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APRIL 2012

Nominations for Spirit of

London Awards 2012 are nowopen. See what happened at

the nominations launch

Spirit of London Awards visits aTottenham School as part of its

Inspire Roadshow

We catch up with Spirit of London Awards Sports finalist &

2012 Olympic hopefulDarius Knight

Directory of Youth Services(DAYS) looks at OneLife UK a

charity that provides youthmusic & media projects

We meet Spirit of LondonAwards Ambassador & Choice

FM DJ Eddie Kadi

We take a look at whathappened at the Youth VoteLondon Election Registration

Event at Ministry of Sound

Spirit of London AwardsBehind the Scenes with our

Partnerships & Project ManagerRichard Serunjogi

This months Ambassadorupdate includes Exposure;

Vanessa Sanyauke; Hayley RaeHYPE & Sabirul Islam


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WELCOME

Welcome to Aprils edition of Spirited, the monthly Spirit of

ondon Awards magazine. March was an amazing month fore SOLA project with the official opening of our nominationsr the 2012 awards. In true SOLA spirit the whole nominationsunch party at City Hall was designed, developed and deliveredy young people. Thank you to all who attended, performed,esented and made the event truly a night to remember.

ou can now nominate your young people via our websiteww.spiritoflondonawards.com.

The SOLA Inspired Schools Roadshow was in full swing with our youngambassadors touring in schools across the capital delivering peer to peerworkshops to inspire other young people to make positive life choices.

The 100 plus strong team of SOLA Ambassadors are continuing to drive the

direction of travel for the Spirit of London Awards movement and over thenext few months we will continue to see them leading on projects across thecapital for positive change because they are the legacy.

I personally would like to thank all of the SOLA Ambassadors for beinginspirational and altruistic, to the SOLA Team who work extremely hard andto all the SOLA supporters whose dedication has been truly amazing.

SPIRIT OF LONDON SCHOOLS WORKSHOP

The Spirit of London Awardsteam presented their Inspireworkshop at Park ViewSchool in Tottenham on the29 th March 2012.

During the session studentsheard from a variety of previous Spirit of LondonAwards finalists including

Endz2Endz magazine ownerDennis Gymafi, 22; Aiming

Higher Dance Academy Owner Hayley Rae, 22 and Six2Media owner OmarChoudhry 20. All speakers informed the pupils about steps they had takenonly a few years previously to achieve success in the areas that interestedthem. The event also included SOLA Ambassadors Choice FM DJ Eddie Kadiand Actor Ashley Walters, both gave in depth accounts to their career pathsplus words of wisdom for each student to think about as they start to makeacademic choices for their future.

I really enjoyed the specialassembly it was funny but also

serious and made me think of allthe different opportunities I had

for my future Year 9 Student

The SOLA INSPIRE workshop isfree to all schools in London. It isaimed at years 9; 10 & 11

For more information or if youwould like us to come to yourschool please email:[email protected]

Gary TrowsdaleExecutive Director
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Nominations launch

On March 15 th the Spirit of London Awards opened the 2012nominations, so now you can nominate young people for an award thisyear. The event was designed and delivered by SOLA Ambassadorswhich included performances and presentations. The event wasoversubscribed with many people needing to stand as all 300 seatswere taken. The night ended with the launch of the new websitedesigned by SOLA 2011 Media Finalists Creative Nerds.

NOMINATIONS ARE NOW OPENwww.spiritoflondonawards.com

Darius Knight SPOTLIGHT

Every month we will do a spotlightarticle on a SOLA ambassadorwhich is brought to you by SOLA2010 Media winners Endz2EndzMagazine. This month is 22 year oldSOLA Sports Finalist 2011 and GB

Olympic Table Tennis hopefulDarius Knight.

Darius is hailed as Table Tenniss Lewis Hamilton and has earned thetitle of the cheekiest member of the SOLA family. Darius is currentlybeing spotted all over the country as part of the Team GB Olympicsbillboard campaign alongside Katy B and Mark Ronson, but this is notthe first time he has been part of a national advertising campaign,you may also recognise him from Nintendo Wii; Coca-Cola and FredPerry to name a few.

