Hi!
Some exciting news!! UnLtd Research is conducting a youth-led research project with UnLtd Sport Relief (Make It Happen) and is searching for young people to take part!
We are looking for 6 research interns (aged 18-25) from each of our UnLtd office regions; Bradford, Birmingham, London, Cardiff, Belfast and Edinburgh who can commit to 30 days work (2-4 days per week) from June 21st to September 21st 2010. These positions will be paid at £85 per day (plus any additional travel and accommodation expenses incurred) and will include attending an induction, regular training meetings and undertaking project visits to conduct research.
This is an exciting opportunity to gain extensive research training and practical experience planning, designing and carrying out a research project. No formal research skills or experience are necessary for this position. However, we do ask that you bring a number of qualities to this role, including an ability to work independently and within a small team, openness to learning new approaches and excellent inter-personal skills.
For more information and an application form please email nissaramsay@unltd.org.uk
Hi All!
Paul Broderick an UnLtd Sport Relief Panel Member took part in the Sport Relief Mile on Sunday 21st March in Southampton. Paul had a fantastic time on the day and has raised over £100 so far. Well done! Great work!
Hiya guys! Richard Lees from Welsh Wrestling Alliance and I did a mega quick slot on Good Morning Wales on the Radio this morning to talk about UnLtd Sport Relief projects and now he will be live on TV on BBC1 Wales Today between 6.45pm and 7pm tonight! Please watch him and his project in action! He hopes to finally get the chance to mention UnLtd!
Hey guys, here is the registration and consent form for the pitching session in Swansea on the 19th March.
Registration + Consent Form
Thanks
Hi Y’All! Just to let you know that Richard Lees- Welsh Wrestling Alliance Do It Awardee from Colwyn Bay will be talking to Kate Silverton on Radio 5 Live this Sunday around 10am – Please Tune In!!
Are you 11–21 years old and living in or around Swansea?
Do you love being creative and active?
Could YOU make a difference in your community?
UnLtd Sport Relief Wales are giving you the chance to win Awards of up to £1,000!
Your idea should look to set-up sporting or recreational activities for young people that aim to solve problems in your community. All you need to do is deliver a short 5-minute pitch as an individual or as a small team to our judging panel made up of young people.
The panel will decide on the night which pitches are successful and inform Award Winners the following week.
The deadline for registration is Friday 12th March 2010.
Timeslots can be found by clicking on the following link: U.S.R Time Slots
For further details about our programme, please visit www.UnLtdSportRelief.com
or see more on Facebook by clicking on the following link - Swansea UnLtd Sport Relief Event
or contact Amanda on 02920 484811 /amandaeverson@unltd.org.uk by Tuesday 16th March.
Anyone is welcome to come along to find out more about us even if you don’t want to pitch this time. Alongside the pitching we will have stalls with organisations and youth support agencies who provide information on other issues such as training, funding, volunteering and accreditation as well as fun activities to get involved in on the night.
If you are from an organisation, could you offer something to this evening either by providing an activity for young people or by offering information that may be useful to young people who are keen to set up their own projects?
We are able to provide space for activities that you may be able to offer and/or tables for you to display information about your organisation.
If you would like to attend and support this event, please contact Felicite Walls on 01792 544030 or felicitie_walls@scvs.org.uk by Monday 15th March.
A map for the event can be found here:
UnLtd Sport Relief Pitching Session Map
(Please note that if you are under 18, you must bring a responsible adult with you to the event.)
Click the image below to download a pdf to distribute amongst your friends and contacts about the event!
On Friday 5th February the Do It Award Interviews took place in our London offices. These awards are for 18-21 year olds who want to run long term projects that impact and make a change to the young people in their community. Competition for this award is pretty fierce but definetely worth it as you could get up to £10, 000!
On Friday six young people battled it out to get their projects chosen. The people who had to make this decision were our three youth panel members Peace, Paul and Rebecca from London and South of England region. They spent the day listening to 6 different pitches and then the decision was up to them who got funded.
We had some truely amazing pitches with projects ranging from cooking to dance to fashion. Was great hearing about all the fantastic work young people are doing!
As a result we funded over £42, 000!
The applications are now open for the next round of Do It Award Funding. The deadline is Monday 12th April 2010. So if you have a sport or recreational project which you would like funding and support to make it bigger and better then please get in touch. The full details and application form are online.
Zara
We thought we’d just let everyone know that today is ‘Safer Internet Day’.
In 2009 Safer Internet Day was celebrated through 500 events in 50 countries all over the world, with even more participants this year.
Safer Internet Day occurs each year to promote safer and more responsible use of online technology and mobile phones, especially amongst children and young people across the world. The topic for 2010 is “Think B4 U post!“.
This topic aims to raise awareness of the risks of sharing confidential and personal information through Social Networks, asking people to ‘Think B4 U Post!’
We ask all those involved in UnLtd Sport Relief to be careful when using Social Networks and spread the awareness to your friends!!
Hi,
I just wanted to introduce myself. My name is Zara Mir and I am the new Communications & Awards Administrator for UnLtd Sport Relief. Am very excited about joining the team and look forward to finding out about all the fantastic things you guys have been involved with!
Just a bit of background about me… I grew up in Kent but spent three years in London studying Media which I loved. Whilst at University I worked as a Student Ambassador as well as at Fulham Football Club in which I developed my interest in Sports particularly that of football. My other interests include travelling and was fortunate enough to be selected on the DIUS Study China Programme in which 200 students from the UK spent 3 weeks in Shanghai to engage with the local people, businesses, history, language and culture of China. Was an amazing experience and one which I would highly recommend!
Most recently I have been working for BBC Asian Network but also with BBC Blast which is a scheme that runs workshops for 11-19 year olds wanting to gain experience within the arts such as Film, Dance, Visual Arts, Photography, Music, Fashion etc and all the sessions are completely free! So if you are interested in learning new skills and gaining experience perhaps for your own projects or events then check out bbc.co.uk/blast for events in your local area.
Okay I think that’s enough about me. I would love to hear from you! Am looking to update this blog regularly so if you have any stories/news about your projects or pictures/videos that you would like to include on here then please get in touch. My email is zaramir@unltd.org.uk. Hope to hear from you soon.
Bye for now 
Hi, Everyone,
The UnLtd Sport Relief Northern Team just wanted to wish everyone a really Merry Christmas and New Year, we can’t wait to build on all our hard work in 2009 and do even better things in 2010, come on we can all do it!!!
