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Three cheers for artist Lizzie Emeh who won the arts category at the Radar Awards, which celebrates achievements by disabled people. Lizzie accepted her award in front of a packed audience including Minister of Work and Pensions Iain Duncan Smith. Lizzie said: “I just feel so proud, words can’t describe how I really feel.”
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The Fish Police have been gaining new fans after performances at the Lincoln Center in New York and the Dada Fest in Liverpool. They even appeared on BBC 2’s Culture Show. Click here to see some of their adventures in New York. |
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There were more awards for Heart n Soul when Gerry Tracey’s film Twinkletoes won the best first narrative award at the Scottish Mental Health and Arts Film Festival. Gerry went to Edinburgh with Mark Williams and Tom Hadley, who directed the film, to pick up her award. See the film here. |
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Artist Dele Fakoya has been working on his science fiction short film Desmonds. Working with filmmaker Tom Hadley and digital animator John Keats, he is bringing his ideas to life. Click here to see the animation. |
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Mark Williams travelled to Wiltz in Luxembourg to take part in a cultural discussion with arts organisation Cooperations. They looked at ways the two organisations could work together in the future. |
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I Did That!
Our I Did That! trainees are getting ready for
Heart n Soul’s AGM (Annual General Meeting). They will be in charge of running the whole event. Rachel Garwood (stage management trainee) also carried on her work placement at the Little Angel Theatre in North London. See a film about the course here. |
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The Media Team
After learning skills in video production and editing, the Media Team students are now learning about web design and have started making their own websites. Click here to read more about the course. |
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Funding success!
Great news! NHS Lewisham have given us £4,000 to try our new project Adults Taking Part. The project will be made up of arts sessions for up to fifty adults with learning disabilities starting in early 2011. |
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Meet Leon Jordan, one of our Media Team trainees. Leon has a passion for writing. Click here to find out why Leon would love to interview Hollywood superstar Will Smith. |
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Going green
Becky Bell and Kat Kilshaw went on a Green Action Plan Training course looking at ways Heart n Soul could be friendlier to the earth. The first step will be looking at small changes we can make in the office. |
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Numbers at a glance this month:
2 – awards won by Heart n Soul artists Gerry Tracey and Lizzie Emeh
1,694 – people who visited the Heart n Soul website in November
6,918 – miles travelled by The Fish Police between London and New York |
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