Below is a scan of the article, reproduced with permission from the author, Rob Golledge, who is the Langport correspondent for the Western Gazette. Don't we look cool!! (Click to embiggen)
Tuesday 28 June 2011
'We're New Saints, not a nuisance' in the Western Gazette
Following hotly on the heels of our article last week in the Langport Leveller, we have a shiny new article in the Western Gazette! This media attention really pleases and excites me as it really shows how much of an impact the project is already having with the local community, and how much value the community place on the building. (Added to that, both articles have portrayed the project in a fantastically positive light - there's always a small concern that someone will write a 'What on earth are they doing to my church?!' piece!)
Below is a scan of the article, reproduced with permission from the author, Rob Golledge, who is the Langport correspondent for the Western Gazette. Don't we look cool!! (Click to embiggen)
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So, the Langport Leveller one week, Western Gazette the next, I'll be sitting by the phone waiting for Rupert Murdoch to call this week!
Below is a scan of the article, reproduced with permission from the author, Rob Golledge, who is the Langport correspondent for the Western Gazette. Don't we look cool!! (Click to embiggen)
Wednesday 22 June 2011
'New Saints for All Saints' in the Langport Leveller
Below is our first piece of print media for the project. The Langport Leveller is a local newspaper with a circulation of over 2,000 in Langport, Huish Episcopi and the Levels. We were really pleased with the way the project came over in the article - I almost sound as if I know what I'm talking about! (I'm joking, I do know what I'm talking about really :P).
We had a very nice email from Andrew Lee, the Editor of the Langport Leveller and author of the article, giving us permission to reproduce it, so here it is in all its scanned in glory! (click to embiggen)
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Andrew also said that the Langport Leveller has taken an interest in the project and would be following it in the future, so hopefully we'll be able to show some later articles too! Hooray!
We had a very nice email from Andrew Lee, the Editor of the Langport Leveller and author of the article, giving us permission to reproduce it, so here it is in all its scanned in glory! (click to embiggen)
Thursday 16 June 2011
Policies, (potential) partnerships, pfunding, project development websites and p...logos...
Lots to keep afloat this week!
I've been working on a first draft of the Social Media Policy for New Saints, drawing inspiration from Carl Haggerty's much-respected policy. The trick here (or so I think) is to find the balance between being a creative, innovative social media-er, and being safe, responsible and respectful. There's one point that a lot of social networking policy examples seem to miss out though, and that is to participate in a way that you enjoy! If you have fun tweeting/blogging/networking then it'll have a much more positive impact on the network you're socialising with!
We're also getting to the stage where we're finishing a few funding and partnership applications, soon comes the agonising wait whilst committees in rooms around the South West and London decide whether we're - or if I'm taking it personally (which Melita has told me to stop doing) I'm - worthy of funding and partnering! Eek!
We've started thinking about how we're going to go about building our Project Development Website, and training New Saints members to maintain and build on it. A very useful connection we made through twitter was Cosmic Ethical IT. Now I'm not making any promises, but the websites these guys design and train look soooooooo good, I want one! (Having gone through millions of parish church "websites" that were last updated in 1992 for volunteer research with the CCT, I have become a bit of a snob about webdesign) Check out the Devon Historic Churches Trust site to see the pretty shiny!
We've got our next New Saints meeting tomorrow where we will be discussing logos and branding, I've seen a sneak preview of a few mock-ups with hunkypunks galore, hooray!
I've been working on a first draft of the Social Media Policy for New Saints, drawing inspiration from Carl Haggerty's much-respected policy. The trick here (or so I think) is to find the balance between being a creative, innovative social media-er, and being safe, responsible and respectful. There's one point that a lot of social networking policy examples seem to miss out though, and that is to participate in a way that you enjoy! If you have fun tweeting/blogging/networking then it'll have a much more positive impact on the network you're socialising with!
We're also getting to the stage where we're finishing a few funding and partnership applications, soon comes the agonising wait whilst committees in rooms around the South West and London decide whether we're - or if I'm taking it personally (which Melita has told me to stop doing) I'm - worthy of funding and partnering! Eek!
