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YMCA Digital Launches New Website
26.08.10
YMCA Digital has launched a brand new website to showcase its projects with young people across Nottinghamshire. The new site has areas dedicated to film, broadcast, music, dance and outdoor education, as well as a news ...  ...Read In Full
YMCA Kids Club Comes To Aspley
01.10.10
Games, competitions, music, sweets, drama, sports, dance, singing, prizes and a load of fun will be exploding out of the brand new Kids Club being held at Aspley Community and Training Centre. The YMCA youth services...  ...Read In Full
Book Now For Half Term Adventure Camp
07.10.10
If you're aged 12-19 and live in Clifton or St Ann's, book your FREE place at our October Half Term Adventure Camp ! Following a brilliant summer, we'll be again offering activities like kayaking, orienteering, archery, ...  ...Read In Full
Hi-Hats Media Company Launched
14.10.10
Only three weeks into their course, Hi-Hats Media Company; an Enterprise Programme for young people on the Foundation Learning Course, have made huge progress on their first professional project. Leading an investiga...  ...Read In Full
The Brunts School Digital Camp
25.10.10
The October Half term digital camp is well under way. The guys are creating a radio show about Halloween called the Hallowteen show. Watch out for this later in the week when you will be able to download it form the YMCA...  ...Read In Full
Young Beats Recruitment
27.10.10
Live in Nottingham city? Aged between 13 and 19? Have something to say about living in Nottingham? Make music/poetry/sing/rap/play an instrument? Want the chance to work with professionals from music and film? Yes...  ...Read In Full
Digital Media Camp at Rushcliffe
29.10.10
The Digital Media and film team have just returned from a successful week working with children during the half term holiday. Activities included film making, animation, radio broadcast, music production, drama, singing ...  ...Read In Full
East Midlands Regional Relay Race
03.11.10
On Monday the 25th of October two of YMCA Digital''s staff James and Stuart cycled from Nottingham to Leicester as a part of the East Midlands Regional Relay Race. The aim of the event was in aid to build up for the Reg...  ...Read In Full
Bellamy Road get's active!
03.11.10
We were very fortunate to secure funding from Mansfield Area Strategic Partnership (MASP) for ''Get Active' week which provided a range of half term activities for the children and young people from Bellamy Rd. estate. ...  ...Read In Full
Kids Club in Aspley...the fun has begun
04.11.10
The YMCA Kids Club held at the Aspley Training and Community Centre has started. The People People Performing Arts Club girls kicked off the weekly sessions by delivering their latest performance piece ''Butterflies'. Ev...  ...Read In Full
Hi-Hats Media visit the YMCA Hostel
04.11.10
The Foundation Learning Media group visited the YMCA Hostel in Nottingham to interview a number of residents and staff for their recent project on social exclusion. The young people asked how education, or a lack of educ...  ...Read In Full
Congrats to Primary School Street Dancers
19.11.10
The street dance project at Peafield Lane Primary School in Mansfield Woodhouse had its big finale this week, with a certificate giving ceremony and a mini photoshoot. Well done to all the children involved over the past...  ...Read In Full
The Shine Media project is now under way
20.11.10
YMCA digital has teamed up with Warsop's Shine Media to start a project with the young people in Warsop and the surrounding areas. There are plenty of activities available with the help of YMCA and Shine staff, including...  ...Read In Full
Theatre Time for Performing Arts Club
04.12.10
The ''People People Performing Arts Club' in Aspley were successful in their funding application last year which included a trip to watch a live performance on stage, to inspire them in their own arts appreciation. They'...  ...Read In Full
YMCA's next showcase date confirmed!
22.12.10
Young people on YMCA projects in Nottinghamshire are due to perform again in a huge showcase event at Mansfield''s Palace Theatre. In the next few months the groups will be rehearsing furiously as Saturday April 16th 201...  ...Read In Full
Foundation Learning lecture at University
17.01.11
A group of young people on a YMCA media course have been invited to help deliver a lecture at Nottingham Trent University next week. They have been working on a film exploring the issues around young people and crime wit...  ...Read In Full
Rehearsals start for the April Showcase
21.01.11
Young people at the Aspley PAYP Performing Arts Club have started to rehearse their acts for the DARE2B Showcase at the Palace Theatre, Mansfield in April. They are working on a street dance to a Destiny's Child trac...  ...Read In Full
Half term stage school in Aspley
14.02.11
Get creative with sessions in street dance, singing and acting, working with artists who perform for a living. Gain a qualification in performance, rehearse for a show at the Palace Theatre, Mansfield, or just take p...  ...Read In Full
Showcase 16th April at Palace Theatre
31.03.11
The showcase on the 16th April is only a couple of weeks away! Schools, youth clubs, after-school clubs, colleges and stage schools are rehearsing hard to make the show an exciting and successful event. Tickets are s...  ...Read In Full
Arrests, paperclips, Call of Duty...
