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Marching on – PP?PF Open Meeting #18

As Spring approaches and Community Justice Scotland is just days away from taking over from the Community Justice Authorities let’s gaze into the future. None of this Post Truth/Alternative Fact nonsense – just the good stuff we know about and aspire to achieve…

As usual – no formal agenda, no post-its, no flipcharts and no feedback… Bring ideas, business cards and stories…

Come along around 12.30 for lunch and build yourself up for discussions starting around 1.00pm and running through to somewhere near 3.00pm or beyond…

Please let us know if you have any dietary or access requirements. Register here.

You are welcome to share this invitation with friends, colleagues and even people you might not like!!!

Core Activist Meeting…

GETTING TOGETHER TO TALK ABOUT THINGS IN GENERAL

This meeting is for anyone and everyone who is in some way active with or on behalf of PP?PF… Free ranging conversations and updates.

Starting about 9.30am (which probably means 10.00) and then talking our way through to 12.00 or 12.30 with the usual refreshment and death stick breaks along the way.

IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO STAY FOR LUNCH AND BE PART OF THE AFTERNOON DISCUSSIONS PLEASE REGISTER HERE.

Bring your stories, ideas and business cards to share as widely as you wish… This is all about making connections, joining up the dots and finding people and groups to develop relationships to help make things better in who knows how many ways…

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE REGISTER FOR THIS SESSION – IF YOU JUST TURN UP ON THE DAY THERE MAY NOT BE ENOUGH BY WAY OF REFRESHMENTS ETC…

Breaking Ground…

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BREAKING GROUND

A SHOWCASE OF ARTWORKS INSPIRED BY THE EXPERIENCE
OF HAVING A FAMILY MEMBER IN PRISON

21ST JANUARY 2017 12-5PM

@ MANY STUDIOS 3 ROSS STREET, THE BARRAS, GLASGOW, G1 5AR

FREE

Breaking Ground is a showcase of new artworks by KIN, an arts collective inspired by their experience of having a family member in prison. This event will showcase the first three artworks of KIN and give you an opportunity to contribute to the conversation. KIN is a call that demands a response.
First Words is a film created by the group that will be screened throughout the day with a question and answer session.

The Golden Thread is a roaming audio performance where the audience chooses their own journey.

The Thing a new zine filled with visual art, photography and writing from the KIN collective.

There will be opportunities for you to create art in response to what you see, hear and feel on the day. KIN is a conversation, and you are invited to take part.

KIN was established in late 2015, bringing together a group with lived experience of familial imprisonment. The collective create art together as a way of making sense of their experience and creating new ways to talk about the issue.

When a young person is disconnected from both their family and society, there is a responsibility to address our own roles in this isolation; the art of KIN aims to draw us in to the experience, and send us out to make a difference. The collective create art together as a way of making sense of their experience and creating new ways to talk about the issue.

Contact rosie@voxliminis.co.uk for more info.

Why would you employ people with a criminal record?

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Offender Stereotype Anxiety causes unfairness and creates untapped potential.

Employers such as Virgin, Timpson and NHS Lothian understand this. Do you?

Join the discussion at our networking breakfast workshop at Edinburgh City
Chambers on 13th February 2017.

Places are limited and are open to employers from across the Lothians & Borders.

Bookings can be made @ https://rwcedinburghemployer.eventbrite.co.uk
or contact info@recruitwithconviction.org.uk

This Recruit With Conviction event is delivered in partnership with City of Edinburgh Council
and Lothian and Borders Community Justice Authority. It builds upon international research around smoothing the pathway to employment for people with convictions.

 

Film on Fire

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Hi Everyone,

I’m writing to invite you to media co-op’s  ‘Film on Fire’ on Thursday 26 January 4pm to 5.30pm at Glasgow Women’s Library.

This free event is part of the Scottish Government’s Fire Starter Festival: “a week-long festival of collaborative learning events…lighting fires by exploring genuine, participatory methods of engagement.” Full listings here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/fire-starter-festival-2017-11179733133

We’ll explore participatory film as an effective way to get people’s voices heard, and show some of media co-op’s short films made by people at the sharp end of social inequality.

Here’s the link to book your free ticket, and to find out more details about the event.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/film-on-fire-glasgow-tickets-30077678145.

I’d love to see you there.

Please feel free to share with any colleagues, friends or networks who’d like to learn more about service-users creating their own high-quality film in co-production. All welcome.

We’d be delighted if you could share the links on social media too.

By the way if you know folk in Edinburgh who’d be interested, media co-op is also hosting an Edinburgh Fire Starter on Mon 30 Jan, 2pm to 3.30pm at Mansfield Traquair Centre. Here’s the link for free tickets https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/film-on-fire-edinburgh-tickets-30351846189.

Best wishes,

Lucinda

Lucinda Broadbent

Director & Executive Producer

406 White Studios, Templeton on the Green,

62 Templeton St, Glasgow G40 1DA

e: lucinda@mediaco-op.net

w: www.mediaco-op.net

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Last one of 2016… PP?PF… Core Activist Meeting #17

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GETTING TOGETHER TO TALK ABOUT THINGS IN GENERAL AND OTHER STORIES

This meeting is for anyone and everyone who is in some way active with or on behalf of PP?PF… Free ranging conversations and updates. Starting about 9.30am (which probably means 10.00) and then talking our way through to 12.00 or 12.30 with the usual refreshment and death stick breaks along the way.

IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO STAY FOR LUNCH AND BE PART OF THE AFTERNOON DISCUSSIONS PLEASE REGISTER ON THE LINK BELOW.

Bring your stories, ideas and business cards to share as widely as you wish… This is all about making connections, joining up the dots and finding people and groups to develop relationships to help make things better in who knows how many ways…

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE REGISTER FOR THIS SESSION – IF YOU JUST TURN UP ON THE DAY THERE MAY NOT BE ENOUGH BY WAY OF REFRESHMENTS ETC…

Book on Eventbrite…

2017 HERE WE COME!!! – PP?PF Open Meeting #17

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As 2016 dissolves let’s look beyond the forthcoming festive hiatus and explore what might be new in 2017… so much to be done and so little time in which to do it!!!

As usual – no formal agenda, no post-its, no flipcharts and no feedback… Bring ideas, business cards and stories…

Come along around 12.30 for lunch and build yourself up for discussions starting around 1.00pm and running through to somewhere near 3.00pm or beyond…

Please let us know if you have any dietary or access requirements.

You are welcome to share this invitation with friends, colleagues and even people you might not like!!!

Book on eventbrite…

Group Meeting – Where have we come from, what have we done and what are we going to be doing…?

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Where have we come from, what have we done and what are we going to be doing…?

We would like to find out from you what you think we could and should be doing. Please come and share your opinions, ideas, criticisms and dreams…

As usual – no formal agenda, no post-its, no flipcharts and no feedback… Bring ideas, business cards and stories…

Come along around 12.30 for lunch and build yourself up for discussions starting around 1.00pm and running through to somewhere near 3.00pm or beyond…

Please let us know if you have any dietary or access requirements.

WHEN
WHERE
Robertson House – 152 Bath St, Glasgow, G2 4TB – View Map

Core Activist and Volunteer Meeting #16

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GETTING TOGETHER TO TALK ABOUT THINGS IN GENERAL AND OTHER STORIES

This meeting is for anyone and everyone who is in some way active with or on behalf of PP?PF… Free ranging conversations and updates. Starting about 9.30am (which probably means 10.00) and then talking our way through to 12.00 or 12.30 with the usual refreshment and death stick breaks along the way.

IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO STAY FOR LUNCH AND BE PART OF THE AFTERNOON DISCUSSIONS PLEASE REGISTER USING THE INVITATION THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN SENT TO YOU ALREADY.

Bring your stories, ideas and business cards to share as widely as you wish… This is all about making connections, joining up the dots and finding people and groups to develop relationships to help make things better in who knows how many ways…

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE REGISTER FOR THIS SESSION – IF YOU JUST TURN UP ON THE DAY THERE MAY NOT BE ENOUGH BY WAY OF REFRESHMENTS ETC…

WHEN
WHERE
Robertson House – 152 Bath St, Glasgow, G2 4TB – View Map

Doubting Thomas…

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Our very own Advice and Guidance Guru, Mr Thomas McCrudden, will be appearing at this years Edinburgh Fringe Festival – in a play based upon his own life!

As the blurb states: –

“The inspirational true story of Thomas McCrudden, a man with a tortured and violent past but with the hope for a different future. It’s a complex and moving story about abandonment and the conflict of being forced to facilitate multiple roles, in Thomas’s own words ‘none of which were me! When I was growing up I wasn’t shown love, and that created not just a man without a conscience or empathy. It created a monster.’ Devised and created by multi award-winning director Jeremy Weller (six-timeScotsman Fringe First Award winner) of the Grassmarket Project.”

We are happy to report that the monster mentioned above has been fully slain but you will need to watch the show to see how. Ticket details are available by clicking here.

PP?PF… Core Activist Meeting #15

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Event Description

GETTING TOGETHER TO TALK ABOUT WHAT’S BEEN GOING ON AND WHAT THE FUTURE MIGHT LOOK LIKE…

This meeting is for anyone and everyone who is in some way active with or on behalf of PP?PF… Free ranging conversations and updates. Starting about 9.30am (which probably means 10.00) and then talking our way through to 12.00 or 12.30 with the usual refreshment and death stick breaks along the way.

IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO STAY FOR LUNCH AND BE PART OF THE AFTERNOON DISCUSSIONS PLEASE REGISTER USING THE INVITATION THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN SENT TO YOU ALREADY.

Bring your stories, ideas and business cards to share as widely as you wish… This is all about making connections, joining up the dots and finding people and groups to develop relationships to help make things better in who knows how many ways…

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE REGISTER FOR THIS SESSION – IF YOU JUST TURN UP ON THE DAY THERE MAY NOT BE ENOUGH BY WAY OF REFRESHMENTS ETC…

WHEN

WHERE

Robertson House – 152 Bath St, Glasgow, G2 4TB

Tickets must be booked on Eventbrite.

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