Sponsor Becca in the Bristol 10K!

WELL DONE BECCA FOR COMPLETING THE BRISTOL 10K IN 1 HOUR 8 MINS AND RAISING £217 FOR CREATIVE KIDS INTERNATIONAL!!!

THANKS TO EVERYONE THAT SPONSORED HER!!!

It's not too late to sponsor Becca just follow instructions below.

Please sponsor me to run the Bristol 10k on Sunday 15^th May 2011 and help raise money for

Creative Kids International!

If you want to sponsor me just click on the 'donate' button below and pay direct to Creative Kids International through PayPal, a secure online payment system. You do not need a PayPal account to use this, and can pay using most debit/credit cards.

Please write 'Sponsorship Becca 10K' in the box that says 'Sponsorship OR Donation?' when confirming payment.

Please note: If you pay through PayPal a small amount of your donation will be taken as an administration fee for PayPal (3.4% + 20p of each donation - about 54p from a £10 donation).

Alternatively you can give cash/cheque to me (or Sian/Mia) personally if you're likely to see me.

Thanks for your support!

Becca Vagg and the CKI team!

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For more info about the Bristol 10k visit http://www.runbristol.com/10K/5/Home.aspx

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Creative Kids International (CKI) is a creative visual arts education organisation working in the UK and Africa.

Based in Bristol (UK), CKI works both in the UK and Africa with children, young people and adults who work with children, by providing positive hands-on creative experiences.

In Africa, CKI works with partner organisations to provide unique creative experiences for children and young people who are often overlooked by society, offering them opportunities to have a voice, learn new skills, gain confidence and get creative!

For more information please visit www.myspace.com/creativekidsinternational

You can also follow us on Twitter - 'Creative Kids Int'

And facebook, look for - 'Creative Kids International'

Fundraiser at The Oxford, Totterdown!

HUGE THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO CAME AND SUPPORTED THIS EVENT! YOU RAISED JUST OVER £600 FOR CREATIVE KIDS INTERNATIONAL!

ALSO A MASSIVE THANK YOU TO THE TEN POUND SUIT BAND FOR BEING SO FANTASTIC, TO ALL THE WIERD & WONDERFUL GRANNIE/GRANDAD PERFORMERS, AND LAST BUT DEFINATELY NOT LEAST TO JON, ANGIE & STAFF AT THE OXFORD FOR BEING SO SUPPORTIVE! GREAT VENUE!

A MAGICAL EVENING OF MUSIC & GAMES @ THE OXFORD

120 - 122 Oxford Street, Totterdown, Bristol, BS3 4RL!

SATURDAY 12TH MARCH, 8pm - 1am

Live music from the fantastic 'Ten Pound Suit' band!

Loud & lively, eight piece swingabilly band covering the likes of firestarter by the Prodigy in a hillbilly styly! www.thetenpoundsuitband.webs.com

DJ set from VINYLMATT!!!

Plus SPECIAL GUESTS and fantastic fun 'n' games to keep you entertained all night!

Tickets only £5 in advance. Available from The Oxford pub oxford_totterdown@yahoo.co.uk or Mia/Sian at creativekids.int@hotmail.co.uk

Sponsored 'Go to work as an Alien Day' & Alien Disco!

EVENT CANCELLED SORRY!

...JOIN OUR FUNDRAISING EVENT 'GO TO WORK AS AN ALIEN DAY’ and put a smile on everyone's face, while raising money for Creative Kids International!

Why not get the rest of your colleagues to join in to! Just imagine everyone in the school, office, bar, or shop dressed as an alien! Brilliant!!! YOU CAN JOIN IN ANYWHERE AROUND THE WORLD & SEND US PHOTOS OF YOUR SPONSORED ALIEN DAY! ******************************

OR JUST COME ALONG TO OUR ALIEN DISCO ON FRIDAY 20th MAY @ THE THALI CAFE, Totterdown, Bristol FOOD, MUSIC & ALIEN ANTICS! Food from 6pm: Disco from 9pm!

******************************* TO JOIN THE SPONSORED EVENT - • REGISTER by e-mailing creativekids.int@hotmail.co.uk • We send you a SPONSORSHIP FORM • Ask everyone to sponsor you! MINIMUM TARGET = £100.00 • MAKE YOUR UNIQUE ALIEN COSTUME (we can give you some tips and ideas if you’re stuck) • WE ALL GO TO WORK AS ALIENS ON FRIDAY 20th MAY! (or another day that week if that’s not convenient for you). Remember to take photos!!!!! • In our costumes WE GO TO THE THALI CAFE, Totterdown in the evening on Friday 20th May for an ALIEN DISCO! Bring your friends, other aliens and photos from the day! • You COLLECT THE SPONSORSHIP MONEY and send to Creative Kids International ******************************* Remember to keep us up-to-date with how your costumes and sponsorship is going. We want to see your aliens forming! ******************************* WHY ALIENS?..........Creative Kids International are off to Zambia again in September to work with their partners Barefeet Theatre on the Annual Youth Arts Festival in Lusaka, and this year’s theme is Climate Change. You might be asking what does climate change have to do with aliens? It’s all about the story that will weave through this year’s festival………what happens if we don’t look after our planet, what will be left?......where will we go if the earth is destroyed?............how do creatures on other planets look after their environments?................and what do these creatures look like? That’s up to YOU!

DANCE FOR AFRICA - FUNDRAISER!

