Bloom in 2012 the group have bravely decided to knit a ‘Pond’, expect water, weeds and ducks amongst other things you would expect to find in a typical English duck pond. The Big Knitting Group Story Tree has been doing its rounds with storytelling events in schools and Charnwood Museum. This remarkable work of knitted art continues to grow as more pieces are added to it.

ClickIt! International Photography CompetitionsUntil the closure of the Pixel and Grain Gallery space at Loughborough Town Hall we ran a number of international online/offline photography competitions attracting thousands of entries. The standard was extra-ordinary and we are delighted to have been able to bring these to local audiences. Pixel and Grain continues with a world class exhibition at the fantastic new gallery spaces in Hinckley this May and June (Read more on page 49)

Glastonbudget Music FestivalGlastonbudget is another event which Charnwood Arts has supported since the start and we have continued this through UK2K12. Our Charnie Arnie marquee has brought an eclectic mix of new and up and coming performers, refugee artists, comedy and more established groups to the festival. Each year we have also run participatory workshops for families. See page 19 for this year’s Glastonbudget.

The Story Traders of SichuanThis ground breaking bi-lingual collaboration between UK and Chinese performers, musicians and theatre practitioners toured rural and urban venues in the East Midlands. Charnwood Arts documented the project photographically from first rehearsals through to the final show and created a video combining performances from a community venue in Nottingham and the Déda Dance Centre in Derby. This remarkable theatre project was developed and produced by Nottingham based Flying Panda Productions.

Out in the Outwoods!In this project we worked with the Borough Council to get members of less affluent and more culturally diverse local communities out into the green and open spaces around Charnwood. We took a coach load of families from a local school in Loughborough to the Outwoods where we provided a range of activities as part of the Access to Nature Day. The parents and children had a great time listening to our resident storyteller Hema, taking part in sensory walks and creating memory boxes out of found objects.

Art Makes You Happy!Charnwood Arts collaborates in running arts groups with the NHS Arts in Health Team twice weekly. Both of these groups are part of the Bright Sparks family. In 2011 the Bright Sparks participants worked with Charnwood Arts on a series of ‘Art Makes You Happy’ poster designs. Many individuals produced motifs that were put together into designs for colourful posters that are now being used to advertise all of the Bright Sparks groups.

Picnic in the ParkCharnwood’s favourite afternoon of art, food and family fun is now in its 32nd year. In the last two years Charnwood Arts UK2K12 has brought a whole host of both community based and professional performances from far and wide including music, dance, circus skills and walk about acts. Highlights have included some remarkable acts from Africa including the magnificent Black Umfolosi from Zimbabwe, the Black Eagles from Tanzania and amazing dancer Diene ‘Waaw Waaw’ Sagna from Senegal. (Read more on page 25)


8,000 Torch-bearers will carry the Olympic Flame on its 70 day journey across the UK. The Flame will pass through Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland on Monday 2nd and Tuesday 3rd July on days 45 and 46.

4 Olympic medals have been won by Loughborough University graduate Sebastian Coe.


2,012 young artists is a competition in 4 parts and

we can now announce the winners of the first three

months of the competition. Our first prize winner this quarter is Sepideh Sanaei

from the USA with her image ‘Raining Paper’ who receives £100. Second was

Maddi Shull also from the USA and third was Oliver

Zoeller from Germany. Other entries on these pages were also highly commended and

commended.

The entry deadline for the second quarter is the 30th June. Entry is on-line only.

PLEASE NOTE:There is only One entry per person - do not send multiple entries! All entries must be supplied in a SQUARE format!

1st Sepideh Sanael-USA - Raining Paper

Paridhi Gupta-India Manca R-SloveniaIsolated

Olivia Campbell-Canada

CommendedJeevan Kumar-India

3rd Oliver Zoeller-Germany

Bowie Fan-Canada Pranay Dutta-IndiaSave the World

Aaron Nguyen-Australia

2nd Maddi Shull-USA

Aaron Nguyen-Australia Nuha Iskander Kawar-IsraelPhotography

CommendedRebecca Pawley-UKBulbs

Highly CommendedMadeleine Wilson-USA Glass Lips

CommendedWeston Craddock-USAHope of Haiti

CommendedSakia Rafique-BangladeshStory of the Streets

Eleonora Kantinika-Latvia - My Favourite

Keya Murphy-SouthAfrica

CommendedKristian Sanceja-Philipinnes Radial

CommendedPaulina Klonowska-UKCrazy Childhood

CommendedKate Sturney-UKCheck Out Operator

Highly CommendedJordan Lucas-Canada

Luke Wabro-UKCharcoal Skull

Highly CommendedAkash Ghai-India

Xheni Cuni-Albania- To Get Her

Kyle Meadows-UK Rebecca Moss-NewZealand


89.58 metres is the Loughborough Student’s Athletics Club javelin record held by Olympic medallist Steve Backley.2 Olympic medals were won by Loughborough swimmers at the 2008 Beijing Games.


In 2011 ArtZone workshops included the traditional Japanese arts of firey Raku pottery and the art of Gyotaku, literally printing with fish! We also went ‘Retro’ with our Fake Blake session and ‘Foodie’ with the ‘Intonoshanall’ drawing workshop.

Ceramicist Bridget Mcvey ran the Raku session ‘All Fired Up’ in which participants glazed biscuit fired pots which were then loaded into the little gas fired Raku kiln. After about an hour the young people helped to unload the kiln with the pots glowing cherry red. Sawdust was then thrown on top and a lid applied. After a while pots were fished out and dowsed in water before being scrubbed clean and taken home.

Artist Jo Sheppard ran an ArtZone to celebrate The Big Draw month. An unusual Japanese mark making technique was

We have many wonderous ArtZones for you to enjoy in 2012!

May 5th ‘Living Art’ - With Vanessa RoseLife size art, be in your own painting.

May 12th‘Get Inky’ - With Jo SheppardDraw squid and other sea creatures in this inky wash workshop.

May 19th‘Building Bridges’ - With Chris HoltUse card and other materials to design and make a bridge.

May 26th‘Its A Set Up’ - With Vanessa RoseTransform Charnwood Museum’s Education Room into a stage set then pose for photos like actors in a play.

We will be running a free drop in ArtZone onJune 5th at Charnwood Arts’ Picnic In The Park, Queen’s Park Loughborough - 12 noon until 5pm. Come along and work with artists to make a square image, that you can enter into our 2,012 Young Artists Competition www.2012youngartists.uk2k12.com

June 16th ‘Big In Japan’ - With Sue ClewsMake a paper box using the Japanese art of origami and include a secret Haiku (Japanese poem) inside.

June 23rd‘2,012 Young Artists’ - With artist Jo SheppardCreate a square painting on canvas, which will then be entered into Charnwood Arts 2,012 Young Artists competition.

June 30th ‘Get Your Fingers Out!’ - With Lisa Pidgeon from Little Bird School Of Stitchcraft.All you need is your hands to learn how to finger knit. It’s the ‘do anywhere’ craft.

July 7th‘Ice Cream Saturday’ - With Vanessa Rose. Design and make a delicious ‘fake’ ice cream or lollipop. Think cherries, chocolate and sprinkles.

Please ring Charnwood Museum on 01509 233754 to book a place.

ArtZone is for young people aged between 8 and 15. Sessions run from 10.30am-12.30pm on a Saturday and cost £5 per person per session. Individual sessions can be booked.

ArtZone is a collaborationbetween Charnwood Arts and

Charnwood Museum

explored - the 100 year-old Japanese tradition of Gyotaku. Japanese fisherman recorded how large the catch of the day was by inking it up and taking a print from it. Yes! We used real fish for authenticity and got some great results!

In May, Charnwood Arts’ Jemma Bagley ran two workshops, one inspired by the iconic artist, and Sergeant Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band record sleeve designer, Peter Blake.

In ‘Dig Society’ we used Illustrations copied from Mee’s Encyclopedia and other sources and arranged them in ways that reflect Peter Blake’s more recent works.

For ‘Intonoshanall’ food items were arranged and drawn in pencil as a still life image. Sheets of acetate were then placed over the top and parts of the compositions were drawn as colourful motifs. These ‘see through’ sheets were then arranged by the participants on the wall to produce a colourful composite image.

PennantsProject 2012


The 4x400 metres relay in the 1964 Tokyo Games saw Loughborough graduates Robbie Brightwell and John Cooper win silver medals representing Great Britain. 6th July 2005 was the day that London was awarded the 2012 Games.

