30.09.08
Update...
What happening in the world of OPEN and more!
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04.01.08
Happy New Year!
Here's to 2008....
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21.12.07
Merry Christmas!!
Christmas Wishes from OPEN!
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07.12.07
Join our new Youth Consultancy Team!
We are looking for a group of young people to form a team to make big decisions about the OPEN Youth Venue.
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26.10.07
Contractors Revealed!
The OPEN Youth Venue in Norwich has gone one step closer to the amazing dream of becoming a reality...
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19.10.07
More places to follow SOS bus blueprint
Evening News Article by
TRACEY GRAY
19 October 2007
Police bosses and council representatives from across the county descended on Norwich for a conference about the lifesaving SOS Bus as part of a bid to get other towns onboard with the pioneering project.
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10.10.07
People urged to put bus number in phone
Evening News article by PETER WALSH
10 October 2007 09:15
Norwich's life-saving SOS bus is urging young people to store the project's phone number in their mobiles in case of emergencies.
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04.10.07
H2O Valet School
Coming soon to Norwich is H2O's very own Valeting School.
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04.10.07
SOS Bus - Shortlist News
The SOS Bus has been shortlisted for the finals of the Childrens and Young People's Service Awards 2007!
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30.08.07
*PLAY CRACK THE SAFE AND WIN A PLAYSTATION 3!*
We are giving away a Play Station 3!
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09.08.07
Lord Mayor's Celebration news!
On Saturday 14th July 2007, OPEN partcipated in the Lord Mayor's Procession as part of 5 days of the Lord Mayor's Celebration.
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05.06.07
OPEN on the net!
As well as www.open247.org.uk, OPEN is also on networking sites Bebo and MySpace - check out our profile, become our friends and find out more about OPEN here!
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31.05.07
The OPEN Youth Forum needs you!!
Do you want to join the OPEN Youth Forum?
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29.03.07
Katies Travels - part III
Katie from our Youth Forum is on an amazing adventure. Find out the latest news here!
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22.03.07
Agency Profile
Each week you can check out a new profile about one of the Agencies here at OPEN. This week: The Matthew Project...
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12.03.07
Striker back in driver’s seat
Earnshaw's leviathan was one of the first and certainly biggest vehicles to be given a professional wash at the fledgling business, which opened yesterday as part of local charity Open Youth Trust.
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07.02.07
H2O Launches this Friday!
The latest fundraising venture to be launched by the OPEN Youth Trust opens to the public this Friday!
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26.01.07
OPEN Road, our car and motorbike project held it's official launch at its Trowse premises yesterday, kicking off with a presentation to its thriving pupils.
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25.01.07
OPEN Road has been launched!
Today at 11.00am the official OPEN Road launch began. Guests were treated to a speech from Jonny Milner and he brought his rally car to see!!
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18.01.07
OPEN is moving house!
The OPEN Youth Venue is being cleared in preparation for the refurbishment while the building is transformed over the next few months.
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16.01.07
It’s begun… (Update 1)
This is the moment that we have all been waiting for! Dreams of a state of the art youth venue for Norwich started to become a reality this month.
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15.01.07
Katie's Travels
Katie, who is part of our Youth Forum is off on a Gap Year in New Zealand! You can keep up to date with her adventures by reading what she has got up to
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15.01.07
SNAP 2007!
Valentines Day saw the first SNAP event at Lava Ignite in 2007! The night went really well.
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12.01.07
CAR VALETERS REQUIRED
Want to be a car valeter.....?
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02.01.07
marvellous motor-mural
Spray-happy youngsters have helped transform a blank garage wall into marvellous motor-mural as part of a youth offending scheme.
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21.12.06
Champion rallies behind new project
A two-time British rally car champion and his Mitsubishi motor will be star guests at a ceremony to officially launch a project aimed at giving motor-mad youngsters from Norwich the chance to harness their mechanical magic.
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20.12.06
OPEN Road is Praised
Norfolk's cheif constable visits the workshop!
