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Tell Them of Us Creative opportunities in North Swindon
A childhood dream to commemo- A £1 million arts project intends to help youngsters living in Priory Vale to become the media creatives of the
rate the 6,000 Swindon men who future.
served King and Country during Artsmadwill run the three
the Great War has been realised in year Flux Creative Change
a book by Swindonian Mark Sutton. project based at Isambard
fell "1 hem Ott - Secondary School. Fund-
ing comes from the Treas-
ury's Save to I nvest budget.
The name was unveiled
at Red Oaks Primary
School in November after
several months discussion
with young people at the
Underground youth centre
at the North Swindon Cen-
• r
tre. b,'
The experimental project
will introduce young peo-
His work is particularly dedicated ple to a range of arts activi A ,
to the 1,000 or so who did not ties including dance, drama
return alive, only 92 of whom rest and music. There will be
in Radnor Street Cemetery. events throughout the year, includ- bus design, said, "our aim is to riculum with professional artists
Within this labour of love are 600 ing school holidays, to encourage offer state of the art equipment and and performers who are active in
photographs and insightful letters youngsters to use their time con- software. whilst making the learn- their fields, providing both tuition
and cards home from the muddy structively and steer them away ing experience fun. We hope that and inspiration."
and deadly battlefields of France from anti-social activities, some of the users will become as Ward councillor Justin Tomlinson
and Flanders. A bus is currently being fitted out competent as their instructors." said that there is a desperate need
Most Swindon families were to deliver media training at schools The project will be central to for more youth provision in the
touched by service or loss in World andyouthcentresacrossSwindon Isambard Community School area. The lack of facilities and
War I, but equally for newcomers, from January. It will have equip- which aims to achieve specialist open space and the lack of oppor-
the book provides a moving insight mentforcreating and editing video, status in Performing and Media tunity for constructive activity is
into the town's history. animation and digital images as Arts. "This is an incredibly exciting very frustrating for young people in
Tell Them 0//Isis available at well as audio editing and web site opportunity for young people,"said North Swindon. I have no doubt
£12.99 from Waterstones and creation. headteacher. Rachel Mattey. "In- thatthere will be an eager response
Swindon Information Centre. Tomas Rawlings of Fluffy Logic, stead of using traditional methods, to the Flux project."
www.tellthemofus.org.uk the company responsible for the the project will deliver our arts cur- www.artsmad.org.uk

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