From Battersea, Darius is not only the 2012 Table Tennis Olympichopeful, but also the three time national under 21s Table Tennischampion. Despite this he is still very grounded and is keen to ensurehe inspires young people to engage in positive choices. Darius realiseshow lucky he is after walking into his local youth centre took him awayfrom a life of gang crime and started his career in Table Tennis. For more information about Darius check out his websitehttp://www.dariusknight.com

Of the gang of 15 that I used to hang out with, only three of us havedone something positive with our lives. I was lucky because table tennis

offered me a way out. If we could get more sporting opportunities forkids in places like that, it would give others a way out too.

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Spirit of London Award Business Winner 2010

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Each month we take a look at the young teambehind the scenes that make the Spirit of London Awards happen, this month we meet20 year old Richard.

What is your job?I am the Partnerships and Projects Manager for

the Spirit of London Awards. What does your job entail?A main bulk of my work is networking, there are so many great and fantastic

outh organisations around our amazing capital which I make contact with.The role is to raise awareness of SOLA, forge relationships, encourage

ominations and look at what opportunities can be created to make Londonbetter place. I also link with a lot of commercial companies looking to

ponsor our programme as well as develop partnerships. I get to do lot of resentations and keynote speeches at conferences.

What do you like about your job?like meeting loads of top organisations that work with young people or

would like to contribute to enhancing young people lives. I get to travelround the capital understanding how different people work. I also like it

when we do joint or collaborative pieces of work.

What are you working on now?romoting nominations, so we can find the new intake of SOLA ambassadors.inding new opportunities for young people to get involved in, sourcing andriefing judges for this years awards and working on the sponsorship.

If you would like to meet Richard & discuss partnerships please email him [email protected]
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]


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EDDIE KADI - SOLA AMBASSADOR

The Spirit of London Awards is very fortunate to have thesupport of many celebrities and industry level professionalswho support our work. One of those ambassadors is ChoiceFM DJ, Actor and Comedian Eddie Kadi.

Eddie is a multi-award winning talent, who has performed athis own headlined event in the O2 arena which sold out within12hrs.

Eddie has been involved in the Spirit of London Awardsthrough a number of ways including:

Co-hosing the 2011 awards at the Royal Albert Hallalongside Stacey Solomon.

Undertaking a number of workshops in schools with theSOLA Inspire programme

Eddie is an amazing part of the SOLA Family and we aregrateful for his continued support, plus he makes us laugh a lotwith his jokes.

Spirit of London Awards arealways looking for positivecelebrity & industry levelrole models to be part of

the team to inspire youngpeople... for moreinformation contact GaryTrowsdale:

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[email protected]


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Exposure MagazineSOLA 2010 Media Finalist

Congratulations to Exposure Magazine forobtaining a Bronze Level London Youth

Quality Mark.

Sabirul IslamSOLA 2010 Business Finalist

As part of his Inspire One Million touracross the globe Sabirul has just returned

from Swaziland & will be going to Nigeria inmid early April

Hayley RaeSOLA 2010 Arts Winner

Congratulations to Hayley Rae for beingselected as an Olympic Torchbearer. She

will be joining SOLA Ambassadors Torron-Lee and Jamal Edwards .

Well done to Vanessa and her companyRafiki Network which worked with a group

of school children to produce a film 5pmChewing Gum = 6 months in prison.

Vanessa SanyaukeSOLA 2010 Community Champion

HYPESOLA 2011 Community Champions

Haringey Young People Empowered [HYPE]have been running their Boss Lady girls

gang project in two schools, which includeda community event held in March to over

100 young people in Tottenham

Dont forget you can nominate young people you know for a Spirit of London Award at www.spiritoflondonawards.com
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The Spirit of London Awards - Directory of Affiliate Youth Services (DAYS) is a resource tool for schools and localauthorities to gain information on organisations who work with young people across London. We at SOLA knowthat if it was not for the thousands of projects which enhance and support young people to achieve their fullpotential we would not have a show. DAYS will be available to download & also feature on our website by Sept.

Every month we will pick one organisation to highlight and this month we have picked One Life.

One Life UK One Life UK are a London based Charity who provide essential life skills to youngpeople in your local area through DJ/Music and Film Production academies. They workto help vulnerable young people realise their potential and make a successful transitionto adulthood. Some of the young people they support have mental health issues,disabilities or drug and alcohol problems. Others are teenage parents, who many fallbehind at school or are excluded.

