Your chance to apply for a £1,000 bursary at The Y

Author: Andrew Punshon
E-mail: apunshon@leicesterymca.co.uk
Title: Your chance to apply for a £1,000 bursary at The Y
Artists have the chance of a £1,000 bursary aimed at helping to launch the exciting new Emergency Room project at The Y theatre in Leicester. It is a new Artist in Residence Opportunity for artists based in Leicester and theEast [...]

Mathew Hulbert – A Candidates’ Life Wk 2

Author: Mathew Hulbert
E-mail: mathew@barwell.eu
Title: A Candidates’ Life
Hello again and welcome to the second edition of this weekly column, as I continuemy campaign to run as a candidate for the Liberal Democrats in the local electionsnext year.
It has been another very busy week with, at its heart, the annual Barwell Carnivalthis past Saturday-it was, [...]

John Coster Blog: We came We Reported We Conquered

Sky Ride and the 8th Bike Film Festival are now over and the feedback from people has been fantastic.
The 50 community reporters did a great job of capturing the cycling event that saw over 12,500 people enjoy the traffic-free streets of Leicester.
Phoenix Square played host to the film festival with audiences enjoying Jacques Tates [...]

Steve Billingham’s Sports Round-Up

Author: Steve Billingham
E-mail: s.billingham888@btinternet.com
Title: Sports round-up FOOTBALL
I was reading an article recently comparing Fabio Capello’s situation with the England team to Glenn Hoddles in 1998. From what I recall, the 1998 World Cup team ‘had more of a go’ in that tournament, scoring more goals before going out unluckily on penalties. I would say the [...]

John Coster Blog: On your bike, out of pocket and only 708 days

It’s been a crazy week. Sky Ride is now only a week away and the preparations for the Community Media Centre at Phoenix Square are taking up much of my time.
There were two pieces of rather different news last Friday. Firstly, I had a superb visit to Self Unlimited Shangton, where the East Midlands Special Olympics Cycling Team all [...]

Mathew Hulbert – A Candidates’ Life

Author: Mathew Hulbert
E-mail: mathew@barwell.eu
Title: A candidates’ life
Welcome to my first political diary; a regular feature where I’ll be writing about my experiences as a candidate.
Firstly, let me introduce myself. My name is Mathew Hulbert, I’m 30 years old and live in Barwell here in Leicestershire. I am seeking to represent my ward on Barwell Parish [...]

Veejay – Era of Openness Tested

David MacLean
Leicester Mercury Political correspondent – Blog
When he took up the role of council leader earlier this year, Veejay Patel made a bold pledge. That his administration would be the most open we’d ever seen.
The headline on the story trumpeted Veejay’s “Era of Openness”, and it’s something I tested this week.
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Caroline Diehl on the Big Society

Caroline Diehl, Chief Executive of Media Trust, writes about the reaction of the media industry to the new UK government’s Big Society in this month’s Raedar newsletter (Franklin Rae Communications, one of the UK’s leading specialist PR agencies).
In her article, Caroline argues that voluntary groups and charities already underpin communities but need support from media and [...]

Tumblr – A Space In Between Twitter and Facebook?

See an article about on the NDTV website about  Tumblr, which is being seen as the social media offering  “a space in between Twitter and Facebook.”
 The article says:
Since Tumblr is currying favor among a young crowd, it could prove valuable for traditional companies and media outlets that are trying to build a relationship with that audience. And [...]

John Coster Soar Community Blog Wk 3

Blog Week 3 – Tuesday marked the point where the London 2012 Games were exactly two years away.
All very exciting stuff with the national papers producing colour pullouts of our prospective champions, including the Leicester Mercury.
But did you know that Monday marked four years to the opening ceremony of Glasgow’s Commonwealth Games 2014?
Two major sporting [...]

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