The Drop Inn hosted a private NYE party with The Wireless Sound System. We raised £580 to start the new year with. The comments people made were "It was the best NYE Party in Belper," Which is amazing for saying it was our first! Play NYE 2009 Recording
Thursday 31 December 2009
Sunday 27 December 2009
3rd Generation Website
Tom and Adie have designed a new website scheduled to launch near the end of January. The new site will have loads more information about the Drop Inn. We have decided it will have 10 pages to browse through instead of only 4. You will be able to see some of the attractions and read about why we built them. On the existing site there is no information about the training we do, nothing about the Jamjar (which accounts for the music side of the Drop Inn), and there is no information about the national award winning safe raves and interactive graffiti wall. The new site will also include the new SYC (Skate Youth Collective - indoor skate park). The new expansion of the Inclusion project will be explained in detail with links to our partners. The new site will take over a month to produce but we are really excited with the new idea's, so look forward to the launch at the end of Jan!!
Tuesday 22 December 2009
Indoor Skate Park
This is the a full view of the mini ramp under construction.
The first surface for the ramp has been screwed into place.
This is the Jig being used to get the right transition on the ramp.
Construction of the Skate Park in the first stages. Nick and Theo have made a professional job of the frame work!
The first surface for the ramp has been screwed into place.
This is the Jig being used to get the right transition on the ramp.
Construction of the Skate Park in the first stages. Nick and Theo have made a professional job of the frame work!
Thursday 17 December 2009
Bag Packing
We partnered up with the Rotary Club at Morrisons to help shoppers pack their bags. We raised quite a bit of money and had a cheerful time. Some of the Young Freshers were absolute star's and became really quick at packing bags. All the participant said they would like to do it again, because it was a lot of fun. So A Big Thank You to everyone that helped out!
Wednesday 16 December 2009
V50 Achieved
There are a few of our young people who have achieved the V50 from Vinspired. We are trying to get 20 of our Young people through it first. The staff are on their Vimpacts. It's all really positive work!!
Tuesday 15 December 2009
Freshers Xmas Party
The freshers Christmas Party was just as crazy as the other party. There was less people but an equally crazy and fun atmosphere. There was all the silly games, like the eat as much chocolate as you can wearing hats, gloves, and scarf before the next person roles a six on a dice.
The Freshers also played the forfeit pass the parcel with some of the worse forfeits replaced with merry Christmas messages. No drinking a cup of water through the person on your lefts sock. Although there was the drinking a cup of water upside down.
The Freshers also played the forfeit pass the parcel with some of the worse forfeits replaced with merry Christmas messages. No drinking a cup of water through the person on your lefts sock. Although there was the drinking a cup of water upside down.
Whitemoor Centre Visit 2
The first visit was so enjoyable, The Drop Inn team was kindly asked to bring their staff and drums again for another session.
Monday 14 December 2009
Christmas Party 2009
The Drop Inn Christmas Party wouldn't be right with out the infamous Forfeit Pass the Parcel. It was a really busy night with more people than last year joining in all the silly games. It was a brilliant atmosphere, and lots of fun.
Yeah, winner of pass the balloon through the legs relay!
Yeah, winner of pass the balloon through the legs relay!
Thursday 10 December 2009
News Bullet
This will be the Drop Inn's News Bulletin. From the last Trustee meeting the secretary Ann Ward came up with the idea of posting out a news update every month in the new year. This idea has come about because of the struggle to arrange meeting for everyones convenience. We are thinking of changing the structure in the new year, to having only two meetings instead of 6, any other meetings will be arranged in groups by appointment. Everyone voted for this great new idea of giving everyone an update each month via email, post and downloadable pages form the Blog. This way the updates are accessible for everyone involved and interested in what the Drop Inn is achieving each month. The new system will be more convenient all round. Look out for the News Pages in the New Year!! D-i x
Christmas @ Beaurepaire Gardens
The Drop Inn Teamed up with Peter Davies to help him do the Christmas festivities. There was a tea room, a few stalls and lots of carol singing.
