Here is a copy of my guest blog post for the School of Logical Progression‘s blog. I spent Friday 24th July 2015 at the Old Truman Brewery in Brick Lane for Supa Academy‘s Supa Market, an event that brought together 500 young people to learn, share ideas and network with other young adults and companies across… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Headstart Social Media Journalists
What’s in a role?
By Fran Plowright and Bianca Manu I have recently been pondering precisely what is it that makes a successful mentor/ mentee relationship work? As a friend and colleague – who runs her own mentoring programme for women Angel Investors in the waiting pointed out over lunch, ‘the thing that busy mentors hate the most, is… Read more »
SMJ 7 hour Olympic Challenge no 1
Armed with 3 Ipads, 1 camera, a flip cam an Apprentice style call to action from our very own Benji Lanyado, Claudia, Joe and Kaspian, set off on a 7 hour challenge which began in St Pancras Station at 9am this morning. Their challenge, to find out which country is making the best of London… Read more »
Powerful films, poetry, debate on Truce
Sat next to Kaspian, Joe, Kim, Claudia, Sandra, Maddie, Jake and Charlie at the Bernie Grants Arts Centre where the Headstarters are putting on an evening of film, poetry, debate, workshop and discussion around the theme of the Olympic Truce. Where did the concept of Truce originate? Lord Michael Bates who has walked thousands of… Read more »
Inspiring stuff .. down at BBC Radio 1’s Academy
Just been to watch our very own SMJ Joe Mason sit on a panel at BBC Radio 1’s Academy at one of their many Q&A sessions aimed at 16-19 year olds, to get them inspired to take the leap and pursue the career of their dreams Joe sat on a panel alongside an impressive cast… Read more »
young people and the olympics
So many things to be proud of the SMJ’s for of late. Not least Joe Mason who’s photos of the interface between Olympic Park and the local community caused quite a stir when he posted them in a recent blog post. They’re now on display at The Freeword Centre at their recently opened exhibition Politics… Read more »