Next Meeting

Hey it's Reniece i was just wondering if anyone knew when the next meeting was as i haven't been recieving emails lately and was worrying if i had missed a meeting .

Also this is the springwatch film that i made ... any comments about it ... not to sure what else to add to it .

hey !

I wrote a few paragraphs a while ago about being part of the youth Council for the 'World Wide Volunteering' company i'm in contact with.

you can have a look if you like...

http://www.wwv.org.uk/VolunteerStoryView.asp?fdVolunteerStoryId=158

see you soon,

Rachel :)

Hey everyone!! i hope you are all ok.
if you could just email me a photo of yourself and a small paragraph saying what you name is, how old you are and how you became interested in being a YC then that would be absolutely brilliant!!! at the moment it just looks like Laura and me are the only two youth councilers (see below!)

Leah they look like good discussion points - perhaps we could bring them up in next meeting if there is time - that way we could get other people's opinions and then relate them to what we would like to do in the youth council. It would be great if we could show people that we are taking issues in society and applying them to what we are carrying out or improving.

Anyway Happy Christmas to everyone. hope you get some lovely presents and have a happy new year :D (please don't forget about the pics :D)

Rachel xxxxx

Hey All :)

Wow... it really has been a while!..

Anyways, if anyone's up for a discussion, i think i've finally had some interesting ideas...

1. Discuss the pro's and con's of traditional, specific conservation and preservation.

• Is it always a good idea to focus mainly on one or two species that are particularly rare or endangered, if their needs are in conflict with those of more common but still vital species?
• Is the protection gained for wildlife from almost totally shutting out the public from a certain 'protected' area enough to balance the loss of public awareness of wildlife this generally causes?

2. If given the choice, would you choose to work out in the field or in an office based capacity?

3. Do you think the courses and lessons at your school or college directed wholly or partly towards raising wildlife awareness and understanding are currently sufficient?

There we go, that's all i've got for the moment... :) If you don't like any of the subjects then no need to bother giving an opinion on them... unless you want to voice a complaint about the way the question is put, or something like that... but any that you do feel are worthwhile topics of discussions, please feel free to fire away!

Peace Out Peoples,

Leah :D

Hi Guys can't make the next meeting such a shame :(

Hey everyone,

I go away early tomorrow morning, so just to say bye and hope that the next meeting goes well :)

I'll try to take loads of pictures and look forward to Stamner Park when I get back.

See you soon!

Ali x
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Some money for something...

Does anyone have any ideas for a small project that we could apply for some money for?

vcashpoint - Round Six Open to Applications
Grants are awarded to young people in England, aged between 16 and 25, to set up exciting and creative voluntary projects that benefit their communities. The scheme has a total budget of £1 million available for distribution, with individual grants capped at £2,500.
Projects that involve young people in their organisation, planning and implementation will be supported. The funding can be used to design and undertake schemes that will benefit the applicant’s community and will have a positive impact in the long-term. The deadline for receipt of applications is 17 August 2009. http://www.vinspired.com/

Springwatch Photos

Finally...

I got round to posting on the blog! It's so long since I've been on that I almost forgot the password.

There are two things I think we should discuss on here. One was suggested by Leah ages ago - what are people's favourite places for taking photos round Sussex - the deadline for the photography competition is September so you should all be out trying to get some good pictures. I really like big open spaces and landscapes (but that's because my cameras not very good at doing small detailed photos). I also think it depends on how the light is more than what you'ree subject is.

The second thing is the votes from Springwatch - as those of you there might have guessed, the camping idea got the most with 55 votes, followed by the day in Stanmer park with 16 votes and lastly the bat wlak which got 13 votes. So, what do we do next? We'll be dicussing this at the next meeting so please come prepared with lots of ideas (bearing in mind that I only have about 6 more days of work before my contract ends and I'll be leaving :(

This means we're a bit limited, but I'm sure there's something you could do.

Anyhow, time for breakfast so ciao for now.
Sarah

I cann't open the agenda for tomorrow
so i don't know what we are doing!
Laura

Hi everyone

Does anyone know when the meeting starts on Sunday?

From Calum

Lunch or not...

