A Girl Called Jack... great ideas for cheap recipes and more!

For those of you who are looking to be thrifty when it comes to shopping and food, I suggest you head to the blog 'A Girl Called Jack'. She (Jack) gives excellent ideas for cheap recipes (spiced potato soup for 10p per portion), as well as sharing her genuine experiences of being a single mum living on benefits. She manages to buy food and make meals for her and her child for £10 per week!!! She's also somewhat of a political activist, campaigning for politicians to end world hunger and to put food poverty in Britain firmly on the political agenda.

Anyway, take a look at the blog for yourself at...

http://agirlcalledjack.com/

Happy reading!! :)

Delicious! Free Cookery Course from Connect<>Lockleaze

Join Connect <> Lockleaze's free course to learn about basic cooking and preparation techniques and how to buy food and make family meals that are good value for money. 

We’ll make a different meal every week!

Day: Thursday

Date: 1st to 29th August 2013

Time: 9:30am to 11:30am

Duration: 5 weeks

Where: Cameron Centre, Cameron Walk, Lockleaze, BS7 9XB

Cost: Free

plus… free childcare available!!

To book: Call or text Kate Hunter on 07546 451888 or 0117 914 1129

New work club meeting today...

Connect <> Lockleaze are excited to be hosting the first meeting of our new Work Club today at the Langley Centre from 2pm to 4pm. Please come and say hello!

Although it has taken a little longer than anticipated to get going, we are delighted to welcome Kevin Byrne of Pluss. He will be hosting the first Forwards Work Club in Lockleaze.

Forwards Work Clubs aim to help people find and stay in work. Friendly and supportive there is no pressure to rush into work - rather they give you advice and support to help with your specific needs. This includes:

- confidence

- volunteering

- preparing your CV

- interview skills

- job search

We look forward to seeing you later.

What objects say Lockleaze to you?!

Following on from our session at Boing! on 10th May where we got together to share memories of Lockleaze ... M Shed now want to create an 'Object Box', containing items that tell a story about Lockleaze, as part of the forthcoming exhibit. T

This photograph shows the type of objects displayed in the box for Clifton and Hotwells

SO...
if you have any objects that you think relevant to Lockleaze and it's history, please contact: Ben Meller at ben.meller@bristol.gov.uk or on 0117 903 1565.

I hear on the grapevine that North Bristol Advice Centre are donating one of their mugs!


NOTE: Latest news is that the ‘Lockleaze’ exhibit is expected end of July/beginning of August with an “official launch” probably in September.

Connect <> Lockleaze Spring Online Event - 2nd out of 107 countrywide!

Connect <> Lockleaze are thrilled that our recent event at Boing! was shortlisted by a panel of independent judges, from no less than 107 events across the country, to receive a Best Event Award as part of the National Digital Conference, ND2013.

We made it from the shortlist of ten to the top three finalists and we collected a runner up award from Baroness Bakewell DBE on 11 June 2013 at a ceremony in London. 

The judges praised our event as “an innovative approach to teaching essential digital skills and a great way of showing how the internet can be used for fun and unusual activities.”

So ... another certificate for our wall and a great sense of achievement for the project as a whole, as well as a true collaboration between University of West of England and Boing! that was mutually beneficial. 

We would like to give Georgie Batt at Boing! a special mention becauseshe used the event to reach out to the neighbouring area of Eastgate so the project had that extra element of strategy and success, as well as being a lot of fun.

Write up of recent Celebration of Learning Event

A write up of the recent Celebration of Learning event is now available on the GoLearn.me website ... a chance to see who else won an award, besides Connect <> Lockleaze of course!

Here is our very own Gail Bowen-Huggett receiving the Partnership Award from Jon Gamble, the Director of Community Learning from the National Skills Funding Agency...

Keep up-to-date with 8th National Digital Conference: Going Digital

The 8th National Digital Conference, ND13: Going Digital kicks-off from tomorrow, 11th June 2013 at the Congress Centre, London. 

Day 1 will focus specifically on Digital Skills, exploring practical solutions, best practice and partnerships to build and sustain a skilled digital society. 

Day 2 will focus on Digital Enterprise, examining how to support and drive growth in the SME sector, as well as how to work with and empower Government to support and a sustainable digital economy.

It will bring together over 250 senior Government, business and NGO leaders to explore the role technology can play in transforming the nation’s skills, businesses and Government services. Age UK’s Chief Executive, Tom Wright will specifically look at the challenges facing those who remain offline and what role communities, partnerships, networks and innovation can play to drive better access and support people online and gain the skills they need.

Register for the FREE webcast at www.nd13.co.uk/live.php