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NOVEMBER 2013
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Moses joins Prince in Palace kick-about
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s further recognition for his lifetime’s work devoted to both local and international football, Birmingham-man Lincoln Moses MBE was one of 150 special invitees to meet Prince William, at Buckingham Palace, as part of the English FA’s much-vaunted 150th anniversary celebrations. Moses, General Manager of the city-based record-breaking Continental Stars football and community club and a lead representative of the St. Kitts/Nevis Football Association in England, was chosen by the FA as one of their 150 grassroots volunteers award winners in celebration of its anniversary and receive a well-deserved award which presented by the Duke of Cambridge. A well-chuffed Lincoln said of the occasion, last month: “I was humbled by the invitation to Buckingham Palace and the level of interest in my work. I was
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truly blessed by all the interest it drew for me.” A Kick It Out Grassroots Advisory Group member, Moses is also a board member of the Birmingham Association of Youth Clubs, a Director of ‘Trapped Starz,’ founder of Brothers Keeper, which specialties in empowering socially excluded young people to access local programmes, is an elected representative on the council of the Birmingham County FA, Chair of both BCFA Race Equality Advisory Group and Holford Drive Community Sports Hub and was voted one of the 50 most influential Black people in football in 2009, 2010 and also 2011. The Aston Villa-supporting Prince said of the occasion: “I cannot tell you how excited I was that we played football on my grandmother’s lawn. Football has brought me a great deal of pleasure over the years.” Lincoln was made MBE in the New Year’s Honours List in 2009.
T&T Inspiring a New Generation in Film
l H.E. High Commissioner of the Republic of Trinidad & Tobago, Garvin Nicholas, centre left, with his sister, far left, wife, far right, and Mark Dwayne, founder and Editor of Street Cred Magazine, centre right.
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l Jennifer Holness
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ome Again. The film will be seen as controversial, as people will obviously have their opinions on whether this is a true reflection of life experienced by a deportee. Firstly I must congratulate Diahanna Rhiney and the organisers for a spectacular evening of exquisite entertainment. The event kicked off with meeting invited VIP guests, the elite members of the Black Community including distinguished guests such as Linford Christie, H.E. High Commissioner of the Republic of Trinidad & Tobago,
Garvin Nicholas, Paul and Karen Harrison of PK Media, Franklyn Walters of Western Union, Mark Dwayne, Editor and Founder of Street Cred Magazine, George Ruddock of GV Media Group and So Solid Crew to name but a few. The champagne and rum punch flowed in abundance with lavish hors d’oeuvres catered throughout the reception. We have to celebrate the fact that we know how to get together when there is a need and purpose. I had the opportunity to meet the two writers of the script for Home Again. Sudz Sutherland
was a very keyed up gentleman who exuded passion about the need to create an awareness of Black film makers to make films that would be received in other countries and mainstream cinemas. With a unique partnership with wife Jennifer Holness, they both work in respect and harmony of their skill in the profession of writing and making film. The film cost approximately $2 million to make, and is a based on what was said to be a real life experience of the writers when they read in a community newspaper that one of their...
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