New Years Day Presentation 10th February 2011Brent Youth Volunteers attended a presentation by the Mayor of Brent on the 10th February. The volunteers were awarded medals for their hard work and in the parade and for winning 2nd place. A cheque was presented for £6000 to the Mayor by the parade organisers, a further £100 was presented by the volunteers from bucket collections. The money will be donated to three Brent charities. Well done everyone!!!
New Years Day Parade 2011!!! Brent win 2nd Prize!!
Congratulations to all the volunteers who took part in the New Years Day Parade and helped Brent win 2nd prize, winning £6000 for the Mayor of Brent's charity. It was a brilliant start to 2011!
A great day was had by all and there was a crowd of nearly half a million lining the streets! Brent Youth Volunteers built an amazing replica of the Wembley arch, it looked fantastic and brought a bit of Wembley to Central London, the theme was Diversity of Brent and this was shown in the fantastic costumes supplied by Mahogany Carnival Company in Harlesden. Dhol drummers from Alperton School provided the music. Go to www.londonparade.co.uk to see more information, videos and pictures of the event.
Congratulations to all the volunteers who took part in the New Years Day Parade and helped Brent win 2nd prize, winning £6000 for the Mayor of Brent's charity. It was a brilliant start to 2011!
A great day was had by all and there was a crowd of nearly half a million lining the streets! Brent Youth Volunteers built an amazing replica of the Wembley arch, it looked fantastic and brought a bit of Wembley to Central London, the theme was Diversity of Brent and this was shown in the fantastic costumes supplied by Mahogany Carnival Company in Harlesden. Dhol drummers from Alperton School provided the music. Go to www.londonparade.co.uk to see more information, videos and pictures of the event.
Diwali Parade 30th October 2010
Brent Youth Volunteers in conjunction with Alperton Community School and Brent Council played an active role in the Diwali Parade. The volunteers and students worked behind the scenes as well as taking part in the parade itself. The Parade which consisted of up to 70 floats and 100 costumed performers started from Ealing Road and ended in Barham Park (Sudbury) which held a fantastic fireworks display. Emergency Exit Arts hosted workshops in lantern making, float building and dance workshops. The volunteers won Best Youth Float and at a special awards ceremony Brent Council gave thanks to the volunteers for their hard work and commitment to the parade. Well done to all the volunteers who made the Diwali Parade a great success!
Brent Youth Volunteers in conjunction with Alperton Community School and Brent Council played an active role in the Diwali Parade. The volunteers and students worked behind the scenes as well as taking part in the parade itself. The Parade which consisted of up to 70 floats and 100 costumed performers started from Ealing Road and ended in Barham Park (Sudbury) which held a fantastic fireworks display. Emergency Exit Arts hosted workshops in lantern making, float building and dance workshops. The volunteers won Best Youth Float and at a special awards ceremony Brent Council gave thanks to the volunteers for their hard work and commitment to the parade. Well done to all the volunteers who made the Diwali Parade a great success!
Tasty Tales Cook Book
Hurrah! Our fantastic cook book is now on sale through www.blurb.com, get yours quick they are selling like HOT CAKES!!! Have a look below at some of the fantastic photos that the voluteers and students took and flick through the E-book.
Hurrah! Our fantastic cook book is now on sale through www.blurb.com, get yours quick they are selling like HOT CAKES!!! Have a look below at some of the fantastic photos that the voluteers and students took and flick through the E-book.
Finn McCool and the Salmon of Knowledge
In February 2010 we worked with Mahogany in Harlesden and made a GIANT Finn McCool and Salmon of Knowledge to help celebrate St. Patrick's Day in style! Our wonderful volunteers drummed on Bodhrans (Irish drums), dressed in amazing costumes and paraded both in central London and through the streets of Brent showing off the legend of Finn McCool and The Salmon of Knowledge.
We also ran a FINN McCOOL COMPETITION, which is now closed. We were overwhelmed with the quality of the entries and were hard pushed to choose the winners but, with the help of Tony Breslin from the Citizenship Foundation, we were able to decide on the winning entries which best illustrated the theme of Finn McCool and The Salmon of Knowledge. There are definitely some very talented young artists in Brent and well done to all of the winners - your winning illustrations will be posted here in the next few days.
OLDER NEWS:
BRENT YOUTH VOLUNTEERS WIN FIRST PRIZE IN THE NEW YEAR'S DAY PARADE!
CONGRATULATIONS to all of our BRILLIANT volunteers who helped Brent to win first prize in London's prestigious New Year's Day Parade.
Our BYV team danced, drummed and paraded their way to success alongside 8,500 other performers, in front of a crowd of half a million and - with footage from the event being broadcast around the world, including China, USA and Australia - to a potential global audience of 240 million people!
Our talented volunteers put a great deal of hard work and effort into creating fabulous costumes inspired by the theme of recycling and we want to say WELL DONE to them all.
Click here to read more about the New Year's Day Parade
BRENT YOUTH VOLUNTEERS WIN FIRST PRIZE IN THE NEW YEAR'S DAY PARADE!
CONGRATULATIONS to all of our BRILLIANT volunteers who helped Brent to win first prize in London's prestigious New Year's Day Parade.
Our BYV team danced, drummed and paraded their way to success alongside 8,500 other performers, in front of a crowd of half a million and - with footage from the event being broadcast around the world, including China, USA and Australia - to a potential global audience of 240 million people!
Our talented volunteers put a great deal of hard work and effort into creating fabulous costumes inspired by the theme of recycling and we want to say WELL DONE to them all.
Click here to read more about the New Year's Day Parade
Make A Difference Day
BYV, with Friends of Brent River Park, also saw success in 2009 as not only did they do a fantastic job in cleaning up Brent River Park but they also won a FIRST PRIZE AWARD for this excellent photo which captures them having fun volunteering....
BYV volunteers & Friends of Brent River Park clearing litter as part of CSV's 'Make a Difference Day' and winning a first prize photography award in the process. Praised by the judges as 'a lovely animated photo of people having fun volunteering'.
BYV are involved with all sorts of interesting activities including being green with our compost heaps, debating, getting up to date with social networking on Twitter, sharing our knowledge with in-class support, winning lifetime achievement awards at Brent Youth Oscars, engaging the local community and starting lots of new, innovative projects – if you are between 16 and 25 and would like to volunteer, or if you’re a creative person looking for the opportunity to get involved with supporting volunteering, we’d love to hear from you!
Stay updated with our latest opportunities here and follow our up-to-the-minute tweets on Twitter. Brent Youth Volunteers is also on Flickr