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07.12.06
Make a positive difference!
Through a variety of projects the OPEN Youth Trust is working to support young people so that they get the best start in life. We are looking to add four new people to the team to help us to continually improve our provision and to assist us with the development of new projects.
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20.11.06
Youngsters are an inspiration
Three inspirational teenagers have been recognised for raising awareness of identity fraud.
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03.11.06
Extreme Success!
On Wednesday 25th October the day had finally come! After six months of hard work, planning and effort from the Youth Forum the day was a great success.
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14.10.06
Thorpe Park 2006!!
Everyone in the Youth Forum was excited because finally Saturday 14th October had come. A trip was planned to visit Thorpe Park. One of the bad things about going from Norwich was that the journey to about three hours – the park is in Surrey near London.
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03.10.06
Norwich celebrates Black History Month
Norfolk will be beating to the sounds of hip hop, reggae and African drums during Black History Month.
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02.10.06
Extreme Conference 2006
It is big and it is clever! Watch out because the Extreme Conference is coming to the Open Youth Venue in Norwich!
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08.09.06
£1.57million windfall for youth projects
Have your say on how money will be spent in your area!
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20.07.06
WHAM Project Final
OPEN Youth Forum members win WHAM 2006!
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12.07.06
Motor-mad youngsters set for life on the Open Road
A new project offering mechanical and engineering courses has students lined up for the first year-long course in October. The OPEN Road scheme is going ahead thanks to £137,000 in lottery funding.
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06.07.06
Grant for Youth Training Project
OPEN Road hits the papers, with news of the recently received lottery grant.
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23.06.06
Canaries with the Community
Bryan Gunn and a team of volunteers helped the project with a day of painting.
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09.06.06
Steel pans, choirs and wheeler dealers
Hundreds of children gathered in Norwich yesterday for two events which brought schools from across the region together.
The Stock Market Challenge was held at OPEN.
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06.06.06
Teens' idea to prevent drink-spiking
Four teenage girls from Norfolk have come up with an idea to prevent drinks from being spiked with either drugs or alcohol
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01.06.06
Stock Market Challenge Team Building & Networking Event
Come and enjoy an evening of team building and fun with friends and clients. To be held on the on 7th June-don't worry the World Cup doesn't start until the 9th! - at OPEN Youth Venue in the atmospheric former Barclays Banking Hall.
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01.06.06
Masquerade Ball
Thursday 8th June
7pm til Midnight
OPEN Youth Venue
Lee Vasey Band & Random Acts of Jazz provide entertainment
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29.05.06
‘Buckle-up’ message for young drivers
A new poster that targets young drivers.
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27.05.06
Relax - it's only the exam season
One Norfolk school is helping its youngsters through the bitten nails, and sleepless nights, by giving them extra lessons - in relaxation.
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24.05.06
Youth centres: The super-clubs
OPEN hits the news this week in 'Young People Now' Magazine
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23.05.06
SOS bus hit by vandal attack
The SOS Bus charity's first aid hut on Agricultural Hall Plain was vandalised over the weekend.
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11.05.06
Les Grooms - The Threepenny Ring Cycle
Les Grooms performed their Threepenny ring cycle as part of the Norfolk & Norwich Festival here at OPEN last night. Tickets are available for tonight and Saturday. Don't miss out!
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11.05.06
From hoodies to goodies
Some might say they are the curse of 21st century high streets, but “hoodies” turned out to be goodies for a team of enterprising Norfolk students.
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27.04.06
Wham Winners meet the Mayor
Wham Project winners were given a birds eye view of Norwich
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07.04.06
Bovvered? No I can't be say city teens
Bosses of an ambitious city-based youth project OPEN, have sent out an SOS for more youngsters to drive it forward.
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30.03.06
Jesta really great idea
A group of students from Aylsham High School has launched a new website for young people across Norfolk.
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30.03.06
OPEN Competition
Winners receive competition prizes at OPEN.