It was a really good turn out. With young and older people flocking from everywhere. It kept all the Drop Inn people on there toes handing out sweets and carol sheet to everyone that entered. The tea rooms were the busiest though with Libby and Syeven rushed off there feet with orders of warm drinks and soup. It was such a good atmosphere, so if you missed it make sure you don't miss the next one!
It was a really good turn out. With young and older people flocking from everywhere. It kept all the Drop Inn people on there toes handing out sweets and carol sheet to everyone that entered. The tea rooms were the busiest though with Libby and Syeven rushed off there feet with orders of warm drinks and soup. It was such a good atmosphere, so if you missed it make sure you don't miss the next one!
Monday 7 December 2009
DJ Shookz Workshops - Recordings
The start of the Recordings for the DJ Workshop broadcast. In the next couple of weeks the three selected Young People will be recording their 20 minute sets ready for the radio broadcast on Kindafunkyradio.com. The radio broadcast times will be released and promoted at a later date so keep a look out for the times the sets are sounding amazing.
Wednesday 2 December 2009
Forensic Night
The forensic night was really interesting. A team of forensic scientists came in to demonstrate what they do to help solve what happened at a crime scene. It started off with a presentation. Them everyone was split into four groups and shown different techniques in finding evidence on different surfaces. It was truly amazing to watch. This was a linking lives, Derby university and Derbyshire constabulary partnership project.
The Drop Inn was decorated with these "do not enter" banners everywhere. It was a really good set up. With loads of different thing for people to do.
This activity was to simulate a crime scene investigation. The lights were off to start with so you could only see what the light from a little touch was pointed at. Once the main lights were turned on, everyone was feeling queazy toward a rotting body (Model of course) in the corner, with added maggots. The whole demonstration was so interesting.
Here are the forensic scientists of the future. After all the training and demonstrations they all experienced, they can now go out and solve some mysteries! Looking forward to doing this night again, thank you, and please come again.
The Drop Inn was decorated with these "do not enter" banners everywhere. It was a really good set up. With loads of different thing for people to do.
This activity was to simulate a crime scene investigation. The lights were off to start with so you could only see what the light from a little touch was pointed at. Once the main lights were turned on, everyone was feeling queazy toward a rotting body (Model of course) in the corner, with added maggots. The whole demonstration was so interesting.
Here are the forensic scientists of the future. After all the training and demonstrations they all experienced, they can now go out and solve some mysteries! Looking forward to doing this night again, thank you, and please come again.
Saturday 28 November 2009
Re:union /09
This year was three times as busy, with around 100 people calling in to see old friends and party. It was a brilliant atmosphere all night, and it was so nice seeing everyone again!
Friday 27 November 2009
Christmas Nativity 2009
The Drop Inn was approached to create Three gift baring young people instead of the Three wise men. They brought a Wii and skate board to keep the traditional scene contemporary and fun for the young people.
Laura posing with the first finished Model. We were thinking of making some more for security dummies, for our window. This model had been scaring people from the office window for weeks!
The construction of the Models for the Christmas Nativity scene. Look at Andrea helping out with the Art and Crafts expertise :)
Laura posing with the first finished Model. We were thinking of making some more for security dummies, for our window. This model had been scaring people from the office window for weeks!
The construction of the Models for the Christmas Nativity scene. Look at Andrea helping out with the Art and Crafts expertise :)
Thursday 26 November 2009
Vinspired National Awards 2009
Tom Stone WON the national Genius Award for Innovation and Creativity, and Laura Taylor WON the regional Transform Award.
Inside the Indigo O2 Arena, where there everyone was served really nice food and plenty of wine.
Regional Legend Award (Neil Fowkes), Regional Transform Award (Laura Taylor), and National Genius Award (Tom Stone).
Andrea is posing with James Caan after asking him who he was.
Tom and Laura just after the Awards had been announced. Two winners form the same organisation, it was so exciting!
Inside the Indigo O2 Arena, where there everyone was served really nice food and plenty of wine.
