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Blastbeat in a Box creates and gameifies the existing Blastbeat programme and develops an online tool kit, built around the Blastbeat programme. Blastbeat wraps the learning experience in music, dance or sport, that leverages young peoples interests and passions to engage NEETs back in the learning process and enhances their positive learning experience teaching business and life skills in a very compelling way. Blastbeat in a Box helps to empower young people to be event creators and social entrepreneurs, programming and selling out live events and creating performance opportunities for other young people that are intense yet cool and FUN. Blastbeat has a programme and an expertise that has proven very successful at engaging these young people, NEET's in particular will benefit young people NEET
Robert - 01/24/2012
Roots of Reggae is a social enterprise that will bring together people from different generations and backgrounds to develop a shared appreciation of reggae music and culture. Roots of Reggae will will highlight and honour the contribution older generations have made to reggae and provide an inclusive space for people of all ages to meet and socialise over some great music. In doing so, Roots of Reggae provides a positive, creative solution to a number of complex social challenges, including: - Social isolation and Depression - Lower levels of participation in cultural activities amongst older people - (Lack of) understanding and respect between generations, exemplified by older people's fear of younger people and negative stereotyping of both older and younger people. - Levels of positive contact between people from different backgrounds
francisclarke - 11/28/2011
Organization : Edinburgh University
Role : Student
Interests : GUI design, BigData Computation, Biological Network Modelling/Analysis, Music Composition, Photography
Email : robert@blastbeat.org
Organization : Blastbeat Education UK
Role : Director General
Interests : Education, Music, Youth Social Enterprise creation, At Risk children, NEETs, Empowering young people, Insirping people to be their best and to become change-makers, music and entertainment's business.
Email : reema87patel@gmail.com
Organization : Essex County Council
Role : Fast Track Manager/National Management Trainee
Interests : politics, philosophy, social care, public policy, music, art, cricket
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Interests : activism, anthropology, apis, augmented reality, co-design, civic engagement, collaboration, community organisation, culture, drupal, e-participation, ecology, eco projects, equity and social justice., game-changing, grassroots projects to empower communities, anarchism, socialism, liberalism, information technology, music, mutual education, networks, new technology, open data, open government, open innovation, open source, planning, politics, sustainability, to build the skills and capacity needed for fastand social changebig societybusiness supportbusiness valuechangecitizen engagementco-creationco-productioncollaborationcollaborative governancecommissioningcommunities of practicecommunity solutionsconnecting social innovators with great resourcescreativityculture changeenterpriseinclusion accessibilityinnovation problem solvinginnovatorsopen innovationparticipationpubic policypublic sector innovationsocial businesssocial enterprisesocial enterprise and giving communities voicesocial innovation and innovative policy makingstartup consultingusing ideas and evidence to drive social innovationyoung peopleaction
Email : lee@ss3ventures.org
Organization : SS3 Ventures
Role : Managing Director
Interests : Technology, Music, Media
Organization : Music In Detention
Role : Director
Interests : Music, Refugees, Migrants, Detention
Email : tommmz@gmail.com
Organization : jessciaFucV
Role : Lincoln Continental
Interests : Music
Organization : Freelance
Role : Public Policy and Social Innovation Specialist
Interests : politics, local government, social innovation, social media, digital, service design, public policy, equalities, music, film, photography, history
Organization : Castlehaven
Role : Director
Interests : ageing well, children, children services, citizen engagement/voice, citizen journalism, co-design, co-production, collaboration, community assets / transfer, community development trusts, creative industries, digital inclusion, emedia, entertainment and community events, entrepreneurship, fundraising, gardens, health and wellbeing, helping people into work, information technology, kids, knowledge management, lifelong learning, literacy, local economies, localgov, local government, mental health, music, new forms and styles of work, new technology, older adults, older people, older people services, our scoiety, photography, poverty, public sector, public sector innovation, regeneration, service improvement, social enterprise, social enterprise/ start-ups/international development, social enterprise and giving communities voice, social entrepreneur, social entrepreneurs, social entrepreneurship, social innovation, socialinnovation, social reporting, startup, startup consulting, startups, start ups, strategy, tech, technology, theatre, volunteering, volunteerism, web design, web development, young people, youth