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The inspiration for this great project comes from a group of people called ‘Quilts for London’ who decided in 2009 to make a pennant for every athlete taking part in the Olympics and Paralympics as a gift…and from there it just snowballed. Although initially created by a group of Quilters (hence the name) it has now blossomed into a National and International project of creative, imaginative and beautiful textile pennants all of which will go towards the target of 14,000 pennants needed to give one to each competing athlete in the Games. (see www.quilts4london.org.uk)

Pennants were traditionally exchanged at friendly sporting events, so what an opportunity for Charnwood to celebrate hosting members of two Olympic teams

as well as all the wonderful community events taking place as part of the Queen’s Jubilee celebrations by making pennants! Hundreds of them! The pennants can be made from any material, from silk to plastic……to wool and cotton…. They can be sewn, glued, machined, embroidered, quilted or knitted…. You could add buttons, beads or tassels! Use your imagination!..... we even have a pattern for you to follow!

Although our pennants won’t be going to the athletes, here at Charnwood Arts as part of our UK2K12 initiative to ‘Welcome the World’ to Charnwood, our artistic team will be undertaking workshops and support sessions with schools, colleges, community groups, faith organisations, Scouts, Guides, knitting groups and anybody else that would like to join in. We can come along and just give you advice or we can run a workshop with the help of our volunteers.

The idea is to get as many of you participating as possible, to be creative, to be artistic, to make something really worthwhile as part of the community, to show our Charnwood spirit! If you would like to make a pennant with us, you could come along to our very special ‘Picnic in the Park’ on the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Day, Tuesday 5th June in Queen’s Park where we will be holding a workshop to make pennants out of all our scrap materials! You don’t need to bring anything… just enthusiasm!

And when they are all done, with the support of the Borough Council they will displayed in Loughborough in time for the Olympics!

If you would like to get involved, need advice or would like the pattern for the pennants, contact us on 01509 821035, and leave a message or email: [email protected]

Charnwood Arts UK2K12 and a host of partners bring you

10 days of Creative Fun and Games in Charnwood

Welcome World!

The BiggestThe Best

The BoldestGlastonbudget yet!

1-3 June 2012Turnpost Farm, Wymeswold

Over 130 bands playing 6 stageswww.glastonbudget.org

Jubilee Bank Holiday

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14 medals have been won in five Paralympics by Loughborough University graduate Tanni Grey Thompson.The 3,000 metres steeplechase was the event that Loughborough graduate John Disley won the bronze medal

in the 1952 Helsinki Games.


GLASTONBUDGET Page 19

PICNIC IN THE PARK Page 25

GAMES TIME Page 30

MATSURI AND AFTERGOLD Page 38

LOUGHBOROUGH MELA Page 41

LOUGHBOROUGH JUBILEE MARKETS Page 44

OUR SPORTING LIFE EXHIBITION Page 46

Welcome to the Heart of the East Midlands !Welcome to Leicestershire’s county town !

Welcome to a leading centre ofinvention and innovation !

Welcome to a focal point forUK sporting excellence !

Welcome to a wonderful week of cultural events !

Welcome to Charnwood!


3 Olympic Games were competed in by Loughborough University graduate David Moorcroft.25 Great Britain caps have been won by Loughborough University graduate and the current GB men’s hockey coach Jason Lee.



The 1976 Montreal Games saw Loughborough University graduate Danny Nightingale help Great Britain win the gold medalin the modern pentathlon.

The 1992 Barcelona Games saw Mary Nevill, Director of the Institute of Youth Sport at Loughborough University wina bronze medal for women’s hockey.


Introducing: Club O Family Band

Club O Family Band are Debbion, James, Zane and Mahalia Burkmar.

Mahalia is a hugely talented 13 year old singer songwriter with a deeply affecting voice, original songs and beautiful new music. Mahalia is already working with other musicians and producers in the Midlands and London to build on and develop her talent, which shines through, with fans such as Josh Kumra – with whom Mahalia has co-written new music - and Ed Sheeran. Mahalia is generating interest from record companies, publishers, bloggers and audiences everwhere!

Zane aka Skitza is a 17 year old lyricist with live performances and radio appearances already under his belt. He has a highly distinctive and brutally frank literate style.

James and Debbion are known to liveaudiences across the Midlands and can boast live appearances with the Cinematic Orchestra, Beth Orton and Travis. Debbion’s early days included the seminal Colourbox, through to working with an eclectic range of artists and producers including; Dennis Bovell, Viv Albertine of the Slits and Dubset.

Poke your head through a hole and get yourself photographedat Glastonbudget!

Ever had your photo taken at a ‘Peep Thru the Hole’ at the seaside or a fair?Well this year’s Glastonbudget promises what could be the

biggest ‘Peep Thru the Hole’ to ever exist! Maybe even a World Record!

The CHIN-UP ART COLLECTIVE will be interacting with the Charnie Arnie marquee to run a series of workshops at this year’s festival.

Workshops will run from 12.30 - 6.30 pm and include Shadow Puppetry, Mask Making, Origami, ‘Dream Drawings’, Willow Work, Wind Spinners and Making Your Own Eco-Bag.

Chin-Up will also encourage people to add their visions of Utopia to their giant blackboards and peruse their art exhibition on a washing line!

Charnwood Arts have commissioned community artist and cartoonist Paul Gent to work with us to create a giant work of art for festival goers to poke their heads through! In the spirit of the Diamond Jubilee Bank Holiday what better theme than to travel back down the last 60 years and experience yourself in a different era!

A BIG BIG Thank You to Loughborough College for sound and lights in the Charnie Arnie marquee!

Charnie Arnie Stage Programme

Saturday13:30 RevilO14:15 Elena Hargreaves15:00 Jenny Cropper15:45 Stuck in 2nd 16:30 5 Man Army 17:15 Ramshackle Parade 18:00 Park Bench Society 18:45 Egg Ladies 19:30 Lambone Splinter 20:15 Rugged Sound System

Sunday12:45 Kaleidoscope Choir13:30 Foundation Of Fusion14:30 Club O Family Band15:30 Ska Amanga 16:30 Calidoscopio 17:15 Broomhill String Band18:00 Chris Conway18:45 Kellys Heroes20:00 Union Station Massacre20:45 emily and the martens


Georgina Harland competed in 5 events in the 2004 Athens Games to win the bronze medal in the individual modern pentathlon.The 1988 Seoul Games saw Loughborough University graduate David Whitaker coach the Great Britain men’s hockey team

to the gold medal.


Picnic in the ParkHaving launched itself onto the scene in 2005, Glastonbudget Music Festival returned in 2006 and began to build what has become the biggest and best Tribute and New Acts Festival in the World. After just 7 years, they have developed a fiercely loyal and passionate fan base who travel from all over Europe to enjoy, to play, to work and become involved in the Tribute phenomena being lead by Glastonbudget.

Ellen and Dave Heath first went to Glastonbudget in 2006 with their family and friends. “We all love our music and thought this would be fun and good value” says Ellen. Not knowing what to expect of a small festival, Dave was impressed with the whole event, “The organisation and the quality of the acts was immense” he recalls.

Dave and Ellen formed two bands, ‘The Big Bad’ and ‘Egg Ladies’, and together with their ever growing group of family and friends, began their annual pilgrimage to Glastonbudget.“We come back every year because it’s fantastic value for money and the atmosphere is amazing. The music is so diverse with something for all tastes. Its a great, safe, family run, family fun weekend” says Ellen. For Dave, its all about the music:“Both of our bands have played at the festival and it’s amazing to be on that stage. There is so much work that goes into putting on the show, and it runs like clockwork. The stewards and volunteers are brilliant and the stage management is superb.”

In 2011, Ellen and Dave were invited to become part of the judging Panel for the auditions:“It’s a lot of hard work and a lot of late nights but being involved in the selection process is amazingly rewarding and satisfying” says Ellen.The couple also monitor the social network sites for the festival and keep the fans updated with the latest news.“The organisers work extremely hard all year round and it’s great to be part of a team that delivers such an amazing weekend” says Dave.

Murray Stewart is the Festival Production Manager and works very closely with Ellen and Dave: “Glastonbudget provides great entertainment and terrific value for money. Additional value comes from our many volunteers and contributors, without whom the event would not be possible. Ellen and Dave have been a terrific and much needed help to us this year , and as we grow, hopefully their involvement will grow with us.”

For information on Glastonbudget and tickets, visit

www.glastonbudget.org

or visit the Glastonbudget Facebook page at

www.facebook.com/glastonbudgetEllen with her friends

Ellen and Dave with their friends and family

Loughborough Queen’s Park Tuesday June 5th


The annual Loughborough International Athletics has been held at Loughborough University for 54 years.The 1968 Mexico Games saw Loughborough graduate John Sherwood win the bronze medal in the 400m hurdles.


