Voting is now closed..Thank You for all your support!

Voting for The People's Projects has now closed.

A HUGE Thank You to everyone who voted, or watched our film online or showed interest in the KWoA Pride of Place project - we really appreciate your support!

Vote Today, Deadline's tomorrow! Help us work with more communities

The KWoA Pride of Place intergenerational project encourages older people to get to know their younger neighbours better through sharing stories, memories and interests across the generations.

Our Pride of Place project is one of five shortlisted projects for The People's Projects in the Border TV region. The three projects with the most votes in each ITV region will be offered funding of up to £50,000.  

This is an extraordinary opportunity for us to potentially support so many more children, more young families, and more older people in more communities in South Lakeland as they meet older and younger neighbours in their communities, getting to know each other better through sharing stories and interests. It’s important that our local older people are valued and are at the centre of their communities, inspiring the younger generations.

Please help us by voting before tomorrow's deadline, midday Sunday March 13th.

HOW TO VOTE:

Please visit this link, watch our Pride of Place film, vote and pass the link on to others that might like to vote too.

https://www.thepeoplesprojects.org.uk/projects/view/pride-of-place-taking-fresh-steps-together

Listen Again to KWoA on BBC Radio Cumbria

Nicki, our programme co-ordinator got to chat about our Pride of Place project on BBC Radio Cumbria this morning!

Please listen again to Mike Zeller's show on 11/03/16 about 7.25am at
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03jxzp7#play

Our section starts at 56.43 until 58.46

Please remember to VOTE before midday on Sunday March 13th, for the Pride of Place Project at

https://www.thepeoplesprojects.org.uk/projects/view/pride-of-place-taking-fresh-steps-together

Thank You!

Remember to vote for Pride of Place by Sunday March 13th!

Time to remind you to remind everyone that the voting deadline is midday Sunday 13th March! Please visit this link, watch our Pride of Place film, vote and pass the link on to others that might like to vote too.

https://www.thepeoplesprojects.org.uk/projects/view/pride-of-place-taking-fresh-steps-together

Thanks again for all your help...

Already voted? Please pass on this link to voting page

If you've already voted for the Pride of Place project - Thank You from the KWoA team for your support! 

You can still help us, by passing on this link to those you feel might be interested in supporting the project.
https://www.thepeoplesprojects.org.uk/projects/view/pride-of-place-taking-fresh-steps-together

Remember the voting deadline-

Online voting deadline is midday Sunday March 13th

Or to vote by post, please write your name, address, phone number and name of this project 'Pride of Place- taking fresh steps together' on a postcard and post for free to 'FREEPOST, THE PEOPLE'S PROJECT'. Please post by this Thursday March 10th.

Missed us on TV? See us online - Goodly Dale School 'My Day as a TV Star'

On Friday evening our Pride of Place project was shown on Border TV! Children from Goodly Dale Primary School in Windermere were especially excited, as they were in the film! 

The children were invited to Milnthorpe Primary School recently to be filmed by Border TV as part of KWoA's Pride of Place project which has been shortlisted for The People's Project. The three projects with the most votes in the Border TV region will be offered funding of up to £50,000 and if this project wins, Goodly Dale School would be one of the project bases where local children would benefit from project activities. 

See Annabel, Isy and Sam's work below about 'My Day as a TV Star'...

Missed our film on TV? Just visit https://www.thepeoplesprojects.org.uk/projects/view/pride-of-place-taking-fresh-steps-together watch the film online then to vote, click ' select this project' and follow the instructions.. 

ONE WEEK LEFT TO VOTE.... voting deadline is midday on Sunday March 13th!

We're on Border TV today! 'My Day as a TV Star' Heron Hill Primary School

Children from Heron Hill Primary School were excited to be invited to Milnthorpe Primary School recently to be filmed by Border TV as part of KWoA's Pride of Place project which has been shortlisted for The People's Project. The three projects with the most votes in the Border TV region will be offered funding of up to £50,000 and if this project wins, Heron Hill School would be one of the project bases where local children would benefit from project activities. 

Megan, Harriet and Jameson are very excited today as their film is going to be shown this evening on Border TV to encourage people to vote for the Pride of Place project. See their work below inspired by 'My Day as a TV Star'. 

Megan's grandma will also be excited as she's in the film too! 