DANCE FOR AFRICA a is back!

SATURDAY 19th FEBRUARY ...@ THE BLUE MOUNTAIN, Stokes Croft.

10pm - 4am

ONLY £5 ON THE DOOR

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A mash up of, REGGAE, JUNGLE, DRUM & BASS, HOUSE, DISCO, FUNKY BEATS AND DANCE FLOOR BOMBS!

Music from Bristol’s finest:

DUB BOY (Ruffnek Diskotek)
www.myspace.com/djdubboybristol

GUINNESS DJ (Space Invader Radio)
www.mixcloud.com/guinnessdj

BARRY GUFFY (Space Invader Radio)
www.soundcloud.com/barryguffy

LOOSEGROOVE (Space Invader Radio)
www.loosegroove.co.uk
www.mixcloud.com/tag/loosegroove www.spaceinvaderradio.com

DJ VALLE (Intrigue)

ROY STRONG (Flipzilla)

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With special guests that will bring a ‘glow’ to the night, it’s an evening full of treats for your eyes and ears!

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So now you’ve had a chance to piece yourself back together after New Years, dust off your dancing shoes, get ready to party and head to The Blue Mountain for a cheap and very cheerful night of musical mischief!

SHHH.....IT'S SUNDAY - FUNDRAISER

SUNDAY 30th JANUARY @ THE LEFTBANK BAR

128 Cheltenham Road, Bristol

Starts 8pm

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SPOKEN WORD NIGHT! SHHH........IT'S SUNDAY

WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME YOU TO IT'S 2011 EVENT!

"Let's listen to singers sing, hear poets preach and watch Sunday evenings become magnificent!"

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As always it's Free, but we will be collecting donations for.....

CREATIVE KIDS INTERNATIONAL - working with street children in Zambia (Africa) and children in the UK through exciting creative arts projects!


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HOSTED BY REBECCA TANTONY AND KEV THE POET

**8PM - The soul plucking, mind fuelling, spine ripping, eye watering beautiful lyrical sounds of Mr. ALex Gear and his guitar

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**8.30 - 9.30PM - OPEN MIC SLOT, Two pieces each please come early to avoid upsetting your vocal chords.

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It’s free, it’s on a Sunday,as well as the rare,raw talent of the open mic we have these guest performers......


SHANE SOLANKI is the Last Mango in Paris,

A charismatic artist exploring spoken word, music, comedy and theatre with subversive political wit. He has performed across Europe, India, Africa and America. His first record was produced by Talvin Singh, his first film commissioned by the BBC director Peter Catteno ‘The Full Monty’ his first theatre tour produced by iconclast, Don Letts. His lyrics are a breath of lyrical air and the man has a funny yet deeply insightful soul.


PETER WYTON: Back by popular demand

Peter Wyton’s poems range from funny to funky, relevant to irreverent, witty to whimsical. They can be seriously thought-provoking or a bit rude, depending on the audience/and or occasion He was Poet Laureate for the Gloucestershire, his verses have appeared on B.B.C. Radio Four's 'Poetry Please' and 'Something Understood', as well as in national newspapers such as the Daily Telegraph and the Daily Express. He has also appeared on Channel 6 Oxford T.V. and across a wide spread of regional radio stations. On stage he has won 20 performance poetry Slams, whilst on the page he has achieved almost the same number of 1st Prizes in literary competitions.


URBAN SCRAWL

Louche, laidback and slightly long in the teeth lyricists, this pair of Bristol poets have been working together for around six years. They have produced diverse events including, ‘it’s what your lips are for’ 1997 and ‘needlepoint’ 2009 and apart of the team running the successful Halo Acoustic Nights. Their material reflects their urban experiences both humorous and serious tinged with a soupcon of cynicism.


RAW NOTES

This newly formed duo bring you a tiny sample of self penned and adapted songs from Cuba, Texas and St Werburghs. Blending jazz/folk acoustic guitar with fresh, arresting vocals.
Vocals: Caroline Pringle. Guitar: Camilo Menjura


HUGE THANKS TO 'SHHH......I'TS SUNDAY' FOR THEIR SUPPORT!See More

Front Room Art Trail - Totterdown

NOVEMBER 2010

Creative Kids International took part in ‘Front Room’, the Totterdown Arts Trail, Bristol. Things we did for the trail…….

• Worked with Victoria Park School and Hillcrest School in the lead up to the trail, on an illuminated sculpture project that was on show opposite the Star & Dove pub throughout the art trail.

• Ran some very busy creative art workshops for kids including lantern making which finished in a lovely lantern procession through the streets of Totterdown as the sun was going down, with music from the Ambling band and APE power pedalled sound system!!!

• Had a photograph exhibited in the ‘Totterdown Lights Exhibition’ at Bocabar and an exhibition at The Star & Dove pub

• Ran a raffle, stall and sold those famous glittery moustaches that everyone in Totterdown was wearing by the end of the weekend!

It was a busy and successful weekend! Thanks to everyone who supported us in one way or another!

AGM 2009 - 2010 & New CKI Film!

Hi everyone!

Sorry it’s been a while since our last post!

27th OCTOBER 2010

We had our AGM at The Thunderbolt pub, Bristol. Thanks to everyone that came, we had a great turnout this year and a few new members!

To see the film we previewed at the AGM please visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Kd1aqknIw8

For more info about becoming a member of CKI please e-mail ckimembership@hotmail.co.uk – It’s only £12 per year!