20.06.11
The Foundation Learning students have just completed their final film making projects. Counting toward nationally recognised accreditations, these short films were written, filmed and edited by the young people. From...  ...Read In Full
DJing and Urban Dancing
20.06.11
Students from Nethergate, a multi learning difficulties school have been raising the roof at the YMCA's International Community Centre. Learning how to scratch, mix and get the party started are just a few of the new ski...  ...Read In Full
Young parents project
21.06.11
Young parents from across Nottinghamshire show off their creative talent in digital media. Wallace and Grommit eat your heart out, its animation month. In partnership with local Children''s Centres the YMCA Digital team...  ...Read In Full
Youth Music "Good Vibrations"
21.06.11
GOOD VIBRATIONS!! Nottingham Deaf youth club and the YMCA join forces in exciting, interactive workshops based around Music, Sound and Vibration... Participants from the deaf community with be working alongside YMC...  ...Read In Full
Ashfield Stage School
20.07.11
Enjoy performing? Want to meet new people and learn new skills in dance, singing, song writing, musical theatre and acting? Nottinghamshire YMCA invite you to attend two weeks of stage school at Sutton Centre Communi...  ...Read In Full
Century of Youth - PT 2
25.07.11
The 'Century of Youth' intergenerational film project will be kicking off soon, as funding fuels the programme for a second time. 'Famous faces and places' from around Nottinghamshire will be our focus this year, wit...  ...Read In Full
Estate of Emergency!
25.07.11
With no electricity and an epidemic of 'electro-zombies' running around the streets sucking power supplies; there needs to be a hero to stop all this mayhem and restore the status quo! 'Y5 Cafe' at Bellamy Road in Man...  ...Read In Full
Break a leg!
28.07.11
YMCA's stage school (also known as 'Above and Beyond Theatre Company') is currently running in Sutton and will be performing its first production of the summer tomorrow afternoon. The curtains will open on a thought-...  ...Read In Full
Above and Beyond success
10.08.11
Young people from the Ashfield area wowed audiences with their singing, dancing and acting talents over two weeks in Sutton. Funded by the Thomas Farr Charitable Trust and Sutton Police, the sessions at the Sutton Ce...  ...Read In Full
Yummy mummies perform
10.08.11
A group of young mums from Newstead and the surrounding areas are performing this Thursday at a community event in Selston at the Tin Hat Centre. The group who meet every Thursday for a fitness and dance class at New...  ...Read In Full
Outdoor & Environmental Education
10.08.11
Young people from across Nottinghamshire have been learning about their natural environment while taking part in exciting outdoor activities, thanks to funding awarded through The Big Lottery and Natural England's Access...  ...Read In Full
People People light up Aspley
25.11.11
The Performing Arts Club the ''People People' have been lighting up the area of Aspley every Thursday with their new film project. The film explores the idea of young people inspiring and motivating each other using ligh...  ...Read In Full
Young mums get creative!
20.09.11
A new group started today at the Lady Bay Sure Start in Nottingham! The young parents got messy with graffiti, created some funny animations by wobbling some plasticine about and took some time out to have their make-...  ...Read In Full
YMCA at Bellamy and The Meadows!
30.11.11
Thanks to funding from First Light Movies, young people living in the Bellamy Road estate in Mansfield and The Meadows estate in Nottingham will become amateur film-makers. Our YMCA youth film team will be working wit...  ...Read In Full
YMCA takes learning outside the classroom
30.11.11
Our Access to Nature programme is going brilliantly with young people getting out and about all over the place. Our latest batch of recruits from Nottingham Bluecoat, Djanogoly City Academy and Sutton Centre Schools h...  ...Read In Full
People People Performing Arts Group Thrives
30.11.11
Our fabulous performing arts group The People People are celebrating after receiving οΎ£1,500 from the Danielle Beccan Memorial Trust. The grant will enable the girls in the group to continue their acting, dancing and s...  ...Read In Full
Hello from the Gaza Strip
02.12.11
Students on the YMCA podcast international course will be connecting with young people from the Gaza Strip over Skype as part of their research into the lives of young people abroad. The young people will be able to ...  ...Read In Full
Ashfield Showcase Feb 2012
14.02.12
Young people from YMCA groups across Nottinghamshire will be showcasing their talents at the Ashfield Showcase this February half term. Bands from Rainsworth and Warsop, a demonstration by a deaf group from Derby, perfor...  ...Read In Full
Home Educators at NGY
14.02.12
Plans for accredited activities aimed at families who educate at home are being put in place as the moving date to the NGY building comes ever nearer! Families who home-school will be able to access groups during the...  ...Read In Full
 
Jo Jones
Mansfield's got talent
31.08.10
25 young people from Mansfield finally got to showcase their work in front on an audience after two intense weeks of rehearsing. Street dancers kicked off the s...  ...Read In Full
