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Schools wanted to tackle hate and create positive messages SECONDARY schools across Mansfield, Ashfield and Sherwood are being urged to take part in a fully-funded national programme tackling hate and creating ambassadors to share positive messaging on social media
Swinging into spring ASHFIELD Harmony, Kirkby’s local singing group, will be joined by Ravenshead Swing Band for Swing Into Spring, a joint concert on Saturday, 11th May. The two groups will be singing and playing many popular Big Band numbers from hitakers such as Glen Miller, Cole Porter, Frank Sinatra and Michael Buble at The Ashwood Centre. Tickets for the concert at 7pm are £8. Call concert secretary Carolynne Bennett on 01773 775176.
£1.4m contract at hospital
The UNITE project is being developed locally by the National Holocaust Centre and Museum in Laxton, and will involve students taking part in a series of workshops on myth busting, stereotyping nd how hate manifests online. Students will showcase their creative work and share their thoughts on how to challenge hate in a film, before going on to learn how to create a social media campaign. A team from The National Holocaust Centre and Museum will go into participating schools through the outreach programme. Ten pupils from each participating school will be invited to educational No To Hate days. There will also be the opportunity for teacher training, and schools will receive guidance and resources. Students will learn how to think
critically, respond compassionately and speak powerfully. It is hoped the initiative will increase students’ understanding of the impact of hate crime. The project is being supported by the Building a Stronger Britain Together programme (BSBT). BSBT is a partnership between Government and civil society across England and Wales. It seeks to bring people together to build stronger communities that are more resilient to extremism,
tackle extremism in all its forms, and offer people a positive alternative regardless of race, faith, sexuality, age and gender.
A SEARCH is under way for young people to be nominated for the ninth annual 4Uth Awards, a celebration of excellence and achievement among young people in Nottinghamshire. Organised by Nottinghamshire County Council, the awards
showcase the best of how young people triumph over adversity, care for people around them, their work on community projects, and their volunteering efforts. Nominees are identified by peers, youth leaders, teachers and family
members as a special source of inspiration. Coun Philip Owen, the chairman of the Children and Young People’s committee, said: “The awards are a celebration of young people and how they can make a real difference.”
A spokesman for the UNITE programme nationally said: “Building on our successful No To Hate days and Breaking The Cycle programme, the UNITE project aims to tackle hate and isolation, and to empower young people as upstanders. “Through BSBT (Building a
Stronger Britain Together) funding, we are working with Stop Hate UK to deliver the national project, which aims to support young people to challenge hate and promote a positive counter-narrative in their schools and communities.” Schools wanting to take part should contact the director of learning at The National Holocaust Centre and Museum, Louise Stafford, on 01623 836627 or email louise.stafford@ nationalholocaustcentre.net
In search of inspirational teenagers for awards
Nomination forms are available at www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/4uth The closing date for nominations is 21st June, with district winners announced in early September and an overall winner unveiled at an awards evening in November.
MORE than 5,000 items of furniture have been manufactured and installed by Mansfield-based Deanestor in a £1.4m contract for the new Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary, Scotland. Deanestor made and fitted more than 300 bespoke bedheads, which have provision for medical gases, electrics, a nurse call system and lighting. Co-ordinating floor-based fixed furniture was also provided. William Tonkinson, managing director of Deanestor, said: “This went very well from our perspective Stephen Howie, design manager for NHS Dumfries and Galloway, added: “The bedhead IPS panel units have helped to create an ambiance within the patient bedrooms and have contributed to reducing the clinical feel of these rooms.”