Picnic in the ParkThis year is a real Sporty Picnic so why not join us for some Jolly Olly Impics!!

So many people seem to be talking, thinking, watching and taking part in sports activities this year…… we wonder why?!

There seems to be a bit of a theme going on!! So don’t miss out on all the family fun, come along to Picnic and try something new for yourselves!

We have a massive range of sporty stuff for all the family….How about short tennis? The challenge of the football cage? Or maybe some badminton? Do you remember School Sports Days? How about the egg and spoon and bean bag races or even the sack race? Always such fun!

There will also be a giant Jengaand giant Snakes and Ladders and what about those fabulous 1970’s Space Hoppers? We’ll be racing them too! If that’s a bit too energetic for you all and you’d rather just watch the kids having some fun, there will be mini trampolines, crazy golf, a bouncing castle and a kick boxing demonstration!

A Very Special Picnic...As part of the Charnwood Arts UK2K12 programme and to celebrate a year when we welcome the world to Britain, this year’s PICNIC IN THE PARK in Loughborough takes on a truly international flavour.

What better way to celebrate the world and our own Queen’s Diamond Jubilee than to join us at our special community arts event in Loughborough’s Queen’s Park on Tuesday June 5th.

Picnic in the Park, now in its 32nd year, will feature a host of arts and performance events as well as activities for children and all the family.

Join our wonderful Loughborough community and come along to celebrate this monumental event with us. Sunshine, music, laughter.... we hope to have it all! Join in with a host of arts and crafts activities, and sample some great food!

The Loughborough Churches Partnership are also supporting the event by offering a whole range of sports and activities from egg and spoon races, to sack races and the tug of war. The Partnership are also bringing a host of local performance talent.

The fun begins at 12 noon with a procession from Loughborough Market Place to Queen’s Park in Granby Street, Loughborough with activities and performances in the park until 5.00pm....... a whole afternoon of fun for all the family! All Free!!

Why not celebrate in the good old-fashioned way? Bring along your cucumber sandwiches or strawberries and cream and help us to make some buntings to decorate the Park fit for a Queen!


Loughborough University graduate Paula Radcliffe has competed in and qualified for 5 Olympic Games.200+ Loughborough athletes have competed in the Olympic and Paralympic Games so far.


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A Picnic Fit for a Queen! Our truly international Royal Variety Performance without the Royals (who are busy elsewhere) includes:

African Drumming, Japanese Street Circus and Acrobatics,an Irish/American Clown Show, World Choral and Gospel Singing,

Indian, Irish, Scottish, American and English dance,an Australian Balloonatic, Home Grown Loughborough Ska,

Guano Blues, New Orleans Jazz and our very own Bill Brookman!!...and that’s just for starters!

Loughborough’s favourite arts party is often described as a town sized village fete and we won’t disappoint with a whole host of stalls and food for purchase on the day, Zumba demos, a kiddies ride, walkabout acts and activity stalls - we have it all!

Join in with Games Time Online and take the opportunity to make your own costume accessory for the event on Saturday 9th June.

There’s also a a special area for Transition Loughborough who have also worked with us on Picnic in the Park - your chance to think seriously about how we adapt for the future and prepare for a different energy economy than the one we currently enjoy.

Transition Towns are a grass roots movement aiming to provide local and appropriate solutions to the problems we face due to declining oil supplies, climate change, waste reduction, food production, energy price rises and sustainable transport. Whilst many of the problems we face are global, the Transition Towns movement aims to tackle them using local people, local ideas and local projects.

Picnic in the Park


£2,000 was the prize won by Paul Ayres, winner of the Loughborough University Arts competition to find a new choral work to celebrate the University’s sporting tradition and success and mark the London 2012 Games.

55.12m is the distance that Loughborough University graduate Daniel Greaves threw the discus to win the F44/46 category eventat the 2004 Athens Paralympic Games.


Games Time OnLine

The aim of the game is to uncover as many game board squares as you can, scoring points for you and your team in the leader boards.

Four teams compete against each other in Games Time. Help your team win by successfully completing game challenges and scoring points. View your team’s progress during the game by clicking on the team leader board link in the menu above the Game Board.

You can choose to be a Seeker, a Warrior, a Dreamer or an Illuminator.

Go to:

www.gamestimeonline.org.ukThe Producer’s of Games Time will be inviting the triumphant winners of Games Time Online to the live event that inspired their creation.

The overall Games Time winner and top scorers from each team, will be treated to a VIP reception with a guest, before being part of an audience of thousands who will witness the spectacle that is the Games Time live show. From a designated viewing area you will marvel at the 160 performers, digital animation, fantastic costumes and amazing pyrotechnics before being taken back stage after the show to meet the Games Time Team.

This is a unique prize that will truly make you feel part of the London 2012 celebrations.

CulturalOl mpiad

“When the eyes of the world turn to London this summer, we’re making sure that they also turn to the East Midlands and to the home-grown, world class cultural work that is produced here.” - The Cultural Olympiad Website

The Cultural Olympiad’s Igniting Ambition programme carries on across the East Midlands between now and October with everything from visual arts to dance, music to outdoor spectacle, spoken word to carnival.

Southfields Park Loughborough

Saturday 9 June - 8.30pm for 9.30pm show

Games Time is a spectacular live outdoorstage show combining music, video, professionaldancers and members of the local community.

With a backdrop of giant video projections,fireworks and music, four teams dressed inamazingly colourful costumes take part inan exciting battle. Which team will be victorious in the Games Time finale?

Created to embrace the spirit of theOlympic and Paralympic Games, Games Timewill be showing throughout 2012 across theEast Midlands. The event is one of four projects funded by Legacy Trust UK, designed to create a cultural legacyfrom London 2012.

www.gamestime.org.uk

Charnwood Borough Council presents

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Time to Play!Become an Illuminator, Dreamer, Warrior or

Seeker at the Games Time Station.Make props for the show, join a Games Time team and pit your wits in online challenges and games.

Look out for the Games Time Station at:

Picnic in the ParkTuesday 5 June at

Queens Park, Loughborough

World Food & Craft MarketWednesday 6 June at

Market Square, Loughborough

www.happeningincharnwood.co.uk

Suitable for: 5+ yearsRunning time: 1 hourTickets: FREE event

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2 World Records were broken by Loughborough University student Emma Hollis at the British Universities andColleges Sport 2011 Short Course Swimming Championships.

3 Loughborough University alumni (Jon Schofield, Liam Heath and Julie Page) won the 2011 Olympic Athlete of the Year awardfrom the British Olympic Association for their individual sports.


The costumes and characters in Games Time were born out of wide-ranging research marrying the Olympic team spirit and board game inspiration with the physical challenges of creating a spectacular community performance.

To bring the costume spectacle to life, Déda Producing brought on board London-based Mahogany, who are experts in large costume design linked to human movement and who are known throughout the world for their work on the Notting Hill Carnival. They also produced the costumes for the Special Olympics 2009 in Leicester which is where their links with the East Midlands flourished.

The characters evolved as four teams in primary colours, each represented by a specific shape and featuring a mythical animal. They include a Minotaur, a Chimera, a Dragon and a Phoenix. These were selected for their magical qualities giving each team an identifiable characteristic. They accompany more traditional board game pieces, including kings, queens and counters.

– the costume creators the participants –

Dancing has always been in Marie Lester’s blood, but full time motherhood had forced her to put her hobby on the back burner.

She has decided, now that her youngest child is at school, to rekindle her passion for dance, and Games Time has given her the perfect vehicle to do so.

Mother-of-four Marie, 28, said: “It will give me the confidence to get myself back out there, to get used to rehearsing and performing in front of an audience again.

I did a lot of dance as a youngster; ballroom, jazz, street dance. But when I was 18 I gave it all up to concentrate on being a mother full time.

Now that my youngest is at school I’ve been getting back into dance. My dance partner had been told about Games Time and when he rang and told me I jumped at the opportunity. I went to one of the taster sessions to see what it was all about and what we had to do and, having signed up, got the part of the Red Queen.”

Designer Clary Salandy said: “The four shapes we chose to represent the teams all have Olympic connotations, such as power, strength, unity and energy, giving each team unique movement and the ability to create various patterns in the choreography.

As the performers are from the local community and may not have performed before, their costumes have to be light and easily maneuverable while still being large and dynamic.