DJ & Music Production: The progr ammes teach how to DJ using vinyl, CD's or mp3s &on the very latest industry standard equipment, including the Pioneer CDJ400 CDdecks, Technics SL1210 turntables and Allen & Heath mixers to name a few. Theprogrammes specialise in educating those who wish to learn about DJing and theprogram is fully endorsed by the wor ld famous Carl Cox, one of the leading DJs in theworld.

Film & Photo Production: They create a unique environment in which students of allages, abilities, and experience can feel free to imagine, create, and welcome the artsinto their lives. The filmmaking workshop provides a professional work environmentthat is challenging, rewarding, creative, and respectful of ideas and individuals.

More Info: [email protected] or www.onelifeuk.org

Our Verdict: The One Life UK projects are really good for young [and old] people of all abilities. We like the fact that they also cater for young people with severedisabilities. The programmes are all mobile so deliver in schools; in community centresand all over the capital. The tutors are experienced and also are in the industry so it isreal knowledge; skills and experience that is being past on.

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# Youth Vote LondonYoung people, Celebrities, Politicians, Youth Organisations and Journalists all clubbingtogether at Ministry of Sound? What on earth is going on? Ok, not quite, not even MTVsKat Boyce could get the Politicians to dance on stage! But it was definitely the place to be.

On Saturday the 14 th April 2012, Youth Vote London took place at Ministry of Sound, anevent lead by Bite the Ballot in partnership with Spirit of London Awards; Uprise; London360; Reprezent Radio and Ministry of Sound which saw thousands of young people acrossthe capital descend to the nightclub in the biggest youth electoral registration event

The London Mayoral Elections take place on the 3 rd May 2012 yet 60% of young peopledo not vote or are not registered. The event aimed to allow young people to meet theMayoral Candidates face to face, ask questions and find out why they should vote as wellas register to vote.

Mayoral Candidates [alphabetical] Brian Paddick, Lib Dems; Jenny Jones, Green Party; KenLivingstone, Labour and Siobhan Benita, Independent; gave speeches and also tookquestions from the young crowd about issues they were concerned with. The issuesincluded: Crime; Policing; EMA; Transport; Youth Services; Education; Housing and Trustin Politicians to name a few items.

The event was nicely mixed with entertainment from SOLAs very own Ritz; Mizz Camara;Kay Jay Simmons; JSOL; Dean Atta and a sketch from Knives not Lives. There was alsoperformances & speeches from Sway, SOLA Ambassador Tasha Danvers, Owen Jones,Shaun Bailey, Eastenders Tanya Franks to name a few. Young people also had theopportunity to meet reps from various youth organisations including Elevation Networks;Enfuse Youth; Enterprise Lab; Rafiki Network; BBC Free Speech; British Youth Council;Bigga Fish and UK Youth Parliament. The night ended with an after party and some veryempowered young people.


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Successful Young People InspiringYoung People to be Successful

Since 2009 the Spirit of London Awards has beencelebrating the achievements of young people acrossLondon in the following areas:

Media Music Education Business Arts Community Citizenship Fashion Sports

Its important to raise theaspirations of young peopleand providing positive rolemodels from amongst their peers is a fantastic way of

doing that Boris Johnson Mayor of

London

SPIRIT OF LONDON AWARDS

SCHOOLS ROADSHOW Free workshop to schools in

London

One hour workshops

For groups up to 200 Students

Suitable for year 9, 10 & 11

Accompanied by EnhancedCRB Staff

For those students alreadymaking the right decisions the

Spirit of London road showstrengthened them to resist thewrong choices that are easilyopen to them. For others who

are thinking or already makingthe wrong choices it

challenges their thinking andgives them the permission they

need to be positive aboutthemselves and their life

chances.

Gary Philips Head TeacherLilian Bayliss School - Lambeth

Out of over 11,000 nominations since 2009 the finalists havebeen acknowledged as the highest achieving young peoplein London. As part of our development programme we arenow bringing the Spirit of London Finalists alongside theircelebrity/industry mentors on a schools road show across thecapital to inspire.

The Spirit of London Awards road show taught me thatno matter where you come from, you can achieve & be

successful if you work hard

14 year old male

South London

CONTACT US TODAY TO BOOK YOURSCHOOL IN OUR TOUR

To book your session or for moreinformation contact:

Spirit of London Awards0207 7358 7000 Ext 2112

[email protected]

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