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The Street Art Project
The Street Art Project is an activity that has as its aim the improvement of the environmental impact of a bridge structure on its regular users.
The bridge is a well-used pedestrian route to a local school, as well as being the major pedestrian link from the City Centre to the local football stadium which is the home of Southampton FC. This route was considered to be dreary and depressing.
The young people involved in this project volunteered their time and also undertook the Encams training, which showed how to carry out an environmental audit. They were also accredited with v50 and some with vimpact certificates.
The young people then worked with artists to design a theme for the mural which was to decorate the bridge.
The next stage was to consult with regular users of the bridge both to seek their approval of the idea and the intended design.
The actual work of painting the bridge was carried out during the summer school holiday period. The artists attended on two days a week and facilitated the work on the mural.
The group of young people involved will continue to monitor the effects of the mural on bridge users. They will also monitor the condition of the mural with regard to random tagging.
In the past, it has been found that street art projects that have involved local young people remain almost tag free.
It appears that people involved in random tagging have a healthy respect for the skills involved in the production of creative pieces of street art.
Bonnets for Easter
On Thursday 25th March, volunteers from Southampton City College had an Easter Bonnet making competition at the sheltered housing project, at the Golden Grove Estate in St Mary's.
Involved in the competition was the students and the senior Citizens.
Neighborhood Wardens and Housing Officers came along at the end to judge the winner and give out the prizes, and we had four prizes for the best looking bonnets.
The Student volunteers made hot cross buns and tea and coffee.
Robotic dance off for Buddies
Children at the Buddies After School Clubs had a Robotic themed session with activities ranging from junk model robot making to a robotic dance off.
There were prizes awarded to the best robot dancer and the best junk model robot entry.
The children made some great robots and here is a selection of some of the best.
Operation Smile totals for SYA
V Hampshire, V Portsmouth, V Project, Take Action, The Hilt and Buddies volunteers have been working hard throughout December to design and make as many t-shirts for Operation Smile as they can before Christmas.
After many hours of drawing, cutting and tying, we are proud to say that our volunteers made an amazing 358 t-shirts. So a big well done to everyone that came along to the sessions across the county.
A special mention goes to the Take Action volunteers that made a whopping fifty-five t-shirts, beating all the other projects to be the winner of the most t-shirts made.
Take Action take on Operation Smile
On Thursday 10th December, six Take Action Eastleigh volunteers took part in the Operation Smile project.
The aim of the session was to produce fifty hand decorated T-shirts that could then be used as operation gowns for the young children that were going to have the 45 minute operation to repair clefts.
The operation is done through Operation Smile who provides free facial reconstructive surgery to more than 130,000 children. 50 T-shirts provides one child with the operation.
Helping at Kings Theatre
On Monday 14th December 2009, two volunteers from the Respect Programme in Portsmouth volunteered to help out at the Kings Theatre on Albert Road.
The pair were tasked to put together distribution packs of leaflets on upcoming shows and later on to assemble and test the pantomime merchandise, including light sabers!
They were rewarded with a tour of the theatre which was extremely interesting and took them to the boxes, backstage and even below the stage!
Chris Huhne MP helps design T-shirts for Operation Smile
As part of the Operation Smile campaign that Solent Youth Action are taking part in, officers from the V team in Hampshire held their very own t-shirt making session at the head office.
Twelve volunteers from as far as Gosport and Brockenhurst gave up their Friday afternoon and made their way to Eastleigh to help design and make t-shirts for the charity appeal.
Some amazing gowns were made by the fantastic young volunteers, including fabric teddy bears, balloons and sequined flowers.
The high point of the session for volunteers and staff alike was a visit from Eastleigh MP and Shadow Secretary of State for the Home Department Chris Huhne, who came to see what we had achieved and to have a go at designing his own gown.
After getting some inspiration from the other t-shirts that were displayed around the room, Chris drew a large yellow face complete with a big cheery smile.
Chris was extremely impressed with the efforts of the young people, and reiterated the importance of volunteering to make a difference and to help others.
Operation Smile comes to South Downs College
Students from South Downs College came out in force this week to help out the Operation Smile Christmas appeal with Solent Youth Action.
Operation Smile are asking people to create hospital gowns for children undergoing cleft palette operations in India by cutting up and decorating an old clean t-shirt.
These donated t-shirts will save the charity thousands of pounds, which can be used to fund further operations.
Each gown costs £3 and an operation costs £150, so for every 50 t-shirts made, another free operation can be performed.
vinvolved for December 2009
vinvolved projects for December 2009 will include:
Sat 5th : Feeders for sale
We are selling all of the bird feeders we made in November at a charity Christmas fair in Winchester, with proceeds going towards our charity allotment. This is a great project for those of you interested in retail!
Lunch will be provided
Sun 6th : Hedge planting
Working in Priors Hill Copse in Netley Abbey, we will be planting hedges along the side of the woodlands to protect the natural beauty of the area. Perfect for those of you who like to get your hands dirty!
Lunch will be provided
Tue 15th : Operation Smile
Harrah, t-shirt painting! We will be making hospital gowns out of t-shirts as part of "Operation Smile". Decorating the t-shirts in any way you want, they will be donated for children to wear during facial reconstructive surgery.
Lunch will NOT be provided
Buddies Artist of the Year
Children from the Buddies after school club in Southampton enjoyed a firework themed session on Thursday 5th November.
A competition was held to see who could create the best firework picture out of a range of different craft materials.
All the children that entered created great pictures.
It was a close call, but the winner was 11 year old Aiden Oak who created a fantastic picture using chalks, glitter and matchsitcks and as a result was given the Buddies Artist of the Year Award 2009.
FoneAid campaign
Do you have an old or unused mobile phone lying around?
We are taking part in the FoneAid mobile recycling campaign and will take any mobile phone, in any condition, off your hands. By donating your phones, FoneAid will give us money towards our charity