The costumes are sculpted to reflect counters within a board game but we have added inherent movement so that parts bend and turn in the wind or open and close so that they can get through small spaces. This ability to change shape makes the show more dramatic and enhances the overall visual impact.

Clary also said: “We are always creating large costumes and you always have the challenge to design and make costumes that would fit a range of different people.

So, the costumes will be amended from show to show to fit the new cast in the following regions. It is important that the performers feel special and transformed by the costumes so that they become confident and excited in the part they play on the stage.”

The costumes of Games Time were produced in a short time frame with the help of local artists who ran workshops in local schools, with pensioners groups and disabled groups - Clary said the final product was “simply beautiful”.

Clary and her Mahogany team said that they can’t wait to do it all again. It is an experience, they said, not to be missed.

Marie, from Loughborough, will be one of 160 volunteers taking part in the show at Southfields in June. As well as Games Time, she is starting back in the world of dance as a trained Zumba teacher.

She said: “I enjoy participating and dancing and activities like this. I think Games Time will really help me back into something I really enjoyed doing before I had the children.

When you’ve been out of something for such a long time – in my case a decade – you lose your confidence a bit and wonder whether you can still do it or not.

I’m back doing Zumba but Games Time will give me something different; a chance to be part of something large. Given my line of work I would be crazy to pass up the opportunity to work with and be trained by professional dancers – that’s something I’m really looking forward to.”

Marie said whilst she has performed in shows before, she has never performed in front of thousands of people as she will when Games Time comes to Loughborough. It premiered in Skegness last summer in front of over 10,000 people.

“To be honest, it’s a bit scary thinking about how big the audience is going to be, it’s certainly a lot bigger than I’m used to performing in front of, but it will be a great experience and, I’ve no doubt, great fun.”


Business Games. The Workplace Challenge: Business Games, developed by Leicestershire and Rutland Sport, aims to getworkplaces fit, healthy and active, inspired by the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

56 Loughborough athletes participated in the Beijing 2008 Olympic and Paralympic Games, taking part in athletics, hockey,triathlon, canoe and badminton.


the pyrotechnic experts –

Walk the Plank are a creative force in cultural events and are working on production and pyrotechnic aspects of the Games Time performances. Whether collaborating with fellow cultural organisations, artists or other partners, or producing their own events, Walk the Plank aim to make art accessible to everybody, everywhere, giving audiences a shared experience and a sense of pride through their work.

John Wassell, the Producer at Walk the Plank said, “One of the key dramatic elements to the Games Time show is the pyro element, which we view as an art form in itself. It’s really important to animate the right moments in a way that complements the performance in a spectacular form. All the collaborators bring their own special brand of magic to the performance, and it’s the way this is joined together that will create a memorable final piece. Marrying the high quality aspects, such as lighting, sound, dance, costumes and pyro, together, under the direction of Lea Anderson, has made this such a strong collaboration”.

Significant investment in this four-part event for the East Midlands has allowed for ambitious ideas to come to life, from the staging and production to costumes and choreography, to the extensive community engagement element.

The Project Manager from Walk the Plank, Nick Clarke, discussed the use of pyro in the show, “We wanted to incorporate as much pyro as possible to give Games Time the spectacular edge that it required”. He added, “Working with a fantastic choreographer helped us define when and where we used pyro effects. The dance largely dictated what we did, as we had to be in tune with what was happening on the stage in order to create a consistent and impactful display”.

Nick Clarke shared the most enjoyable part of being involved in Games Time, “I admire the bravery of the community performers that will take part across the four events. It can’t be easy to get up on stage and take part in something as unforgettable as this, it really is a great thing to see and to be a part of.”

Each site hosts the same performance but Walk the Plank has responded to each on an individual basis. Loughborough is the most challenging of the four locations as the town park holds several space restrictions. This has, however, meant that the event will be considerably more intimate and up-close for the audience which, the collaborators hope, will result in an intense and vivid creative experience.

Walk the Plank are working across the UK and Ireland, in almost every region during this Olympic year, producing work on varying scales, from international stage to village square.

Each Games Time involves around 160 local people, who have been coached by professional dancers and have seen how a large scale outdoor show is put together, as well being given the chance to perform in front of tens of thousands of people.

Stephen said: “To work with world-renowned experts gives people a once-in-a-lifetime experience that they can take with them in whatever they do in life, whether it’s about dancing or whether it’s about just being part of something or confidence building.

The legacy aspect, which is so important, leaves each town and community that Games Time has visited with something very tangible.”

He added: “It’s been a really challenging thing on so many levels to put together, but we are sure that those who take part and those who come to watch will agree that Games Time has exceeded all expectations”.

Games Time 2012 will play Southfields Loughborough on June 9th, Northampton July 7th and Derby on the 22nd September to close the Cultural Olympiad in the East Midlands as part of Derby Festé 2012.

– the producers

www.walktheplank.co.uk

It started as an idea of how to celebrate the Olympics in the East Midlands and has ended up as a £1.2 million outdoor project that is touring four locations in the region, with a combined cast of 640 people from all backgrounds and all ages performing to an audience of approximately 60,000.

Games Time, said Executive Producer Stephen Munn, is a “truly marvellous achievement” for the East Midlands, having beaten off stiff competition from across the UK to be awarded funding for one of only four Community Celebration projects funded by the Legacy Trust UK to celebrate the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The other Community Celebration events are taking place in Belfast, Edinburgh and the South East.

Having created a buzz about the idea, Stephen, chief executive of Déda Producing in Derby, which is driving the project, set about pulling together a team made up of some of the UK’s finest artists, crossing several genres, who could work together to create a unique event.

They include the artistic director Lea Anderson; Mahogany, who specialise in carnival arts; Walk The Plank, who are experts in pyrotechnics at large scale events, and Mick McNicholas, who creates

digital animation and who, along with Cardiff-based Airborne Digital Media, was instrumental in the Games Time interactive website www.gamestimeonline.org.uk

Stephen said: “The initial blue sky thinking involved a huge box crashing onto the beach at Skegness, spilling out all the toys and games that had ever been created onto the shoreline. Obviously this had to translate into a more practical solution but nevertheless we think the artistic outcome is pretty impressive.

A massive chequered board with two gigantic circular screens that transform into a pair of overseeing eyes is the set for this outpouring of movement, colour and battles for team supremacy.

Four teams compete, holding true to the Olympic values of respect, excellence and friendship. The bringing together of professional artists with local participants is key to the success of Games Time because it is not only about the spectacle itself but the legacy that is left behind imbedding skills and aspiration within the community.”

Central to the idea was creating a huge spectacle of light, dance and movement that audiences would flock to, but also something that involved the local community.

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Our Sporting Life: Charnwood Museum, Loughborough until 9th Sept 2012. An exhibition on Loughborough’s extensivecontribution to sport – from athletic and achievements, to pioneering research and innovation.

Loughborough University is the official preparation camp headquarters for Team GB and Japan. Find out more about theUniversity’s activities to support these agreements in the build up to London 2012.


Drawings: Yukihiro Taguchi

AfterGoldJune – July 2012

To celebrate the presence of some of the Japanese Olympic team at Loughborough University during the summer, Radar has commissioned a series of new, temporary sculptural works, installations, live interventions, and events that take a look at the nature of ‘value’, beyond sporting and commercial success. Featuring a number of internationally renowned Japanese artists, AfterGold will take place in sites across the University campus, Loughborough and Leicestershire, with a Matsuri, a one day festival of Japanese art and culture, taking place on Monday 4 June in Queen’s Park, Loughborough.

For more information on AfterGold visit www.arts.lboro.ac.uk/radar

AfterGold is programmed as part of the Igniting Ambition Cultural Olympiad, East Midlands.

Yukihiro Taguchi creates temporary interventions that change the view of

familiar situations or environments. His elaborate and playful constructions are

captured through thousands of photographs which are combined to create a stop-motion

video. Throughout June Yuki will be in residence in Loughborough developing a

series of humorous and thought-provoking installations, which will be constructed from everyday materials and made in response to

the immediate environment.

To see him in action, come along to the Matsuri event at Queen’s Park on Monday

4 June. If you’d like to get directly involved there will be a series of interactive

workshops, open to all ages, taking place on the following dates:

Monday 4 June, 4pm – Meet the artist,

Charnwood Arts, Granby StreetTuesday 5 June, 12 - 4pm – Workshop,

Picnic in the ParkSaturday 9 June, 12 – 4pm – Workshop,

location tbc

Charnwood Arts are hoping that Yukihiro’s work will stimulate further creative interest

in the revival of the Lufbohemia project that they initially ran in 1999, encouraging

people to take a creative and playful view of transforming the environment of

Loughborough.

