Sam to tackle the Three Peaks Challenge!

My colleague Sam Schofield plans to tackle the Three Peaks Challenge next month, in aid of the Alzheimer's Society.

Please be generous and show your support by visiting his JustGiving site and making a donation today!



http://www.justgiving.com/Samuel-Schofield

Thanks!
Jx

BID receives ARTS GRANT!!

AWESOME NEWS!!!!!!!!!

STAFFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL have awarded BID an ARTS GRANT towards Dance123!!!!!!

We still need more funding so please please please keep Shouting about us to anyone and everyone! :)
Thank you!!

Creative soul needed!

BID are currently looking for someone to design a logo for the project.

We have no budget for this job, but if you are a creative minded person who is generous with your time and talent, we would be very grateful for your help!

If you or someone you know might be able to help, please get in touch or email BodyImageDance@hotmail.co.uk

Thanks,
Jx

Body Image Dance - second auditions

Great new videos have been uploaded to the Body Image Dance facebook Page...

Go on, have a little look at the auditions.....

http://on.fb.me/iHty4s


Jx

Interesting podcast showing how safe schools and education can reduce the impact of disasters

Found this and thought it was interesting in relation to what we are trying to do with the SOFTys....
Take a look!

http://www.unicef.org/education/index_58536.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Jx

Brief introduction to Lidice

Background of Lidice:

Lidice is a village in the Czech Republic just north-west of Prague. It is built on the site of a previous village of the same name which, as part of the Nazi created Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, was completely destroyed by German forces in reprisal for the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich in the late spring of 1942.

On June 10, 1942, all 192 men over 16 years of age from the village were murdered on the spot by the Germans in a much publicised atrocity. The rest of the population were sent to Nazi concentration camps where many women and nearly all the children were killed. The buildings were then bulldozed so that no trace of the village's former existence would be found.

The atrocity committed against this mining community outraged the British public, particularly in the mining communities of North Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent. Shelton GP and city councillor Dr Barnett Stross, coined the slogan "Lidice Shall Live" in direct response to Hitler's orders that "Lidice Would Die Forever!" This gave the lead to the campaign to rebuild the village after the war, which gathered huge support in North Staffordshire by thousands of mining families.

The Lidice Shall Live Movement was formally launched three months later, at a mass meeting in the Victoria Hall, Hanley, with the Czech president-in-exile, Dr Edouard Benes, as the chief speaker.

The people of Lidice will always remember the role played by Sir Barnett Stross and the miners of North Staffordshire.

Brill cartoon - Come on the SOFTys!

Courtesy of SOFTys Secretary Chris King, thanks Chris!
Jx