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16.03.06
We're on the road to success
Community leaders are gearing up for the start of a project which hopes to give motor-mad youngsters the chance to get off the streets and harness their mechanical magic.
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10.03.06
Delirious
It would take more than the venue burning down to stop a Delirious concert. And last night, at Open in Norwich, Delirious showed just how unstoppable they are.
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28.02.06
New Delirious? New venue named
The Delirious? concert in Norwich will now take place at the OPEN Youth Venue in the city centre following the devastating fire which destroyed the Mount Zion Family Life Centre on Heartsease Lane.
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24.02.06
Evening News Pancake Race 2006
What’s the major sporting event of 2006? Forget the Winter Olympics, the Six Nations and even the World Cup – the Evening News Pancake Race is the competition every elite athlete has been training for.
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23.02.06
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22.02.06
WHAM Winners Return from a Trip of a Lifetime
Holly Gilbert, 16, Amber Press, 15, and Izzy Francis, 14, winners of the WHAM project 2005 have just arrived back from their dream trip after visiting Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur and Langkawi.
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18.02.06
Masterclass for young musicians
A masterclass in classical music was given to young musicians from across East Anglia today by the conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra at OPEN.
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15.02.06
What’s so special about being a brand?
OPEN is regarded as one of the top ten Norwich brands.
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03.02.06
Musical treat with Czech maestro
A rare opportunity for the public to see a musical master at work - from first rehearsal to final performance -takes place at OPEN this month.
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01.02.06
Wham Project Launch
Young people in Norfolk have another chance to win a holiday of a lifetime in a competition aimed at encouraging them to help their communities.
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12.01.06
HRH Earl of Wessex Visits OPEN
Prince Edward meets young people at OPEN during his visit to Norwich
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01.11.05
Fashion Show 2005
The Open Youth Forum planned and hosted their second Fashion Show on Friday 28th October .
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01.03.05
Bank vaults take on new role
Cavernous basement rooms and vaults, once used by Barclays to hold banknotes and other valuables, are being brought back into use for secure storage. STEVE COX reports on the opening of a business called 'Closed'.
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19.11.04
Skatepark
Indoor Skatepark and Trampolines comes to OPEN for Christmas
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14.10.04
Release of Soup DVD
The Norwich based advertising company Soup made a DVD for OPEN to be released in November.
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08.10.04
The Wedding Show
The Wedding Show event, managed by LCP marketing was a real success.
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01.10.04
Seperate Open Trust to be established
A new trust is to be established to set up and run the Open Youth Venue.
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01.10.04
Fashion Show
The Youth Forum have organised a fashion show to be held at OPEN on the 1st November.
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09.09.04
View the Independent feasibility study which outlines the way forward.
This study was kindly financed by East of England Development Agency and makes recommendations for the project to move forward.
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07.09.04
Bucknall Austin Instructed to calculate master and contingency programmes
Following a very comprehensive feasibility study by Bucknall Austin, it has been agreed that two programmes should be drawn up.
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06.09.04
SOS Bus Team Relocates Into Open Youth Venue
The SOS operational base had relocated into a more central location at the OPEN Youth Venue.
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04.09.04
Police Gala Day 2004
OPEN had a marquee at the Police Gala Day, with a 30ft climbing wall.
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23.04.04
Advisory Board members agree to second term of office
At the recent advisory Board meeting all members of the Advisory Board agreed to stand for a further year's office.
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23.04.04
Norwich Union offers to insure OPEN for the second year
Norwich Union Insurance has for the second year offered to insure the OPEN building free of charge. This very generous offer was announced this week as the policy came up for renewal.
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10.07.03
The Norwich Youth Venue
Feel you don't get much input into what happens in Norwich for young people? Well now's your chance!
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23.04.03
HSBC agree sponsorship deal for OPEN
HSBC Bank, London St, Norwich have kindly offered a donation of £2500 to the OPEN project.
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OPEN's openday!
Come along to our open day to find out about a new, exciting project coming soon...
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