AfterGold is part of the London 2012 Festival and the Cultural Olympiad in the East Midlands, and is funded by Legacy Trust UK through Igniting Ambition and Arts Council England through Grants for the Arts. AfterGold has received additional funding from the Sasakawa Foundation and Diawa Anglo/Japan Foundation.


Loughborough University is home to some of the country’s leading coaches, sports scientists and support staff and has thecountry’s largest concentration of high quality sports training facilities, equipment and support resources.

The London 2012 Cultural Olympiad is the largest cultural celebration in the history of the modern Olympic and Paralympic Movements. www.london2012.com/get-involved/cultural-olympiad


Loughborough Mela 2012MATSURI Japanese Culture Festival

Bank Holiday Monday 4th JuneQueen’s Park, LoughboroughThe programme will commence at 12 noon.

Loughborough University Arts and Charnwood Arts present the event along with the local Japanese community, to celebrate Japanese culture, both traditional and contemporary.

Loughborough Market Place Sunday 10th June 12 noon - 5pm

Find out more about Matsuri Day via our web page www.facebook.com/matsuriday2012

There will be lively music,Japanese food, family activities

and Japanese cultural workshops such as Calligraphy, Origami and

costume trials throughout the day.

The programme includes:

• Joji Hirota Taiko Drumming Group

• Tsugaru Shamisen (Traditional Japanese Instrument) music by

Hibiki Ichikawa

• Sushi making demonstration

• Witty Look! - International Award Winning comic

acrobatic unicycling duo

• Japanese Folk Songsby UK-Japan Choir

• Kamishibai – Children’sstory telling


Lionheart by Shauna Richardson is the commissioned artwork from the East Midlands for the Cultural Olympiad. Lionheartwill be a textile celebration of the rich cultural heritage of the East Midlands and is inspired by Richard the Lionheart.Loughborough University’s students have been in action at every summer Olympics since the last London Games in 1948.


Loughborough Mela 2012Loughborough Melahas risen in prominence over the last 11 years from a park based event celebrating the town’s cultural and ethnic diversity, into a popular and important date for everyone in the summer festival season. Taking place in Loughborough Market Place at the heart of the community there is more to Loughborough Mela than just music - the event also features stalls, fairground rides, a diverse range of food, children’s activities and an entertaining programme of dance and street acts. The aim is to ensure that all visitors, young and old, will find something enjoyable to do at this free event.

People have come from far and wide to Loughborough Mela to enjoy performances by stars such as Kebi Dhindsa, Ronak Mela Baaja Band, Irfan Khan and most recently the up and coming Raxstar and Faze. In addition to this, local talent such as singer Maria Verentenina, dancers Saijal Mistry and Desi Bhuv Sharma and various local groups such as Hum Hey Hindustani and the Keating School of Irish Dance have also had the chance to strut their stuff.

This year Loughborough Mela is proud to have Rawlins College on board with students performing in bands, running arts workshops and possibly even cheerleading! Popular singing stars Mumzy Stranger and Junai Kaiden will create a storm and expect a group of boisterous Bhangra Dancers from the DMU Bhangra society.

The Loughborough Mela is a partnership event presented by the communities of Loughborough and Human Rights & Equalities Charnwood, Charnwood Arts and Voluntary Action Charnwood, local community groups and individuals. The event is supported by Charnwood Borough Council. The Mela is the perfect place to experience South Asian arts and culture in all its diverse and colourful forms, from spectacular Bollywood and traditional dancing to storytelling, music, poetry and henna painting. The aim of the event is to both celebrate the performers’ ancestral heritage as well as their more recent history as British citizens.

Melas originate from the Indian sub-continent (the word ‘Mela’ means ‘to meet’ in Sanskrit) where they are traditionally a gathering of people celebrating their community, much like village fairs in Britain.

Loughborough

MARKETS & FAIRS


More than 150 of Team GB’s volunteers for the London 2012 Olympic Games came together recently for a training and team orientation session at Loughborough University.

Discovering Places is London 2012’s Cultural Olympiad campaign to inspire people in the UK to discover their local built, historicand natural environment. Explore your local environment through hidden places, extraordinary spaces and stories.


Markets are the reason why many of our modern towns exist. Loughborough Markets were first founded as a result of a Royal Charter first granted to the lord of the manor as far back as 1221. This Charter gave permission directly from the King to hold a Market and Fair in Loughborough. The original charter of 1221 was re-confirmed in 1227 specifying Thursday as the trading day. This makes the Thursday Market 789 years old. The grant of a Royal Charter to a landowner was of great value and brought protection. Under common law, the holder of a Market Charter is still entitled to this day to take action against any rival who opens a market or attempts to open a market within six and two thirds miles. Today’s market traders pay charges to current charter holders, whichare often local authorities. The regularisation of a place for a market has given each market town a unique heart. Loughborough Market is owned and managed by Charnwood Borough Council and a retail market is held on Thursday, and Saturday of each week. The retail markets in Loughborough are supported by a Friday Flea Market and a Farmers Market that is held on the second Wednesday of every month.

All markets are managed and administered by dedicated staff employed by the local authority. The Market and Fairs Department also provides support with regards to town centre events and arrange specialised themed Markets aspart of the Loughborough Events calendar throughout the year. The programme for 2012 is designed to celebrate two once in a life time events to be held in Great Britain this year, namely the Queens Diamond Jubilee and the Olympic Games in London. As part of a week long celebration of the Diamond Jubilee, the Markets and Fairs team have arranged a programme of themed Markets commencing with the World Market to be held in Loughborough Market Place on Wednesday 6th June. The Thursday (7th June) and Saturday (9th June) retail Markets will also support the programme, as will the Friday Flea Market (8th June).

Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Celebration MarketWEDNESDAY 6TH JUNE 2012,MARKET PLACE, LOUGHBOROUGH

Loughborough Markets will host a World Food & Craft Market incelebration of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. Designed to create a superb carnival atmosphere this special market will take place between 9.00am and 4.00pm offering a fabulous collection of traders, selling a variety of quality goods, including foods, crafts, Fair Trade goods, Green and ethically produced goods, and decorative items and jewellery from around the world.

Stallholders have been selected so that a diverse range of products will be available. The event will also feature street entertainers andperformers including music, dance and traditional folklore. There will be decorated stalls and attractions for what will be a fabulous celebration of this very Royal occasion.

For further information and to apply please contact the Market Officerson (01509) 634624.

exhibition Our Sporting Life


11 swimmers from Loughborough University have so far qualified for the 2012 Games.Loughborough University student Laurent Carnol has swum a lifetime best to secure a place on the Luxembourg Olympic team.


Loughborough – at the heart of sport

From 2 June to 9 September, Loughborough’s Charnwood Museum will be hosting Our Sporting Life, an exhibition by Leicestershire County Council and Loughborough University, showcasing Loughborough’s extensive contribution to sport.

Loughborough University and the colleges from which it grew have made a unique contribution to the world of sport for over sixty years. Today, it is the UK’s premier university for sport, boasting an unparalleled record of excellence, a range of sporting opportunities and some of the very best facilities in the world.

It is also the training ground for many of the country’s very best sportsmen and women. Over the last 30 years, around 170 British Olympians have used the University as their training base, with many more representing international teams, and this summer, the University will be the Official Preparation Camp Headquarters for Team GB in the build up to the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Through video, photography and a range of exhibits, Our Sporting Life will profile the Loughborough sportsmen and women who have gone on to achieve world-wide success, the up-and-coming stars who are looking to make their mark at the London 2012 Games, and the University’s pioneering research and innovation which continues to push technological boundaries.


At the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games 44 out of 80 Loughborough athletes won medals. Had the University been a country,this would have placed it eighth in the medal table.

19 Loughborough athletes reached finals at the Beijing Olympics, breaking 15 national and 2 European records,gaining a silver and bronze medal.


Charnwood Arts’Pixel and Grain Gallerygoes on tour with thisfantastic exhibition of

black and white photography from international artists at the

Atkins Building in Hinckley, a great new gallery space in

Leicestershire!

Monday 14th Mayuntil Friday 15th June

9 am - 5.30 pm

GAMMELGAARDMONOCHROME

Working in collaboration with Loughborough University, the exhibition charts the important contributions made by the them in the field of sports science, showcasing the range of technological advancements and performance research developed there. This exhibition is part of the Sports Heritage Network project to celebrate British sport in the lead up to the 2012 London Games.