Regional Legend Award (Neil Fowkes), Regional Transform Award (Laura Taylor), and National Genius Award (Tom Stone).
Andrea is posing with James Caan after asking him who he was.
Tom and Laura just after the Awards had been announced. Two winners form the same organisation, it was so exciting!
Wednesday 25 November 2009
Award for Operation Relentless involvement
The Drop Inn has WON an Award for it's initiatives to improve public confidence and safety during operation Relentless 2009!! With in a week of joining this operation the Staff and young people at The Drop Inn cleaned up an act of graffiti vandalism to the Belper Skate Park. There was racist graffiti all over the Skate Park, which was believed to have been done early in the day. The Drop Inn team alerted the police, council and the press and set off with their safer neighborhoods anti graffiti kit to clean it up. Three hours of cleaning and the Skate Park was all clear of racial graffiti, then the council came to re-paint the last of the mess the graffiti paint had left. Thank You to all the young people and staff involved, and Thank You for this award!
Tuesday 24 November 2009
Freshers/09 - Paint 2
Everything was carefully sketched out then drawn over in marker pens before painted. There is some really good designs, which would be nice to eventually U.V on the main wall!
This is to give the Freshers a chance to get some of there are work on the walls, and hopefully gain some ownership. There is some really nice art work emerging, looks like we'll have a new line of creative young people just come through our door!
This is to give the Freshers a chance to get some of there are work on the walls, and hopefully gain some ownership. There is some really nice art work emerging, looks like we'll have a new line of creative young people just come through our door!
Monday 23 November 2009
cater for the Skater update
Unfortunately the construction of an indoor skate park had been postponed which was largely down to the priority of other events and also finalising the designs. The final designs have now been drawn up so all going well the materials can be ordered now and construction could start in a week! The latest design from the young people will definitely get a lot of attention once constructed! It's a really exciting project so we'll keep everyone up to date with the progress! We have also thought up some names and potential logo's for the indoor skate park. It's going to be so cool!
Thank you,
Tom.
Thank you,
Tom.
Whitemoor Centre Visit
I am delighted to say that the visit to white moor day care center was certainly a memorable experience for everyone that attended. we started with a presentation and a short role play session delivered by the police to show "hate crime" situations that may arise in everyday life, and how these can be avoided/ tackled.
This then lead onto a heart felt performance from members of white moor theatre group following the story of a character born with down-syndrome, and how their life was affected by "hate crime" and the general stereo-types that follow.
At lunch time we were provided with a choice of three meals including; Chicken tikka with rice, Jacket potato with salad, or a bean-chili.
After lunch, Andrea lead a presentation for the Drop Inn, explaining what we provide as a youth center, projects we have run amongst the community, Issues we face, and a video of the recent inter-generational project from Andrea's "linking lives" work.
So far the day had consisted of "sit and watch" activities, so we decided to take it a step further with an interactive drum session in which The drop inn provided white moor members with various percussive instruments. This activity reached far further than every one of our expectations. With a smile on every face and a vibrant energy amongst the center, we continued to perform with "poi" and the circle percussion. Our activity was so successful that the police decided to cancel their quiz activity and let us carry on with our inclusion work. Jasper provided well know chart songs with his guitar, while the rest of the room participated with drumming, dancing, tai-chi, break-dancing, or just a pleasant sing along. It really was a fantastic experience.
We were thanked at the end by the police, staff from white moor, and, one member from white moor stepped to the mic to give a heart touching personal thank you from himself and the rest of the members.
One staff member said "Thank you so much for your time, I don't think you realize how much this means to them. It's the happiest I've seen them all year"
It really was a rewarding day to see a smile put on everyone's face. We look forward to future inclusion work bringing communities together.
The Drop Inn
This then lead onto a heart felt performance from members of white moor theatre group following the story of a character born with down-syndrome, and how their life was affected by "hate crime" and the general stereo-types that follow.
At lunch time we were provided with a choice of three meals including; Chicken tikka with rice, Jacket potato with salad, or a bean-chili.
