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PR 1738
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Release
18 May 2004
Youth web project ends with a party
PHOTO OPPORTUNITY
PRODUCING a wildlife film, making
animal puppets and improving the habitat for local dormice are just
some of the things young people have been doing as part of Bath &
North East Somerset Council’s Youth Web Project.
The 18-month long project has now
come to an end and on Thursday, May 20 the youngsters, from eight of
Bath & North East Somerset Council’s youth centres will be presented
with certificates at a special get-together at the Fry Club in
Keynsham.
Cllr Rosemary Todd, Executive Member
for Sustainability and the Environment, said: “Myself and everyone
involved in the project at Bath & North East Somerset Council are
very impressed with the enthusiasm of the youngsters and hope that
the youth groups and individuals involved will carry this on in the
future.”
At the party, the young people will
be taking part in a ‘Big Brother’ style diary room where they can
report back on the work they have done. Chris Sperring of the Hawk
and Owl Trust will be giving a talk and there will be quizzes and
other entertainment.
The project was carried out by the
Wildthings Youth Web – an exciting project co-ordinated by Bath &
North East Somerset Council’s Youth Service under the umbrella of
the Wildthings partnership which promotes biodiversity.
Notes to Editors:
Photographers are welcome to come
along to the party at the Fry Club in Keynsham from 7pm-7.30pm on
Thursday, May 20.
The Wildthings Youth Web is funded
by the Social, Economic and Environmental Development (SEED)
Programme. This is managed by the Royal Society for Nature
Conservation (RSNC) and eleven consortium partners and distributes
National Lottery money on behalf of the New Opportunities Fund.
The SEED Programme has awarded
grants to a wide range of projects under the programme’s themes,
which include local food initiatives, waste minimisation, re-use and
recycling, energy efficiency, biodiversity, consumption and
lifestyles, sustainable transport, environmental education and
community enterprise.
The New Opportunities Fund
distributes National Lottery money to health, education and
environment projects across the UK. The Fund works with national,
regional and local partners from the public, private and voluntary
sectors to fund initiatives, with particular focus on the needs of
those who are most disadvantaged in society.
New Opportunities Fund press office:
020 7211 1888, Mobile: 07867 500 572.
For Application packs Tel: 0845 0000
121, website: www.nof.org.uk.
The Youth Biodiversity Action Web
project is based with Bath and North East Somerset Council's
Planning Service, which has a role to protect and enhance local
biodiversity and also with the council's Youth and Community
Service, which runs the youth club service for the local authority.
For more information, contact:
Sally Pattison, Wildthings
Partnership co-ordinator , on Tel: 01225 47 7505 or e-mail
sally_pattison@bathnes.gov.uk
For comment, contact:
Cllr Rosemary Todd, Executive Member
for Sustainability and the Environment, on Tel: 01225 837314 or
e-mail rosemary_todd@bathnes.gov.uk
Issued by: Bath & North East
Somerset Press Office, tel 01225 477827 or 477283, email:
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