SandBox

my friend and colleague has featured us on her blog
sandbox
here is a link
http://words-in-sand.blogspot.com/2006/12/action-at-paul-and-barnys.html

this blog registers quite high up the google tree for visibility
and it means that if anyone puts paul and barny's into google this link to our work will likely be quite high up the list if not at the top.

it also means we are doing the work we got grants for - rasing awareness of the problem of human trafficking and the need for a solution.

Top tips for blogging from a top blogger

Tall Skinny Kiwi is a top blogger whose blog nests high in the google tree

here are his tips for blogging pastors or perhaps that ought to be more daintily
pastors who blog

heretis:
http://www.churchcommunicationspro.com/2006/10/5-questions-with-tallskinnykiwis.html

one of his posts is here tsk
and another here
http://tallskinnykiwi.typepad.com/tallskinnykiwi/2006/12/eurochurch_conf.html#trackback

Paul and Barny's website trial

Hi
I have created a website at freewebs

http://www.freewebs.com/paulandbarny/index.htm

as a way of simplifying the promotion of this programme
after all this blog is a record and a diary but not really a marketing tool.

Let me know what you think...
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Colin

How do members of P&B and traffikstop team members post here?

We have to manage the way information is posted here and comments made owing to problems with unsavoury posting by automated web robots.
So, I have sent invitations to P&B folk and TraffikStop team to post here.
If you haven't yet recieved an invite and you want to post please email me at colindarling@freenet.co.uk

Channel Five!

Colin approached Five News having seen a community news item on their broadcast.
They are very interested in us doing ten minutes of footage that can be edited down to 3 minutes for broadcast as part of their community news service. It would also go on the web.

Five News

Riccardo Boleto from the Channel Five team said that they want to profile human trafficking but getting stories was difficult. Our activity could be a way of highlighting the issues in a good way.

Lynn Todd will take this element of the project assisting the young people to make the video.
It is likely to be done in January or February for showing in time to profile our March performance programme.

click here for a link to channel five's your news section

posted by Colin Darling 19.012.2006

Sunday services 18th Dec

Colin promotes the Jan 6th and later events at 08.30h & 10.30h services at Christ Church, the Quinton.
Karen promotes at Paul and Barny's
(pic?)

Publicity and Marketing meetup

Wendy, Lynn and Colin met up to chat through publicity and marketing.

Wendy reported on the successful meeting at Leasow see earlier post.
She gave an outline of the structure of the team for March.
Headline news = Dress rehearsal 26th March, main performances 27th & 28th

Wendy presented Dan's graphic idea for the flyer/handout card/poster/ticket
Lynn suggested a couple of small changes for clarity of reading and information

Publicity and Marketing - various ideas conclusions.

2 Parts
W Workshops daytime Sat 06.001.2007
P Performance at 19.30h 06.001.2007

Target groups for the Workshop participation:
Potential audience and participant groups
PS Primary Schools Yr 5 and above agreed by J Team cttee
Stu and John has links
SS Secondary schools - limit to 19 yrs implied by funding grants
YF Youth Fellowships at local churches if 'Yr 5' YG Youth groups meeting other an YF if 'Yr 5' Stella has links

Target audience groups
Christ Church newsletter input (Wendy)
Word of mouth to friends and neighbours
Word of mouth through church and fellowships
Chatting at Christmas parties all
Local news press media (?)
radio (Colin mentioned Sunday Morning BBC radio)
tv (Colin mentioned the community news feature on Five tv news)
pdfs of dan's design to go out by email (Colin)

Colin to liaise with Chris Turner about a publicity slot
at Christ Church, Quinton 10.30h 17.012.2006

Pricing of tickets - discussion of pros and cons and setting the right level led to
£1.50
£0.75 lower price for children

uploaded by Colin

Meeting at Leasow Community Theatre 13th Dec 2006

Various people met and came to some exciting agreements about the March Perfortmance Art Event .

Edit this space with the details y'all . . .

July visual art display

Colin and Wendy discussed the possibility of a month long display of the visual art created by the project.

There is a possible city centre venue for this but it needs to be confirmed.

It may be possible to collaborate with other creative church groups.

Re March 17th

Colin and Wendy meet at P&B Place

The J Team's idea is for a piece of performance art with visual art to be created also.

