Young People say ‘Bonjour!’
Young people from Ronchin, France were welcomed to the Community Centre by young people from our groups. The French young people were visiting Kirkby for the Kirkby Christmas Carnival and visited The Kirkby Trust for games, Christmas crafts, a buffet tea and talent show.
Great fun was had by all and we hope that contact will be kept across the groups!
Environmental Policy
The Environmental Policy was recently agreed at the Management Committee. An Environmental Action Group made up of staff and trustee’s will meet regularly to produce and implement a plan to ensure the policy is adhered to. At the group’s meeting on 9 November, lots of ideas were put into the pot - you can download notes from this meeting below to see what you think. Please contact us if you have any comments or further ideas!
Time Capsule Burial
The c4u youth club buried a time capsule as part of the Family Tree Heritage Project. The capsule contained evidence of the research that the young people have done over the last few months into their family trees, and what life was like in the 1950s and 1900s.
The young people hope that the capsule will be dug up in 50 years time and will help young people in the future to find out about the project and to look at what life is like today. The young people put items important to them in the capsule, including the number 1 single, magazines, food packaging, clothes label and coins. There is also information about the young people and what they enjoy doing in the capsule.
The burial was filmed for the documentary that is being made about the project.
Read more about the famile tree project here
Trustees Required
We are currently looking for motivated and enthusiastic individuals to join our active board of Trustees. You will need to be willing to attend our monthly management commitee meetings, as well as offering support to our staff. This is a voluntary role.
Please contact Lloyd to register your interest and to find out more.
Due to the nature of our work all trustees will be subject to an enhanced Criminal Records Bureau disclosure.
Family Tree Heritage Project
On Tuesday 28 November the c4u youth club launched ‘Journey Through Time’, a documentary style film marking the end of their family tree heritage project at an exciting premier and award ceremony.
The event took place at 7pm at Mansfield Museum. The young people arrived in limosines, wearing 50s costume, to walk down the red carpet to a reception of over 70 people. The crowd was made up of friends, family and representatives of community organisations. Their was a delicious buffet, followed by the film premiere and awards were presented to the young people by The Kirkby Trust’s vice-chair and the head of operations from Mansfield District Council.
The documentary charts the progress of the youth club as they have delved into the past to research their family tree’s and discover what life was like in the 1900s and the 1950s. It includes revealing interviews with local people and exploration of the thoughts and feelings of the young people as they talk to the camera in a series of video diaries.
The film comes at the end of the Family Tree Heritage Project that has taken part from May-October 2006. Some of the young people at c4u wanted to research their family tree and we have worked in partnership with Mansfield Museum to trace our family roots, and looking at what life was like for our ancestors, particularly in the 1950s and 1900s.
We have buried a time capsule containing information we have found, and information about how we live today.
The family tree project is funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund
We are grateful to Mansfield Museum and Kirkby and District Conservation Society, who have helped with our research.