Sport has inspired many writers of prose and poetry.Join Deirdre O’Byrne for a session reading and discussing some sporting examples. No previous knowledge needed. All welcome to this free session. Saturday 9th June - 2.30 – 3.30 pm

This event in association with Charnwood Arts UK2K12

Between the Lines: Sport & Literature.

exhibitionOur Sporting Life

‘Deirdre O’Byrne teaches literature at Loughborough University and runs community workshops about books and reading, at festivals and libraries’.

For further information E-mail [email protected] or Tel. Charnwood Museum on 01509 233754

Nadia Alamri - Oman


The Great Britain women’s handball team will be visiting the University to play Poland in a qualifier for the 2012 European Championships in the Sir David Wallace Sports Hall.

More than 250 international level athletes, many of whom will be household names in the future, are currentlyLoughborough students.


Paal Anstad - NorwayFrom a photo essay of the 30 km Chernobyl exclusion zone around the site of the nuclear disaster.

Charnwood Arts’ Pixel and Grainpresents, in partnership with

Gammelgaard Kunst and Kulturcenter

Exhibiting photographers: Al Lapkovsky - António Alfarroba - Bryan Wilcox - Christian Baeuchle - Chan Kwok Hung - Claude Zwahlen - Claus Carlsen - Claus Møldrup - Dalibor Talajic - Diana Velasco - ENZO CHIOCCHIA - Elek Papp - Else Vinæs - Erik Jørgensen - FATMA ELDENIZ - Felix Staub - Gianni Giosue - Girish Menon - Gitte Müller - Helmut Hirler - Henning Roalkvam - István Süli - Jacqueline Langelier - jakob bo andersen - Jamie Nessim - Jan Petter Kristiansen - Jean-Michel DIESBECQ - Joao Tajra - Johan Jägnert - Johan Lindberg - Jon Cardwell - Jonas Berglund - Karan Vaid - Kim Lennert Simonsen - LE HUU DUNG - Larry Louie - Linda Næsfeldt - Lori Pond - Louis Montrose - Luca Antonioni - M. Istvan KEREKES - MARCELLO NASS RUGGIERO - Margrieta Jeltema - Marguerite Garth - Maria Stromvik - Mattias Hammar - Michael Rønsdorf - Nadia Alamri - niklas meltio - Nils-Erik Jerlemar - Norbert Lümmen - Paal Audestad - Paul Patrick Borhaug - Peer Hansen - Peter Coles - Peter Kurdulija - QUOC TUAN HOANG - Renate Petrine Johnsen - Rene Roalf - Rui Pires - Simone Fisher - Stelios Karatheodorou - Stig Larsen - Stuart Chape - Susanne Otterberg - Søren Thomassen - Teri Havens - William Eckersley

A prestigious prize for state of the art black & white fine art photography of the 21st CenturyFeaturing the prize winners Paal Audestad of Norway, Larry Louie of Canada and Nadia Alamri of Oman.

Showing at the Creative Hinckley Gallery and other spaces within The Atkins Building,Lower Bond Street, Hinckley 14th May - 15th June 2012.

Larry Louie - Canada - Mount Bromo, Indonesia



Bobsleigher and Paratrooper Dean Ward, who won a bronze medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics, was born in Loughborough.A giant television is to be set up in Loughborough town centre so people can watch this summer’s Olympic Games. It will go up

on July 26 in Market Place to coincide with the Loughborough by the Sea event, when an artificial beach will be in place.


The Gammelgaard Monochrome Prize and accompanying exhibition, is a new international photo competition conceived and developed by Danish graphic designers and photographers Per Valentin (Compromis) and Peter Wolff (Grafik and Photo) and originally presented in collaboration with Gammelgaard Kunst and Kulturcenter, a centre for modern fine art based in Herlev, Denmark. Charnwood Arts is delighted to be working with them to bring this wonderful exhibition to the UK. Many of the photographers are international award winners producing work of extraordinary interest and quality. www.gammelgaard.dk

The Gammelgaard Monochrome competition was based on the evaluation of the photographer’s work as a cohesive body as opposed to individual works. Some photographers entered multiple times. What is presented in the exhibition is a selection of works from those the judges chose for display at Gammelgaard Kunst and Kulturcenter.

Each of the exhibiting photographers also agreed to donate 4 prints of each photo in their portfolio from which the proceeds of sales or donations would go to a photography related charity. This would be to support work in a developing country or context. The link to Charnwood Arts came through the work of Leicester based photographer Kajal Patel whose work in the Ramapir slum in Ahmedabad, Gujarat was presented online through the BBC. Charnwood Arts has worked with and supported Kajal’s development since 2005/6 and her exhibition from Ramapir has toured extensively in the UK with accompanying talks and workshops. We are currently planning future work linking India the UK and Denmark (read more on page 56).


The competition was judged by three renowned personalities in the world of photography:

Susan Zadeh - Founder of contemporary photography magazines ‘Eyemazing’ and ‘Freeye’, Susan is recognized by the international photography world for her talent as a creative director and groundbreaking independent publisher.

Steve McCurry - recognized universally as one of today’s finest image -makers, has won many of photography’s top awards. Best known for his evocative colour photography, McCurry, in the finest documentary tradition, captures the essence of human struggle and joy. Member of Magnum Photos since 1986, McCurry has searched and found the unforgettable; many of his images have become modern icons.

Henrik Saxgren - Although trained as an advertising photographer, Henrik became a photojournalist focusing on international issues from Haiti to Palestine, Cuba to Rwanda. In 1979 he co-founded the collective photo agency 2Maj, which was based in Copenhagen until its dissolution in 1995. Henrik’s focus changed at this point and he has continued to produce books and exhibitions with a particular interest in landscape photography.

Nadia Alamri - Oman

Jamie Nessim - EnglandAntónio Alfarroba - Portugal

Louis Montrose - USAChan Kwok Hung - Hong Kong

Paul Patrick Borhaug - Norway

Paul Patrick Borhaug - Norway


Author and playwright Barry Hines trained as a PE teacher here. In an interview in 1999, he said “A diploma from Loughboroughis really prestigious in the PE world and can get you a job anywhere”.

Olympic silver medallist at 440 yards hurdler John Cooper won an Olympic Silver Medal in Tokyo 1964. He died in theParis Air Disaster of 1973.


Charnwood Arts and Gammelgaard Kunst (Arts) and Kulturcenter are keen to develop further partnership work and both organizations have developed links with schools and the education system to explore cross cultural working. It is our hope that what we call Photography + will have some far reaching consequences, even beyond the generous donations of some truly remarkable world class fine art and documentary photographers. Working through the Charnwood Arts Kala Kahani programme with Kajal Patel and other artists, we will develop ‘Lightseekers’ (read more on page 56) to promote cross cultural projects and photography education work with children and young people in India.

How to support Lightseekers:

Charnwood Arts has worked in India with local partners for over twenty years. The proceeds of sales from Gammelgaard Monochrome in Denmark and donations in the UK, will support a project developing photo-voice skills with children and young people in three areas of Gujarat - Ahmedabad, Navsari and the Valod Taluka, Surat District.



Larry Louie - Canada

Rui Pires - PortugalLuca Antonioni - Italy

M. Istvan Kerekes - Hungary Michael Rønsdorf - Denmark

Linda Næsfeldt - Norway Niklas Meltio - Finland

A minimum donation of £25 to the Lightseekers Project will enable you to choose one archival A3+ (or equivalent size) print from those still available (remember each photographer has only donated four prints) and receive updates from us on the development of the work.

A donation of £45 or more will enable you to select two prints and receive updates.

A donation of £70 or more will enable you to select three prints and receive updates.

A donation of a minimum of £130 or more will enable you to select 5 prints, receive updates and select a print from 10 further works (5 each) donated by photographers Kajal Patel and Kevin Ryan towards the Lightseekers Project.

Thumbnails of the selected works for the Gammelgaard Monochrome exhibition can be viewed at www.gm2011.dk and scroll down for the link to the portfolios.

For enquiries about prints and donations please contact us at [email protected]

Lightseekers People Making Places


So far, Great Britain is the fourth highest Olympic medal winner since 1897. In both Winter and Summer Games, British athleteshave won 216 Gold, 258 Silver and 263 Bronze medals, making a total of 737 medals overall.

There are three leisure centres in the Borough of Charnwood, Loughborough Leisure Centre, Soar Valley Leisure Centre inMountsorrel and South Charnwood Leisure Centre in Syston.


Aladdin (Ala ad-Din)Based on an Interview with Varsha Parmar (Project Officer for Human Rights and Equalities Charnwood).

