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 [...]

John Coster Blog: Be a Part of the Big Society

Thanks for all the nice comments about my first blog last week. I hope you find this week’s and all the subsequent posts as entertaining and informative. People keep asking me why I’m organising a Community Media Hub for both parts of the 2012 Games in London and what exactly it is.
It’s very simple and deliberately [...]

Curve Launches Company For Young People

The Soar Magazine website  reports on Curve launching a company for young people.
Soar magazine says of it:
This summer Curve are launching an exciting, new Young People’s Company for people aged 12 to 26-years-olds, including Arts Council England’s A Night Less Ordinary initiative to offer free theatre tickets to young people.
Find out more about the Young People’s [...]

Walshy to Lift the World Cup at this Sunday’s Artisan Festival

Leicester City fans will have the opportunity to meet club legend Steve Walsh this Sunday at Leicester Market’s Artisan Festival. The former Foxes captain’s merchandise themed stall, which includes several rare sporting collectables, will be based in the Market Square throughout the day.
Probably the most popular player to wear the blue and white of Leicester [...]

Buggy Walks at Wilton Park

Buggy walks are back! Starting on Friday 16th of April there will be a weekly walk around Wilton Park in Melton.
Walkers will meet at Wilton Park at 10.30am, every Friday. Everyone in the family will be welcome to join the walks and enjoy some gentle activity in a secure environment.
Liz Ashbridge, Physical Activity Development Officer, [...]

Secretary of State visits Primary School

The Secretary of State for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Ben Bradshaw, visited Launde Primary School in Oadby, Leicester to see the Sport Unlimited funded ‘Dancing on Mats’ project in action.
Sport Unlimited is an integral part of the Government’s five hour offer to enable every young person to have access to five hours [...]

Rendall Munroe Becomes Sporting Ambassador

Rendall Munroe Becomes Sporting Ambassador for Leicester-Shire and Rutland Sport.
Leicester’s boxing star Rendall ‘2Tone’ Munroe was officially launched as the Sporting Ambassador of Leicester-Shire and Rutland Sport at his gym in Leicester on Monday.

At the launch Rendall spoke to local pupils from Crown Hills Community College and encouraged them to get active, stay active and [...]

Riders Soar To New Heights

Jelson Homes DMU Leicester Riders are delighted to announce Soar Magazine as an Official Media Partner. The deal will involve both parties receiving regular coverage on each other’s websites, as well as the Riders featuring regularly in the magazine itself.
Featuring top quality sports content, the free sport, [...]

Soar Community Magazine Issue 4

Editor: the latest issue of Soar Magazine is available across the city & county and its the 4th issue for Soar Community.
It’s been a great year for community media and the relationship with Soar Media continues to grow.
We have all enjoyed the 2009 issues and look forward to our expansion plans in 2010.
Soar Community Issue [...]

Children & Young People Now

Children & Young People Now Daily Bulletin
Children & Young People Now’s daily breaking news bulletin delivers the top stories affecting the sector every working day.  Breaking news – 15 December 2009
Child performance regulations to be brought up to date
The Children’s Secretary Ed Balls has commissioned the former chair of the Royal Television Society Sarah Thane [...]

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