We have been in touch with Cheryl Homer the Arts Co-ordinator oof St Martin in the Bull Ring.
J Team are really keen to do their piece at St Martins in the Bull Ring cos they know it from Re-United events there.

Cheryl keen to see it and the spae is there. We go for Saturday March 17th - a week before the big weekend of anti human trafficking events.

Provisionally Times will be:

17.00h
Setup
19.00h Doors
Welcome
19.30h
Performance
20.45h
Close and chat
Clearing up
21.15h
Clear up and clear out
22.30h Lights out and doors locked (latest)

Costs
Hire of St Martins will be expensive £150 an hour less a discount !

Re Jan 6th

Wendy and Colin meet at Paul and Barny's Place
to pray and work out where we are and what needs doing.

Highlight is publicity! publicity! publicity! for Jan 6th

Here is where we are

Jan 6th
a Paul and Barny's event with a focus on J Team but including young people from their networks and other churches in the area.
Venue Christ Church, Quinton.
Timings
10.00 arrivals and coffees
10.30h
Workshop 1
11.30h
break
12.00h
Workshop 2
13.00h
Lunch bring your own we do the beverages
13.45h
Workshop 3
14.45h
break
15.15h
Workshop4
16.15h

Free time for curry or tea or sleep or remote control cars or checking up on how Tottenham are doing or have done or your team or whatever . . .

Setting up
19.00h Doors
19.30h
Performance
20.45h
Clearing up
22.00h lights out and doors close

We would like to see helper teams
setting up and loading in
clearing down and loading away

lunch time and refreshment help team (inc washing up)

We need to do PUBLICITY
1
J Team to tell their mates and invite them
2
Word of mouth
3
Get two or three people briefed and phoning round people before Christmas.
4
Colin to publicise to his networks in Brum and maybe even wider
5
Radio
Colin to take three of the group to do a slot soon-ish if poss on Radio WM Sunday prog
6
Dan to do some webby stuff
7
Dan or other to do some groovy posters
8
Lynn Todd and Colin to talk about publicity strategy for the later events in March and July

J Team at paul and barny's place

This bit written by Colin.

Fun session with remote contol cars and an international pictures and places quiz.
Close out with images of Christ from China and Arabic carols from Bethlehem

Update of J team by Wendy with assistance from Colin.

Paulandbarny at the scout hut Sunday 03.012.2006

This bit written by Colin
Jan 6th date announced to congregation.

Karen and Colin Oyez! Oyez! Do announcement in town cryer style . . . with excellent roll of the African drum from Dave . . . the the effect that the Free For All folk will be here on 6th Jan.

Question about stopping the traffic leads to learning point about stopping the traffick. (ik).

Nov 29th meeting

Karen, Dan, Colin and Anita from CMS met at P&B's to discuss the Free For All programme as an awareness raising promotion to begin to create an audience for the later programmes and to gain experience in putting on events.

Free For All is a way of exploring the historical background to slavery and the end of slavery. It ends by pointing forward to the current slave trade and human trafficking.

re Saturday 6th January - Free4All

Paul and Barny's are launching an awareness programme about human trafficking.

It will happen between January and the end of March 2006. Many of the events will be led by or have been created by the young people of Paul and Barny's.

We will start with a launch event on Saturday January 6th at Christ Church Quinton.

The Big InTent Theatre Company and CMS will provide professional actors and local people will also be involved as trainers, actors and participants.

The aim of the day is to mark the anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade through free 4 all, a theatre-workshop project. This will give children and adults the opportunity to explore what freedom means today, as well as its importance for the future of our world.You can find out more about Big InTent at http://www.bigintent.com/
and
http://www.bigintent.com/custom1.html

What? & When?
Workshops plus an evening performance of Free For All. 10.30h to 16.30h
Evening performance at 19.30h

Lunch
Bring your own drinks provided

Cost?
Paul and Barny's are paying the cost of Free For All.
We will charge £1.50 adults and 75p children to give a gift to Christ Church for the use of their heat and light for a day. Also, there will be an opportunity to donate to the global work of CMS including anti-slavery and 'setting captives free' at the evening performance.

If you wish to support this initiative of Paul and Barny's young people please phone 0121 422 6700 or write to Paul and Barny's shop at 151 Castle Road West, Oldbury, Birmingham B68 0EL

If you would like to come and get involved contact Paul and Barny's or phone Colin on 0121 686 1983.