IGNITE - The Alternative Saturday Job, is an exciting pilot scheme to invest in the next steps in the creative development of young people in Lancashire and Blackpool. IGNITE aims to enable a young people aged 16 - 19 years to gain valuable paid experience working within the arts sector in a role tailored to their needs, interests and aspirations.
The Boom Bike Band consists of six young people from Lancaster and Morecambe, chosen by More Music to join this groundbreaking new mobile performance ensemble. The band members, aged between 15 to 22 years old, include guitarist, Connor Gallagher, clarinet player, Erin Whalley, saxophonist, Fabian Schomerus, rapper/vocalist, Wilbert Sinzara, and music leaders Ashley Murphy and Matt Robinson and are joined by artist Dan Fox, creator of the Boom Bike. facebook.com/boombike twitter #boombike
Under the Town is a new festival which took place at Winter Gardens in Blackpool on 1st September 2011, bringing together the very best in young people's music, visual arts, fashion and dance. Headliners this year included The Cold One Hundred, The Locals and Karima Francis, and film, photography and fashion shows were also featured, showing creative work by young people in collaboration with artists such as Me & Yu and Claire Pepper. facebook.com/underthetown twitter #underthetown
Urban Culture Jam Festival is brought to you by young people from Clayton-le-Moors youth centre with Spearfish. The 2011 festival took place at Accrington Skate park on 29th August, showcasing the best in local, regional and international talent. Artists included Street Style Surgery, Zeds, Dhamak Beats, and MC TL coming together for a fusion of live music, DJ's, dance, BMX, skateboarding, scootering, free running, fashion and graffiti art.
Handstand Film produced this fabulous documentary, telling the story of the young people who got involved in Blaze in 2011. What they liked, what they didn't, why is Blaze important.
Young people across Lancashire created events and took up challenges as part of the 360° Challenge this year. From 3rd to 8th August, 12 participatory events, at 12 different community centres, in 12 different Lancashire districts brought together and celebrated sports and arts, inspired by the theme of 360°, wheels, circles and the connections of the Olympic rings. Linking all the events was the inspirational Big 360° Cycle Ride. Sixteen young people plus support cycled the near circumference of Lancashire, stopping off at youth centres along the way to see the planned Olympic 360° themed events taking place. The 360 Challenge was produced in partnership between Blaze, Lancashire Young People's Service and The Dukes. facebook.com/my360challenge twitter #360challenge
Art meets sport as teams of players compete in The Big Game. Members of Sparks and Fusion 1318 youth theatre, with help from artist Tom Russotti from the Institute of Aesthletics, New York, created new games, and lots of drama, which unfolded on and off the sports ground, culminating in a day-long nonsensical spectacle of madness and mayhem. The Big Game 2011 was officially part of the Olympic Open Weekend but will not go down in sporting history.
Blaze was commissioned for WE PLAY, the North West cultural legacy programme for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Blaze is funded by Legacy Trust UK, creating a lasting impact from London 2012 by funding ideas and local talent to inspire creativity across the UK.
Blaze was commissioned for WE PLAY, the North West cultural legacy programme for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Blaze is funded by Legacy Trust UK, creating a lasting impact from London 2012 by funding ideas and local talent to insp...
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