The  People People
Our Kids Club
22.10.10
The People People Performing Arts Club are ready to launch our first project for children and young people in school years 3-6. We've just had our final pla...  ...Read In Full
Rebecca Lawson
Young People recruited
03.11.10
Over 30 young people have been recrutied to produce the Young Beats films. The young filmmakers are from a wide variety of areas in Nottingham and Nottinghamshi...  ...Read In Full
Rebecca Lawson
Subject areas confirmed
03.11.10
The Young Beats film production teams have decided to tackle some really interesting subjects that impact on the day to day lives of young people in Nottingham....  ...Read In Full
Rebecca Lawson
Young Beats out and about in the Meadows
03.11.10
This week the Young Beats production team visited Meadows Youth Centre to interview other young people about their experiences of being a young person in Nottin...  ...Read In Full
Rebecca Lawson
Young people let their guard down
03.11.10
This week our young production team visited the Jawaid Khaliq Boxing and Fitness Academy in Sneinton. Whilst there they interviewed lots of young people about t...  ...Read In Full
Rebecca Lawson
Capturing the sights and sounds of Nottingham
03.11.10
Members of the production team braved the cold this week to capture Nottingham at night. We set out armed with a shot list of music venues and landmarks to capt...  ...Read In Full
Rebecca Lawson
Young Beats on tour
09.11.10
Young Beats on tour This week the Young Beats Production team hit the road to sample the sights of Nottingham. We hopped on a minibus and visited areas of Not...  ...Read In Full
Rebecca Lawson
Young Beats in Post-Production
13.12.10
The Young Beats crew are currently in post-production, trawling through their footage and crafting exciting films that offer an insight in Nottingham life. The...  ...Read In Full
Rebecca Lawson
green screen magic
13.12.10
The Young Beats crew had the opportunity to work with green screen while recording a conclusion to thier films. They have been filming each other against a gree...  ...Read In Full
Rebecca Lawson
The Deadline is looming
13.12.10
The Young Beats crew are putting the finishing touches to thier films in preparation for the grand screening event at Broadway Cinema. The resulting films ...  ...Read In Full
Rebecca Lawson
The Grand Screening Event is almost here
16.12.10
The Young Beats crew are nervously looking forward to the grand screening event which will take place at Broadway Cinema on Tuesday 14th December from 12 noon u...  ...Read In Full
Rebecca Lawson
Screening is a great success
16.12.10
The Young Beats screening was a great success. Tons of people turned up to the screening at Broadway cinema and the film went down a storm with the audience. ...  ...Read In Full
Rebecca Lawson
Young filmmakers and archivists confirmed
03.02.11
Nine young people from South Nottingham College and seven young people from West Nottinghamshire College have been selected as the Century of Youth core product...  ...Read In Full
Rebecca Lawson
South Notts College gets creative
03.02.11
Young people from South Nottingham College have created a series of films to promote the Century of Youth project and encourage members of the public to come fo...  ...Read In Full
Rebecca Lawson
We need your vintage footage!
03.02.11
If you have old films or videos taken in the East Midlands gathering dust in your attic now is the time to give the YMCA a call. Film reels and even VHS tapes ...  ...Read In Full
Rebecca Lawson
Be part of the heritage of the East Midlands
03.02.11
Were looking for people to share their memories of growing up in the East Midlands on film and this is your chance to take part and take your place in the hist...  ...Read In Full
Rebecca Lawson
Lenton Historical Society members have their say!
03.02.11
Members of the Lenton Historical Society kindly agreed to be interviewed this week. We managed a mammoth nine interviews in one day capturing some fantastic fo...  ...Read In Full
Hi-Hats  Foundation Learning Media Ent.
Does education effect crime?
16.02.11
We recently completed a DVD called 'Does Education Effect Crime?' and we showed it at Nottingham Trent Uni. It was scary but overall we enjoyed it. ...  ...Read In Full
Hi-Hats  Foundation Learning Media Ent.
Wednesdays radio shows
16.02.11
We're on 87.7 FM every Wednesday over March. If you want us to give you a shout-out, or play you a song, email us as digitalinfo@nottsymca.org or jo.bryant@nott...  ...Read In Full
Hi-Hats  Foundation Learning Media Ent.
Wednesdays radio shows
16.02.11
We're on 87.7 FM every Wednesday over March. If you want us to give you a shout-out, or play you a song, email us as digitalinfo@nottsymca.org or jo.bryant@no...  ...Read In Full
Rebecca Lawson
Kegworth residents share childhood memories
01.03.11
Kegworth Museum has teamed up with young filmmakers for A Century of Youth Young people from South Nottingham College used the museums upper floor as a ba...  ...Read In Full
Rebecca Lawson
A CENTURY OF YOUTH HITS MANSFIELD
01.03.11
Mansfield people invited to star in a series of films about life as a young person in the East Midlands. Young filmmakers are asking people of all ages to sh...  ...Read In Full


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