http://www.streetspeak.org.uk Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:16:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Streetspeak was shortlisted for a Lemos & Crane LiteracyActionNet Award in December 2011.   Thank you to all who voted for us and to all the poets and young people who have taken part in Streetspeak in the last three years! http://www.streetspeak.org.uk/670/ Thank you to everyone who submitted a poem to our World Cup Poetry Competition!  The standard of poems was very high, and we have enjoyed reading each and every one of them!  Our winners are: Jocel Macaraeg from the 10-13 age group Richard Boothroyd from the 14-18 age group Here are the winning ... http://www.streetspeak.org.uk/2010-world-cup-poetry-competiton-winners/ The World Cup 2010 is finally here and we want you to write a poem about it!! Our fantastic poetry competition starts today - Friday 11th June 2010 - and lasts for a whole month.... Simply write a poem about the World Cup, include your name, age, address and telephone number,  and send ... http://www.streetspeak.org.uk/world-cup-poetry-competition/ Terry Caffrey represented Streetspeak on 17th December 2009, at a celebratory event organised by Playing for Success in Preston.  The event was held in the Invincibles Lounge of Preston North End Football Club, where over two hundred mums and dads gathered to watch young people receive awards. Young people  had been ... http://www.streetspeak.org.uk/poet-terry-caffrey-joins-playing-for-success-celebration-event/ Streetspeak’s first exhibition opened at the National Football Museum on Monday 10th August 2009. The exhibition consists of six panels, showing pictures and poems from Streetspeak sessions, along with a DVD by film maker Gary Coogan, who is filming the project from start to finish. ‘It’s generating a lot of interest,’ ... http://www.streetspeak.org.uk/streetspeak%e2%80%99s-first-exhibition/ Our second visitor in June 2009, Irfan Master, Manager of Reading the Game, National Literacy Trust, visited a Groundwork session on 19th June 2009. Irfan watched Craig and young people from Groundwork invent their own poems... here’s one of them: Pele I saw Pele On the telly He looked really cool to me He was ... http://www.streetspeak.org.uk/the-word-is-on-the-street-about-streetspeak/ Streetspeak has been growing in popularity since its launch in November 2008, with five organisations and three poets already taking part in Streetspeak sessions. Neil McAlley, Community Programme Manager for the Football Foundation visited the National Football Museum on 12th June 2009, to see a Streetspeak session with Groundwork. Young people from ... http://www.streetspeak.org.uk/more-organisations-on-board/ Sir Tom Finney, former Preston North End and England Player, officially launched the Streetspeak project at the National Football Museum on 19th November, 2008.  Sir Tom, who won 76 caps and scored 30 goals for England, was presented with a cheque for Streetspeak from the Football Foundation, one of the ... http://www.streetspeak.org.uk/streetspeak-project-launches/