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George Colley is working with us now as the sound engineer in Limestone Studio.
The Youth Opportunities Fund of Derbyshire County Council has enabled us to start a Youth Activities programme in aspects of Multimedia, concetrating on Sound Recording and Karaoke. The venue will be Limestone Studio after school, on some Saturday mornngs and at half term. Details from 01909 724 061,
ECVC have gained an East Midlands Achievment Award for Community Empowerment. The Award was collected by Julie Holling at a Conference at Melton Mowbray, together with a cheque for £2000.
The Elmton and Creswell Wildlife Group is an informal group that is currently recording wildlfe sightings in the Parish and adding them to County records. It holds meetings in Limestone House and recently enjoyed an excellent presentation from Maurice Hammerton on his visit to Zambia to see the African Wild Dog, an endagered species confined to that country. All are welcome to Group meetings, details of which are displayed in Limestone House or are available from Barbara Kirsop on 01909 724 184
January 2010
We are very pleased to report that the Coalfields Regeneration Trust has award us a grant to train unemployed people in IT and multimedia technologies, which are now a vital part of company activity in the UK. We believe that the knowledge gained will help trainees into employment. The grant runs for one year and begins on April 1st, 2010 In the meantime, some other courses for unemployed people are already running at Limestone House; details are on the Training page.
December 2009
On December 12th, 2009, Limestone Studio was formally opened by Dennis Skinner, MP
April 2009.
Performing Arts.
A project to "Inspire Aspiring Young people of Creswell" took place at Creswell Social Centre on Sunday 29th March 2009. Young people were involved in Samba Drumming and Caribbean Dancing led by Nikki and Noel of Artbeat, The event was part of our Youth Project and was funded by Derbyshire County Council Cultural & Community Services Dept. A contribution of £250 was presented at the event by Councillor Ken Stevenson from the Councillor’s Community Fund. Volunteers assisted on the day and Chairman Julie Holling thanked
ECVC Multimedia Studios. We have Studio 1 at Limestone House, equipped with both Apple Macs and PCs and a second larger one – Studio 2 – at Creswell Resource Point. Studio 1 is primarily used for early training in imaging and other aspects of multimedia training and for familiarising beginners in using computers. Studio 2 has been created in the last twelve months and is being fitted out for sophisticated multimedia work, including filming, photography and, eventually, audio work. Recent funding for the Studios has come from Coalfields Regeneration Trust and Derbyshire Learning and Development Consortium. The Coalfields Regeneration grant is to pay for the costs of structural works for partitioning the first floor space at the Multi Media Studio at the Creswell Resource Point to create a control room and to purchase key items of state of the art equipment. Derbyshire Learning & Development Consortium award is from "Neighbourhood Learning in Deprived Communities (NLDC) programme “Capital Funding" for Delivering Community Learning”. It will be used to further enhance the IT/ Multi Media equipment to provide learning for people aged 19+ who are unemployed, leaving incapacity benefit or who are employed but need training for career development.
Work Placements
The next 18 week programme begins on 21st April 2009. The Work Placement involves Multi Media training and Multi Media Products based in the Limestone Studio every Tuesday and Wednesday from 9am to 5pm. Free Transport may be available to learners thanks to the grant awarded by Alliance SSP. as noted below.
February 2009
Work Placements Work placements of young people between the age of 16 to 19 (16 to 24 if there are Learning Disabilities) and who are not in employment, education or training began on 2nd December 2008. Tutor-led training in Multimedia and in developing Multimedia products is being provided, thanks to funding support from the Derbyshire Learning and Development Consortium. The placements are for 18 weeks on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 9.30am to 3.30pm at Limestone House. A second group will start work placement during 2009. Contact Limestone House for more details. As well as this Multimedia training and work the learner will be assisted in Job Searching on the internet, writing a CV, completing a job application form, mock job interviews and Team working. A Transport Grant from Alliance SSP is available for free transport for the learner from surrounding villages to their Work Placement in the Elmton & Creswell Village Company buildings and a Meal Allowance is given. After the work placement period there will be the opportunity to move on to further training for an NVQ level 2 in I.T. After School Activities We are about to start After School Activities in "ICT and Multimedia for fun". The tutor-led sessions will be on Thursdays and Fridays from 4pm to 6pm and will run from 29th January until the 27th March 2009. The project is for young people from age 11 to 19 and was instigated by four young people who had previously attended similar After School Activities last year. The cost of a session is 50p. A Parental consent form is required if the young person is under 16 years of age and can be obtained at Limestone House. It is best to book a place on the Course, which can be done by telephoning or visiting Limestone House. A very welcome grant from the Derbyshire County Council Youth Council is making this activity possible. This new project is running alongside another for After School Activities, funded by the Derbyshire Community Foundation. This is aimed at children at schools in the Bolsover district who wish to extend their pupils" knowledge of Multimedia technology beyond the level possible within school. We have started to recruit 100 children from schools that have previously send pupils to us to receive training in Multimedia techniques. We are able to provide free transport from the schools concerned to the Creswell Studio as a rsult of a grant from Alliance SSP. Transport Grant. As noted above, ECVC has a Transport grant from Alliance SSP which allows us to transport children and adults fromtheir home location to Limestone House and return them after training. We are deeply appreciative of this help, mediated by the Star Transport consultancy, for it enable us to utilise the facilities made available for education and training much more fully than would otherwise be possible. It enables ECVC to provide a service over a much wider geographical range than would be possible using normal public transport.
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