We've started thinking about how we're going to go about building our Project Development Website, and training New Saints members to maintain and build on it. A very useful connection we made through twitter was Cosmic Ethical IT. Now I'm not making any promises, but the websites these guys design and train look soooooooo good, I want one! (Having gone through millions of parish church "websites" that were last updated in 1992 for volunteer research with the CCT, I have become a bit of a snob about webdesign) Check out the Devon Historic Churches Trust site to see the pretty shiny!
We've got our next New Saints meeting tomorrow where we will be discussing logos and branding, I've seen a sneak preview of a few mock-ups with hunkypunks galore, hooray!
Friday 10 June 2011
New Saints Blog Statement - Grant
This is the first in a series of guest posts from the other members of New Saints, giving some background as to why they got involved in the project, what they're looking forward to, and what they hope to achieve through the All Saints Langport Youth Project. Take it away ... Grant!
"I wanted to be involved in the project because it opens up new opportunities to myself and others, to also say that I helped and had a part of it. I think my thoughts and opinions could help for designs and running of the project. Also just another person to be there to help where I can.
Opportunities: I'm looking forward to being part of something that will affect the community. To gain new experiences and to meet new people and create new friendship or build on the ones already there. I'm really looking forward to work with our group and others as it gives you ideas and hopefully I give them. Also seeing new places.
Career and future prospects: With doing anything there is always lessons and skills that you can learn. The project and group will be a great thing to be a part of. The project will throw its own challenges, big and small but if we all stick together I'm sure we can beat them. As with all projects that you're a part of, it always looks good on the CV and if they've heard of the project then it will look even better.
Heritage learning: well I have already learnt about the hunkypunks on the sides of the church, which really surprised me to know they are rare. It makes me feel a little privileged to be living really close to it. Its always nice to be able to tell the history of an area/place/building as it makes you feel proud to even know
The group's always a laugh, as much as we enjoy ourselves, we also get the work done, which is just a great way to work. As always with working with a heritage project it always can be as you learn history bit not in a boring way, in a interesting way.
As a team we congratulate ourselves. Its always nice to know something's gone well and if not then see how we can change or do something about it. A nice way would be to spend a day or something together just to have a bit of fun."
Thanks Grant! Stay tuned for more statements from more New Saints in the future.
"I wanted to be involved in the project because it opens up new opportunities to myself and others, to also say that I helped and had a part of it. I think my thoughts and opinions could help for designs and running of the project. Also just another person to be there to help where I can.
Opportunities: I'm looking forward to being part of something that will affect the community. To gain new experiences and to meet new people and create new friendship or build on the ones already there. I'm really looking forward to work with our group and others as it gives you ideas and hopefully I give them. Also seeing new places.
Career and future prospects: With doing anything there is always lessons and skills that you can learn. The project and group will be a great thing to be a part of. The project will throw its own challenges, big and small but if we all stick together I'm sure we can beat them. As with all projects that you're a part of, it always looks good on the CV and if they've heard of the project then it will look even better.
Heritage learning: well I have already learnt about the hunkypunks on the sides of the church, which really surprised me to know they are rare. It makes me feel a little privileged to be living really close to it. Its always nice to be able to tell the history of an area/place/building as it makes you feel proud to even know
The group's always a laugh, as much as we enjoy ourselves, we also get the work done, which is just a great way to work. As always with working with a heritage project it always can be as you learn history bit not in a boring way, in a interesting way.
As a team we congratulate ourselves. Its always nice to know something's gone well and if not then see how we can change or do something about it. A nice way would be to spend a day or something together just to have a bit of fun."
Thanks Grant! Stay tuned for more statements from more New Saints in the future.
Thursday 9 June 2011
Making more of a name for ourselves
The last week has been a bit of a media whirlwind!