Hi Laura
I won't be ordering lunch for you all so it depends - you can either have it before you come or bring some with you - your choice.
See you all sunday.
Sarah

next meeting

hi everyone
how r u
I was wondering if we needed to bring lunch to the next meeting
I hope u r all well
c u soon
Laura Hennessy

Weald and Downland Museum, Food and Farming Fair

Hi, me again! Just to let you know that tomorrow (Monday 4th May)I shall be sharing a stall with a friend (SMH Books) at the Food and Farming Fair at the Weald and Downland Museum, Singleton, West Sussex. I will be displaying and )hopefully!) selling some of my photos, hand made bookmarks and more, alongside my friend's second hand books and bestselling book 'REDBREAST; Robin in Life and Literature' which contains one of my photos. If anyone is in the area during the day why not pop in and say 'Hi!' - would be cool to see you.
cheerio
Sophie May xx

Spring watch

Hi everybody!
Just a couple of things, firstly as an amateur photographer I take loads of wildlife photos and I use some to make hand made greetings cards. What do you think about me bringing some along to springwatch to sell - all profits to swt of course! I can bring some examples to the next meeting if you think its a good idea. I mentioned this idea to Sarah and she suggested I put it to you all via the blog.
And secondly, further down the page was mentioned the idea of trips to places in Sussex and the possibility of the Weald and Downland museum. Well I volunteer at the stables there every friday and can highly recomend it as a good place to visit.
Finally, I have updated my blog after my holiday in Kent, so if anyone wants to see what I got up to and some of the photos I took do have a look - www.sophiecosussex.blogspot.com
Thats all for now
cheerio!
Sophie May xx

Hey Ho :)

That all sounds really exciting Sarah! I am sooo looking forward to our next meeting :)

Just one thing though... could you explain what a 'mini allotment ' is? I know what a regular sized allotment is, lol, I'm just not quite getting how you make a smaller version... and it does sound like a really interesting thing to try and do!

Also, I forgot to say before, I love your idea about having a plant identification thing at SpringWatch, Rachel! Maybe we could also have a talk about how we could make that happen at the next meeting?

One last thing, i had one other small idea for SpringWatch, partly inspired by something my mum said... we could maybe have another very simple questionnaire type thing, where all you have to do is tell us what you think you'd do if you were given the chance to manage a piece of land (on your own or as part of group) with no interference from outside authorities... hopefully we'd get quite a few entries with really good nature-related ideas, and not just "I'd build a football pitch", lol...

I'll shush now! Peace Out

Leah :)

Things to do...

Hey

Great to see you're all busy and chatting on the blog. I've been busy too and have got some things to ask you...

If you're all keen on Leah's idea about video-interviewing people at Springwatch, you needto come up with some ideas for thing you want to talk to them about - what are you going to be asking them about?

Also, Brighton and Hove Council are holding a mini allotment competition at Springwatch and they were asking whether any of you would like to enter - you just need to build one and bring it along on the day. Make it in a recycled container if possible.

We've been given a couple of jobs to do in preparation for Sprinwatch too so we're going to have a busy and creative next meeting. I'll email info to Melissa and she can put a rough agenda together and email it round you all.

That's all for now I think.
Sarah

Hey All :)

Thanks again Rachel :) I'd actually completely forgotten about that idea! lol

One other thing... I suddenly realized that there is one really awesome place to visit in Sussex that nobody has yet mentioned (this may be because you've all been there loads already though...)

But just to check, would any of you be interested in a visit to the Weald & Downs Museum?...

That's all for now

Peace Out, Leah :) 

it was me

hi everyone the post were it says about the ending was me and yes leah mi computter is really werid and changes things sorry;lol...yer it was me
from reniece

Oh yeah i see now :) Thank you!
was reading some of the older posts too and Leah your idea about having a workshop type thing is really good - i think it would definitely encourage more people to visit the stall. Like you say though, not sure how plausable it is. Maybe we could have a 'tracker' (not sure what they're called) down to one of our meetings so that we could go for one of our walks and take pictures of what is identified. Then at the stall, the visitors could look at pictures on display and guess what they are. Only a small idea, it doesn't need to go ahead at all - not sure how cost effective it would be - no tracker works for nothing i'm sure of that! hehe :)

still coming up with a few ideas for the logo - could anyone send me the logo you have already with the big Y (sure you know what i mean) if not no worries :)

see you soon,
Rachel xxx