| a message to the world |
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‘A Message to the World’ is an Olympic-themed project which explores the seven Olympic and Paralympic values by focusing on issues that young Londoners feel passionately about through a variety of art forms. The project challenges young people to create personal messages about what matters to them ahead of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games... Read More
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| adobe youth voices project |
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Eastside's - Adobe Youth Voices project - links young people in London with their peers in the United States, Canada and India through the media of film, photography and spoken word. Our focus is on developing the skills of young people, building on their interests, celebrating what is positive, showcasing their talents and sharing their creativity with young people across the world... Read More
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| gallery explorations |
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Gallery Explorations is a project that was first run in partnership with leading financial firm UBS, who asked if Eastside could develop a project that would provide three of their world-wide operations divisions with some unique and exciting team building exercises, that would also add value to their community programme. Read More
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| graphic truths |
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Graphic Truths is a collaborative, cross art-form project exploring graphic novels, comic books and illustrated writing. The project involves professional artists, illustrators, poets and writers, working in partnership with young people (aged 11 - 25). Graphic Truths aims to broaden the experiences of young people who are drawn to comics and the Japanese Manga style of illustration by introducing them to other artistic influences. Read More
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| poetry slam |
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National Poetry Day (NPD) held annually in October, is an opportunity for people all over the UK to take part in a celebration of great poetry. Each year, Eastside mark the occasion with our annual Poetry Slam, which is held in a major West End theatre and brings together up to 1000 primary school children from a number of local schools. Slam poetry is the competitive art of performance poetry and combines original writing with presentation skills and public speaking. The poems written by young people are judged and points are awarded for content, originality and performance. Read More
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| translation nation |
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Translation Nation inspires primary school children to explore literary translation and develop an appetite for international storytelling and a curiosity about world literature. Working in small groups under the guidance of literary translators, children translate stories that their parents have shared with them from their home languages into clear, vivid English. Read More
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| write around the world |
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Write around the world is a digital writing exchange; the project stretches the participant's writing skills by challenging them to write a statement of values which other young people will respond to through writing a piece of fiction. Eastside has run a pilot version of this project linking a school in North London with a school in Perth, Western Australia. We are now planning to develop a social networking platform to enable ease of exchange. Read More
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| y-poetry |
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Eastside Educational Trust is the London partner for Y'Poetry. Y'Poetry links young people in Amsterdam, Antwerp, Berlin and London and motivates them to read and write poetry inspired by the work of European poets. Read More
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