Monday was the deadline to get an article about New Saints and the project into the Langport Leveller, I think we made that by the skin of our teeth! This went through multiple redrafts as I had an identity crisis regarding whether I was a young person or a heritage person whilst writing (by the end of it we decided I was a young person). It was very helpful to have Melita's guiding hand to point out that no, I was not writing a press release, I was writing an article for the local newspaper.
As you may have seen from my last post, I was on BBC Radio Somerset on Tuesday, talking about the project to Matt Faulkner on the breakfast show. This was a really good experience, having to condense the essence of the project into a couple of sentences to put it across simply but effectively on the radio. It's also a very good way of making sure you're wide awake first thing in the morning, nothing like a bit of adrenaline with your cereal!
According to anyone who listened, my identity crisis cropped up again here, but this time in the form of making very sure that everyone knew that I am a young person! Perhaps I've just got too used to referring to 'young people' with the project!
On Wednesday I was invited to a special viewing of the CCT's new fundraising video, you may remember me talking about this here. This was the CCT making the most of our innovative and exciting project to appeal to potential donors to the charity. If hearing yourself on the radio is cringeworthy, watching yourself on the telly is 10 times worse! I was pleasantly surprised that I looked like I knew what I was talking about though. I was also pleased and proud of Joe's performance on the video - one of the New Saints, but that meeting was the first time he'd met any of us and he had a camera shoved in his face!
On Wednesday, due to my brief stint as a radio star, the project was featured in the News section on the CCT website ... gosh, that writing style looks awfully familiar, I wonder who wrote that...
So, I think apart from a giant billboard on the A303 (which will be addressed in the options appraisal) (that was a joke) we've covered most of the mainstream media platforms this week! phew!
(Not to mention that twitter is still going strong).
Monday was the deadline to get an article about New Saints and the project into the Langport Leveller, I think we made that by the skin of our teeth! This went through multiple redrafts as I had an identity crisis regarding whether I was a young person or a heritage person whilst writing (by the end of it we decided I was a young person). It was very helpful to have Melita's guiding hand to point out that no, I was not writing a press release, I was writing an article for the local newspaper.
As you may have seen from my last post, I was on BBC Radio Somerset on Tuesday, talking about the project to Matt Faulkner on the breakfast show. This was a really good experience, having to condense the essence of the project into a couple of sentences to put it across simply but effectively on the radio. It's also a very good way of making sure you're wide awake first thing in the morning, nothing like a bit of adrenaline with your cereal!
According to anyone who listened, my identity crisis cropped up again here, but this time in the form of making very sure that everyone knew that I am a young person! Perhaps I've just got too used to referring to 'young people' with the project!
On Wednesday I was invited to a special viewing of the CCT's new fundraising video, you may remember me talking about this here. This was the CCT making the most of our innovative and exciting project to appeal to potential donors to the charity. If hearing yourself on the radio is cringeworthy, watching yourself on the telly is 10 times worse! I was pleasantly surprised that I looked like I knew what I was talking about though. I was also pleased and proud of Joe's performance on the video - one of the New Saints, but that meeting was the first time he'd met any of us and he had a camera shoved in his face!
On Wednesday, due to my brief stint as a radio star, the project was featured in the News section on the CCT website ... gosh, that writing style looks awfully familiar, I wonder who wrote that...
So, I think apart from a giant billboard on the A303 (which will be addressed in the options appraisal) (that was a joke) we've covered most of the mainstream media platforms this week! phew!
(Not to mention that twitter is still going strong).
Tuesday 7 June 2011
New Saints is a radio star!
Hello! Just a quick update today to say that we were on BBC Radio Somerset this morning with Matt Faulkner! Go and have a listen! I think my short interview is at about the 1hr 55 mark, talking about how the project's given us professional opportunities like...oh I don't know, being interviewed on BBC radio?
(I'll do a much bigger update blog tomorrow, but I just wanted to let everyone know before the recording disappears off iPlayer)
(I'll do a much bigger update blog tomorrow, but I just wanted to let everyone know before the recording disappears off iPlayer)
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