The definition of a ‘Pantomime’, according to the Oxford Dictionary, is ‘a theatrical entertainment, mainly for children, that involves music, topical jokes, and slapstick comedy and is based on a fairy tale or nursery story, usually produced around Christmas’.

To quote Varsha Parmar, the Producer…’I was clueless!’ The Pantomime is a very unique form of British theatre generally

including women dressed as men, men dressed as women, lots of makeup, cheesy jokes and shouting of ‘He’s behind you!’ or ‘Oh no he isn’t!’ Yet the Loughborough Council of Faiths (LCOF) have over the past four years managed to make the pantomime transcend all cultures and religions into a well supported and popular multi faith, multi cultural affair!

When it all began four years ago, many of the enthusiastic members of the LCOF, which includes members from all the faith communities in Charnwood including Muslims, Hindu’s, Pagans, Druids, Christians, Sikhs

‘Lightseekers’ is an evolving project that marries the development work of photographer Kajal Patel with Charnwood Arts’ long term relationships with organisations in Gujarat and our participatory, cross cultural ambitions for the future. Charnwood Arts has worked with Kajal to enable her work in the Indian city of Ahmedabad to be transformed into a touring exhibition and the basis for workshops and talks for local schools and other venues. Kajal’s original project ‘Satyaprakash’ meaning the ‘light of truth’, charted a few months in the lives of women and children from Ahmedabad’s rag picking workers community. For Kajal, her time and work with this community has had a profound impact on her life and work. Through her moving and intimate photography, she manages to capture the very essence of the futility of the work for self and family advancement, but also the strengths of the women and their relationships as they go about their poverty stricken lives. Having initially recognised the potential in Kajal’s work, we have continued to support her development as an artist and participatory worker and she has now developed a number of exhibitions and workshops through our Kala Kahani programme. Kajal’s commitment to her work led to the offer of support through the international Gammelgaard Monochrome photographic exhibition. Kajal has since returned to India to carry out some initial pilot work with schools there. We are currently looking at ideas to move the project forward as an initiative involving UK, Danish and Indian schools. Our vision is to develop a website, which will initially be utilised by children in all three countries, to share their life experiences through photography and related texts. Preparing Web material also opens the possibility for exhibition, publications and other multi-media work. Central to it all is the power of image making to give voice to people, both creatively and to air concerns and other forms of artistic interaction facilitate true collaboration.

People Making Places is a long running project which really began with Loughborough based Rosebery Arts in the early 1980s. Many locally based community arts initiatives gradually came together to form a ground-breaking project in community media. In 1999 plans were prepared for a millennium project called ‘People Making Places 2000’ which sought to provide a snapshot of Charnwood in that year. This was Charnwood Arts’ first major ‘online-’off line’arts project and featured a four day youth arts festival at Loughborough Town Hall involving over 1,000 young people, a host of other outdoor events and scores of other community projects. The site featured over 50 short (pre-YouTube) videos, multi-media presentations and e-books as well as a history of each geographical community in the borough. (It is still on line but some features require additional downloads in order to work on current computer systems.) At the time this work was significant enough to be given a major presentational opportunity at the first UK international Community Informatics Conference.

Since that initial project Charnwood Arts has continued to promote individual projects, initiatives and programmes by local people under the banner of ‘People Making Places’. In the following pages we celebrate three more examples of local invention, creativity and industry…of how local people have, do and will contribute to making this place we call Charnwood, so special.

and Jews, hadn’t even been to a pantomime, let alone acted in one! Varsha and the cast members couldn’t quite grasp how the audience participation happened…..“I thought they must hold boards up with the words on or something” she said, so a trip was organised to see the Fleckney Players in ‘Pinocchio’ so that the members of the LCOF knew exactly what they were taking on!

LCOF agreed that a pantomime was a really fun way to break down the barriers between different faiths and communities and encourage understanding and cohesion. Through the


On Monday 2nd July the Olympic Torch will pass through Market Harborough, Lubenham, Foxton, Kibworth Harcourt, Oadbyand Leicester. Leicester will also be one of only 66 places in the UK to hold a special evening event.

The 2012 Olympic Games are forecast to generate over £2 billion in tourism for the whole of the UK during the period 2007 to 2017, according to a study by Oxford Economics, with 54% of this coming after the Games have finished.


We have had great pleasure in working with Dennis Powdrill on the following project.

William Cotton’s development of industrial scale knitting machines was one of many local innovative developments that have had an impact on the world stage. The Cotton’s factories in Pinfold Gate and later on Belton Road in Loughborough were well known local landmarks. In a new book, octogenarian author, photographer and film-maker Dennis Powdrill has produced a fascinating history and insight into this important industrial development.

Dennis was born at Woodgate, Loughborough in 1930. He was the only child of local hosiery workers George and Elizabeth Powdrill. He was educated at Cobden Street School and Limehurst School in Bridge Street, Loughborough which he left at the age of 14. He was offered a place at William Cotton’s in Pinfold Gate, in what was then, their newly introduced student apprenticeship scheme.

“I left Limehurst School at the age of 14, like most of my friends, and was expected to find work and to start almost immediately. That was how it was, no work, no pay. Remember this was August 1944 and the country had been at war since 1939. D-day, the invasion of Europe had just taken place on June 6th and thousands of young men not much older than me were losing their lives in Normandy.

I applied for a job at Cotton’s in Pinfold Gate, Loughborough and I

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members of the LCOF becoming involved, it has also encouraged their families and even work colleagues to take part. There isn’t just the acting, singing or dancing, there’s set design and construction, costume making, makeup artists, sound and electrical technicians and of course there is always tea and refreshments to be made!

But first they needed a script…this was taken on by Peter Henton of the Pantomime Alliance, Leicester who had a really tall order in trying to write a script that represented each faith group through the songs and characters, but he did it! Aladdin turned out to be bonanza of colour, song and hilarity enjoyed by packed audiences at Hodson Hall, Loughborough Grammar School in February 2012.

Peter found it quite a unique opportunity to work with the LCOF group and commented that he had never worked with such an eclectic mix of cultures and faiths in one production…or such a friendly and welcoming group of people!

There was such a show of generosity in time, energy and effort in making this production happen, right from the initial rehearsals in November, courtesy of the Church of the Latter Day Saints in providing the space, through to the final performance in February. When I asked an exhausted Varsha if she would be doing it again….. she of course said with a smile “Oh no I’m not!”

‘Art This Way’ is a group of artists based in the area of Loughborough, Birstall and Quorn in Leicestershire.

On the weekend of the 30th June - 1st July they will be opening their studios to the public. Venues are on Forest Road, Benscliffe Drive and Highfields Drive in Loughborough and will be clearly signposted. www.artthisway.co.uk

Artists include:

Anna Michalska

Barbara Bagley

Janet Middleton

Jemma Rix

Jo Sheppard

Nita Rao

Helen Rhodes

Lisa Pidgeon

Dave Pidgeon

well remember my interview with Mr. Crossen, the works director. The first thing he did when he met me was to shake my hand. Not all was what it seemed however, for if the palms of your hands were ‘sweaty’, then you did not get a job. You were deemed to have rusty hands which would send the metalwork of the machines red rusty.”

At the age of 21 he was conscripted to spend 2 years National Service in the R.A.F. servicing ground equipment in the workshops, before returning to Cotton’s on demobilisation. The majority of his working life was spent at Cotton’s, where he was employed in many and varied posts, before being made redundant at the age of 60.

Dennis had prepared himself for this anticipated scenario and commenced work the following week in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Loughborough University until he retired at 65 years of age.

This book is a tribute to the skills, industry and dedication of generations of mostly local people who worked at Cotton’s. Products from Cotton’s were fundamental to the establishment of the knitwear industry throughout the world.

Dennis Powdrill’s Book will be published by Panda Eyes Publishers Ltd available through local bookshops and online at www.loughboroughheritage.co.uk from mid-June 2012.

The Story of Me and My Town


The Pilkington Library, Loughborough University will be hosting a project for The People’s Record, a unique communityarchive project to capture the stories of individuals and communities in the Olympic host country for the first time.

On Tuesday 3rd July the torch will pass through Quorn, Loughborough, Hoton, Wymeswold, Asfordby, Melton Mowbray,Langham, Oakham and Uppingham. The street-by-street detail of the route will be confirmed later in the year.


