young people Archives - Blackpool Social Club

27 Sep

BFI Film Academy back to support Young Filmmakers

Blackpool Social Club0 CommentsFilm, OpportunitiesBFI, Blackpool, Film, filmmaking, young people

Aunty Social is looking for 10 young people aged 16-19 from the Blackpool area to take part in the BFI Film Academy programme and kickstart their film careers. This autumn community arts organisation Aunty Social is helping to train and inspire the next generation of UK filmmakers and production crew. The British Film Institute’s Film Academy programme will start in October and is designed to support participants to develop the skills and industry knowledge needed to kickstart a successful career in the screen industries. This filmmaking opportunity helps young people to take a film from ‘script to screen’. From taking…

03 Jul

Blackpool Young People make waves at the National Youth Dance Company

Catherine Mugonyi0 CommentsGuide, Local News, Theatre, Dance & Performancecreative young people, dance, performance, Street Dance, young people

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""] Three young dancers from Blackpool are about to tour the country with the prestigious National Youth Dance Company (NYDC) run by Sadler’s Wells Theatre in London. Orson Crane, Dylan Dennis and Blake Rainey were selected to join the current NYDC intake after attending nationwide workshops that took place last year. 33 dancers hailing from 22 towns, cities and villages across England and aged between 16 and 24 years were chosen to join the training company. These young dancers have been working with Boy Blue on a new work, which kicked off the national tour with a premiere at…

06 Nov

New junior parkrun off to a flying start

Stephen Dunstan0 CommentsSports & WellbeingAnchorsholme, park, sport, Stanley Park, young people

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Since February 2017 the parkrun has been a hugely popular and successful activity in Stanley Park. There is now a junior event in Blackpool with the launch last month of an event for four to fourteen year olds at Anchorsholme Park. For the juniors parkruns take place Sunday at 9.00. Their event is two kilometres, rather than the 5k of the adult event. Unlike the open age parkrun the junior event begins with a warm up routine which at Anchorsholme takes place in the performance area in front of Brew café. Anchorsholme was selected as the venue for the…

29 Mar

BFI launches a Blackpool film club to support young aspiring filmmakers

Blackpool Social Club0 CommentsFilm, Local NewsBFI, Film, filmfestival, filmmaker, filmmaking, young people

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The BFI has launched a programme of film clubs across England to offer high quality learning about film and wider screen media to aspiring young people aged 12 to 15. And the good news? There's one in Blackpool. The BFI Film Clubs, which will run this spring and summer, will offer online experiences, alongside more traditional face-to-face learning where possible, in locations identified as ‘Opportunity Areas’ by the Department for Education (DfE) due to social and economic challenges.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Coming to Blackpool The Blackpool Film Club is being hosted by Aunty Social and runs from 6 April 2021 – 19…