BBC project held in York to document Britain in a day

York Residents will be able to take part in a unique workshop at York Explore on Saturday, which will document BBC’s Britain in a day project.

The event is only one of 30 being held in the country, chosen as part of the BBC on Britain in a Day. The aim of the project is to encourage people to film small parts of their day on 12 November and upload these clips on to the Internet.
The videos can then be broadcast on BBC2 in the run-up to the Olympics to celebrate the uniqueness of Britain and its nations.
KhaoZ Media will be holding a workshop at York Explore to encourage people to document the diversity of York on Saturday 5 November between 10.30am and 3pm.
The event will be an opportunity to show visitors how to get involved in documenting their day. The free workshop will also provide all the information people need to join in Britain in a Day.
Participants can use any equipment to create their work on their phones, digital cameras or a home camcorder and don’t need any experience of filmmaking or uploading to YouTube and Khaoz Media will also be on hand help upload their films if needed.

The project is based on Ridley Scott’s Life In a Day, made entirely of clips uploaded to YouTube by over 80,000 people from around the world.

Britain in a Day aims to capture an authentic and broad-reaching snap shot of Britain. The project is a collaboration between BBC Learning, Scott Free Productions (Ridley Scott) and YouTube.

Ridley Scott

To sign up to this unique workshop please contact York Explore on : (01904) 552828, email exploreyork@york.gov.uk or attend the event on Saturday 5 November
This event will help to build Yorks Olympic legacy, to mark what is already an important year for the city in 2012, to celebrate 800 years of local democracy.
KhaoZ media is a youth-led voluntary media production team, supported by the council’s Arts and Culture team.

York tops league table on children in care

During the 3 years ending in March 2011, when the York Council was led by the Liberal Democrats, the Authority achieved the best performance in the country in placing children for adoption.
National figures reveal that the percentage of looked after children adopted during the year, who were placed for adoption within 12 months, was 100% in York.
In North Yorkshire the figure was 87% while in Leeds it was 85%. The average for the country was 74%.
The performance has been praised by senior politicians from all parties.

York 800

2012 is a very significant year in York’s history, marking 800 years since the city was granted a royal charter by King John on 9th July 1212. This charter enabled York’s citizens to take charge of their own affairs with the right to elect a council, hold courts, appoint a mayor, and collect taxes. To celebrate this historic anniversary a programme of activities is being put together.

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