Can't wait to see the film? Just visit https://www.thepeoplesprojects.org.uk/projects/view/pride-of-place-taking-fresh-steps-together watch the film online then to vote, click ' select this project' and follow the instructions.. 

Q. How do you vote for our Pride of Place project?

A. Just visit  https://www.thepeoplesprojects.org.uk/projects/view/pride-of-place-taking-fresh-steps-together click ' select this project' and follow the instructions.. 

VOTE Pride of Place

The children at Milnthorpe Primary School know all about how KWoA intergenerational projects encourage older people to get to know their younger neighbours better. They know it's important that older people are at the centre of their communities inspiring children with their fascinating stories. (see earlier blog posts for some of the older people's stories that have inspired Milnthorpe children)

They also know how to vote for the KWoA Pride of Place project on The People's Project website.

' It's not Pride of Place, ' Milnthorpe Primary School children told us today, ' it's VOTE Pride of Place !'

Q. How do you vote for our Pride of Place project?
A. Just visit  https://www.thepeoplesprojects.org.uk/projects/view/pride-of-place-taking-fresh-steps-together click ' select this project' and follow the instructions.. 

Inspiration from Milnthorpe Primary School

Last year, KWoA ran intergenerational activities with the Milnthorpe community which including children at Milnthorpe Primary School working with local older people and KWoA artist Emma Aylett to create this amazing animation. 

The children would really like to encourage other communities to create their own intergenerational work in the new Pride of Place project. Please take a moment to watch their animation and be inspired...

(If you have any difficulties viewing the animation below within this blog page, just follow this link to the Yr 5 Gallery page on Milnthorpe School's website for the Pride of Place Animation
http://www.milnthorpe.cumbria.sch.uk/cumbria/primary/milnthorpe/site/pages/gallery/year5 )

HOW TO VOTE:
Visit  https://www.thepeoplesprojects.org.uk/projects/view/pride-of-place-taking-fresh-steps-together to vote for our Pride of Place project. As well as being online, our The People's Project film will also been shown on Border TV this Friday March 4th!

'My Day as a TV Star' Assembly at Stramongate Primary School

Yesterday, there was a very exciting assembly at Stramongate Primary School!

Dougan, Eloise and Edward stood up in front of everyone and spoke about 'My Day as a TV star' when they were filmed by Border TV as part of the KWoA Pride of Place project which has been shortlisted in The People's Project.

"We went to Milnthorpe Primary School to find our all about life at school years ago! We went with Mrs Brayshaw, a lady who works in our school, and we met a man called Tom (he was 92). He told us all about his school days. For example, he had to walk 3.2 miles on his own, every day, just to get to school - sometimes he didn't have shoes. We also learnt that they had very strict teachers who used a cane for punishment, and you would have to wear a Dunce's cap for misbehaving (thankfully it isn't like that now!).

The most surprising part of the day was finding out that they had no computers, no carpet and no interactive board - everything was done using a blackboard. We really enjoyed meeting new people and being on video. They told us to keep the day secret - we didn't even tell our parents! Now we can spread all the information we learnt from others and can't wait to watch it on TV. "

Visit https://www.thepeoplesprojects.org.uk/projects/view/pride-of-place-taking-fresh-steps-together to vote for our Pride of Place project. As well as being online, our The People's Project film will also been shown on Border TV this Friday March 4th!

"My Day as a TV Star" by St Cuthberts Primary School pupils

St Cuthberts Primary School pupils enjoyed their recent trip from Windermere to Milnthorpe Primary School when they were filmed by Border TV as part of our Pride of Place project which has been shortlisted for The People's Project. 

Thanks to Pip, George and Evie for your fabulous poster below!

To vote, please visit https://www.thepeoplesprojects.org.uk/projects/view/pride-of-place-taking-fresh-steps-together

Thanks for your support so far...How to vote

Voting for our Pride of Place project in The People's Project opened yesterday and we have been overwhelmed by how enthusiastic so many people have been in their support for our project!

A Huge Thank You to everyone who has voted already - your support is much appreciated. If you haven't had a chance to vote yet, please visit  

https://www.thepeoplesprojects.org.uk/projects/view/pride-of-place-taking-fresh-steps-together

and watch the short film about our Pride of Place project. If you'd like to vote, just click on 'Select this project' and follow the instructions online.