New workshops for 2010
Words of Colour, in partnership with Hackney Museum and The Cut Newspaper, will be running a series of workshops and events targeted at young people. Watch this space as our successful Get Started workshops, now in their fourth year, will focus on feature writing, scriptwriting and self promotion in the summer.
Workshops
To secure your place and to find out about cost, please contact Joy Francis at info@wordsofcolour.co.uk. Please put ‘workshops’ in the subject line. Promotional material with details of how to book will be circulated before each event.
Here are some comments about our courses:
‘This course has been a really good start for me and the enthusiasm and support shown by the facilitator has really inspired me to continue to develop my skills.’
‘If you are new to feature writing I can definitely recommend you take this short but highly effective and easy to follow course. The training materials keep you focused and the personal mentoring helps to guide you towards your end goal.’
‘It wasn’t as straightforward as I thought, but it left me determined to identify topics I wanted to write about and feeling confident that the course provides an excellent guide for supporting me in writing them.’
Who we are!
Identity and young people media panel debate
| Date: | Thursday 25th February 2010 |
| Time: | 5pm-7.30pm |
| Location: | Hackney Museum, Ground Floor Technology and Learning Centre 1 Reading Lane E8 1GQ |
| Facilitator: | Joy Francis, Journalist & Co-founder Words of Colour |
| Details: | Targeted at 15 to 20-year-olds |
| *Refreshments provided | |
The Newsroom
Learning how to create media stories
Part 1: Presented by Words of Colour
| Date: | Saturday 13 March 2010 |
| Time/Details: | 12-15 year olds (10am-12.30pm) 16-19-year-olds (1.30pm-4pm) |
| Location: | Hackney Museum, Ground Floor Technology and Learning Centre 1 Reading Lane E8 1GQ |
| Facilitator: | Words of Colour and The Cut Newspaper |
| *Light Refreshments provided | |
The Newsroom
Making your stories a reality
Part 2: Presented by Words of Colour
| Date: | Wednesday 24 March 2010 |
| Time/Details: | 15 to 20-year-olds (4pm-6pm) |
| Location: | TBC |
| Facilitator: | Words of Colour and The Cut Newspaper |
| *Light Refreshments provided | |
Words of Colour Productions has been awarded £5,000 from Awards for All London to raise awareness of and to promote arts and literature among individuals and groups who are more likely to be excluded, to enable their work to be performed and published. This is the purpose of the Get Started writing programme.
FEATURE WRITING WORKSHOPS
“The tutor was very engaging, knowledgeable and approachable. I liked the small intimate class size. The handouts were great and I will actually refer to them.”
“It was excellent! The relaxed atmosphere made it very easy to speak up and share ideas. It was very supportive.”
“The pitching of ideas and sharing with others increased my confidence and has given me more of an idea of what to write about and different styles.”
CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOPS
“I found the whole course useful and it was very well presented.”
“I really enjoyed the spoken word exercises, listening to poets as I usually don’t have the patience. With seven of us we all had the chance to participate.”
“I enjoyed the workshop, especially the free writing section as it forced me to think more creatively.”
SELF PROMOTION WORKSHOPS
“Energetic, lively and inspirational. I feel empowered to take things forward after a lifetime of procrastination.”
“I can highly recommend this course as you gain a wealth of information and advice over the two days which is both educational and inspiring.”
“The workshop was very practical and I was given advice I could use and it made me think about my unique selling point.”