Carrying 35 Bowls of Soba on Trays in Six Tiers

When I was 15, I came to Tokyo from Niigata (in northern Japan). I started to work at a soba restaurant in Yonnohashi, and I worked there for 13 years. This is a picture of me in my second year at the soba restaurant. Many companies were very busy because of the Tokyo Olympics. In the evening, I got a lot of delivery orders from company offices. I always delivered soba riding my bicycle on a gravel path. To carry 35 bowls of soba on trays in 6 tiers, I practiced late at night carrying a tub full of water.

In those days, there were many more delivery orders. In addition to lunch and dinner, I delivered snacks like frappe in summer and oshiruko (sweet red bean soup) in winter.My sandals were worn out quickly, as I was so busy. When I got my salary, I bought a pair of sandals and sent some money to my mother. Then I went to see a movie, and there was nothing left of my salary after that.

My Mother and My Aunt Cooking in the Kitchen

This is a picture of the kitchen in the house where I was born, in Tango-cho in Akasaka. There was an under-the-floor storage area (about 3 square meters) in the kitchen. Its lid was called an age-ita, or “raising-board,” which you could raise to store things under the floor. Another name for it was age-futa, or “raising-cover.”

The woman on the left is my mother, who was putting rice in the iron rice cooker. The other is my aunt. In those days, someone from a grocery store came to my house in the morning to take an order, and in the evening vegetables and fish were delivered from the store. In autumn, we ordered matsutake (fragrant mushrooms), too. Matsutake are very expensive now, but they were cheaper then and my mother sometimes made matsutake rice.

Name: Yoshio KoikeYear of birth: 1937Year photo was taken: 1954Location where photo was taken: Home in Nishi-azabu 2-chome

Hind Leys Specialist Arts College, Forest Street, Shepshed Monday 3rd September until 19h October 2012

‘The Story of Me and My Town’ exhibits a selection of historic photographs and personal stories related to people in the Minato-ward of Tokyo as a legacy of the local connections with Japan through the Olympic and Paralympic Games in the summer of 2012. Loughborough, is honored to be hosting a significant part of the Japanese Olympic team alongside the British team at the training facilities of Loughborough University. The exhibition will also reference the Tokyo Olympics of 1964.

Originally, ‘The Story of Me and My Town’ was a community arts project that was run from 2003 to 2007 and earlier on in 2012 in Minato-ward, Tokyo, Japan.

Minato-ward, where urban re-development is still underway, is suffering rapidly vanishing ties within the community. This is due to both the outflow of population and the ageing of remaining residents as well as the more mobilized lives of newcomers to the community. In such circumstances, older people are feeling more and more isolated. The Creative Art Executive Committee established the community arts project with the aim of promoting communication between residents of different generations and between new and old residents in the community.

The exhibition, in collaboration withCreative Art Executive Committee, Tokyo,

is open to the public on weekdays onlyfrom 2pm-5pm on Mondays and

from 2pm-9pm on Tuesday - Friday

The project did this through interviewing older people about their memories based on their old photographs and then exhibiting these photos and stories. Two fantastic books were also produced as part of the project as well as a linked video, photography and installation work by UK artist and film-maker Jeannie Finlay. Entitled ‘Homemaker’ this was exhibited internationally.

Charnwood Arts have also undertaken numerous projects along the same lines in Charnwood under our People Making Places programme and we plan to develop a new community project in Shepshed based on this exhibition.

Name: Akira SugiyamaYear of birth: 1924Year photo was taken: 1930Location where photo was taken:Home in Tango-cho (now Akasaka 4-chome)

Name: Masahiro HoshiYear of birth: 1946Year photo was taken: 1963Location where photo was taken:In front of the soba restaurant in Yonnohashi

Calligraphy Practice at the Beginning of the Year

My father inherited the family’s timber business, so around 1947 or 1948 he opened his own shop in Kasumicho, where we had lived since before the war. There aren’t any timber shops now, but in those days there were several timber shops in the area and they all had nice displays of timber in front. For a while after the war, there were few buildings around and many vacant lots, so we often played baseball. I didn’t have a proper glove, so my mother made one from rags and I cherished it very much.

On New Year’s Day, all my relatives came to my house, and a neighbor who worked at a photo studio took this photo. Those days, I was studying calligraphy and soroban (arithmetic), and on New Year’s Day our custom was for my father to get all my brothers and sisters to do some calligraphy, which we then displayed in the living room.


The 21 initial inductees to the Loughborough Sporting Club Hall of Fame in 2011 included Mary Nevill, Steve Backley, Sue Shotton, Robbie Brightwell, Tanni Grey-Thompson, Bob Wilson, Clive Woodward and David Moorcroft.

Sebastian Coe is the President of Loughborough Sporting Club.


Moving On!Charnwood Arts’ Next Level Café, based at Shenton House in Loughborough, has served almost a decade of young people in Charnwood and beyond. Originally formed as a summer project that developed from the ideas of young people in the town, it grew to become an important and a vital addition to services for young people at risk in the locality and across Leicestershire.

During its time, the Café has helped hundreds of young people revise their attitudes and approach to education and improve their own behaviour. Not only has it helped them back into schools and colleges, but Next Level Café has given awards of its own through the Youth Arts Award, a nationally recognised qualification.

The Café has employed a wide range of artists and volunteers whose skills have engaged and caught the imagination of participants, resulting in fantastic projects and individual pieces of work.

The most recent and impactful is the mosaic garden project sited on Leicester Road. The young people helped to create the artworks, used recycled materials to make planters and create fencing, learning lots of skills along the way.

One of the highlights of the Café over the years has been the partnership work with Birch Wood (Special Area) School in Melton Mowbray. Young people attending the café have worked as peer mentors for pupils from the school, resulting in increased confidence and a more caring outlook to others. For others, it has even raised an interest in working in caring environments…and of course, all of this through the production of art!

Artistic output has been consistent throughout with work ending up in Westminster following a ministerial visit to the Café, at the national Koestler Awards and a host of other exhibition venues. Films, music, art auctions, multi-media projects, dance and theatre have all been part of the outputs of the café over the years.

So, what began as a six week summer project has now enjoyed over eight years of providing a service to local young people. It is with great sadness, that due to the major impact of funding cuts within the public sector, that our partnership work through the Café with Leicestershire County Council must now move on into other forms of delivery.

The Café will close in July 2012 and we will celebrate with an event at the end of June. In the meantime, we would like to thank everyone who has been involved, well over a thousand people, for all of their hard work, dedication and creativity over the years.

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AboutCharnwood Arts Charnwood Arts was established as an indepedent local arts council in 1976. Until the late 1980s it was run on a voluntary basis with partnerships involving local schools, Charnwood Borough Council, Arts Council England, Leicestershire County Council, Loughborough University and a wide range of community groups. All of these are still key partners until the present day.

Currently, Charnwood Arts employs a professional staff of 10 and offers around 130-150 freelance engagements of varying lengths per annum. The organisation works primarily in the Leicestershire

borough of Charnwood but also within Leicester City and through certain initiatives across the East Midlands region.Charnwood Arts is also keyed into national developments in the fields of participatory and community arts and contributes to the EMPAF Federation regionally.

Our work has always had aninternational dimension and has encompassed links and projects with over 80 countries during the 33 years we have been operational.

Charnwood Arts maintains a long-held desire to establish a regional centre of excellence for community and participatory arts in Loughborough.

Editor: Kev Ryan Layout and Design: Natalie ChabaudPrint Liaison: Ask Sue WittsIllustrations: Paul Gent, Jamie SimsAll photography copyright of individual photographers.Special thanks for photography to: Next Level Café, Kajal Patel, Jemma Bagley, Loughborough University, Dave Chesterton and Kev Ryan.Games Time Photography: Kev RyanSpecial thanks to everyone who has contributed articles and support including: Terry Allen, Loughborough University Arts Centre, Yuko Ijichi, Essential Marketing Solutions, Steve Woodward, Rebecca Abrahams, Eriko Cochrane, Jemma Bagley, Kev Ryan, Varsha Parmar, Dennis Powdrill, Kate Morgan, Charnwood Borough Council, Sylvia Wright, Déda Producing, Adam Rodgers, Anthony Parkes, Frances Ryan, Murray Stewart, Nick Tanner, Leylah Rumi,Justin Smith, Michael Bird, Hannah Baldwin, Nick Britten, Loughborough BID, JEM Webster, RA Knott, Natalie Chabaud, Anne Retz Wessberg, Peter Wolff.

To contact Charnwood Arts:Tel: 01509 822558e-mail: [email protected] Granby Street, Loughborough,LE11 3DU, UK

Charnwood Arts is a Registered CharityNo. 1143163Charnwood Arts is a private companylimited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales. Company No: 07477378Registered Office: 27 Granby Street, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3DU

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