After lunch, Andrea lead a presentation for the Drop Inn, explaining what we provide as a youth center, projects we have run amongst the community, Issues we face, and a video of the recent inter-generational project from Andrea's "linking lives" work.
So far the day had consisted of "sit and watch" activities, so we decided to take it a step further with an interactive drum session in which The drop inn provided white moor members with various percussive instruments. This activity reached far further than every one of our expectations. With a smile on every face and a vibrant energy amongst the center, we continued to perform with "poi" and the circle percussion. Our activity was so successful that the police decided to cancel their quiz activity and let us carry on with our inclusion work. Jasper provided well know chart songs with his guitar, while the rest of the room participated with drumming, dancing, tai-chi, break-dancing, or just a pleasant sing along. It really was a fantastic experience.
We were thanked at the end by the police, staff from white moor, and, one member from white moor stepped to the mic to give a heart touching personal thank you from himself and the rest of the members.
One staff member said "Thank you so much for your time, I don't think you realize how much this means to them. It's the happiest I've seen them all year"
It really was a rewarding day to see a smile put on everyone's face. We look forward to future inclusion work bringing communities together.
The Drop Inn
Saturday 21 November 2009
Game-on Tournament
The Game-On tournament was a really good atmosphere! We had a pretty good turn out for the first one. Each person that arrived and paid entrance got a ticket which gets them £1 off anything at The Game-On store on King Street, Belper!
This poster was put all over town, with the basic information about the tournament. This Games tournament was a first for Belper on this scale and definitely a first for the Drop Inn and Game-On. We basically converted the Drop Inn into a giant arcade, the atmosphere was amazing as you walked around. There was so many different games going on at one time!
This was the tournament break down on the second poster. Showing which ages category will be playing what game.
On all the other screen's there was retro classic games like Crash team racing, halo, Soul Caliber, and many more on request. The projector that had skate on it swapped for Need for speed Shift later on as the crowd changed. On the other T.V's that were set up there was also the chance to test some of the latest released games like left 4 dead 2!
Guitar hero was set up for the entire duration, only to be upgraded by the full band kit. This screen was used as the back ground music which created such a nice atmosphere. The other main speakers from our sound system were used for this screen, so the quality of sound was the best for this music based game! It was a great experience!
Fifa 10 was the first tournament to be set up with more people wanting to compete on it. There was a few people saying thegame was more interactive with it being played on a cinema sized projection screen. This game was later replace for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 for the over 18's tournament. This screen also had the base bins from the Frankenstein sound system so it sounded brilliant. As you walked around you could hear the thundering base from this room!
Another really popular game was Mario Kart for the Wii. Which we had intended only leaving on for the younger people attending, but due to popular demand it stayed on all day. It was projected on the new smart board which also made the colours of this already bright game even more colourful!
Skate 2 was a huge success at the Games Tournament, with The Drop Inn having a large skate following!
Thank You Game-On cant wait till the next big games event in easter next year!
This poster was put all over town, with the basic information about the tournament. This Games tournament was a first for Belper on this scale and definitely a first for the Drop Inn and Game-On. We basically converted the Drop Inn into a giant arcade, the atmosphere was amazing as you walked around. There was so many different games going on at one time!
This was the tournament break down on the second poster. Showing which ages category will be playing what game.
On all the other screen's there was retro classic games like Crash team racing, halo, Soul Caliber, and many more on request. The projector that had skate on it swapped for Need for speed Shift later on as the crowd changed. On the other T.V's that were set up there was also the chance to test some of the latest released games like left 4 dead 2!
Guitar hero was set up for the entire duration, only to be upgraded by the full band kit. This screen was used as the back ground music which created such a nice atmosphere. The other main speakers from our sound system were used for this screen, so the quality of sound was the best for this music based game! It was a great experience!
Fifa 10 was the first tournament to be set up with more people wanting to compete on it. There was a few people saying thegame was more interactive with it being played on a cinema sized projection screen. This game was later replace for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 for the over 18's tournament. This screen also had the base bins from the Frankenstein sound system so it sounded brilliant. As you walked around you could hear the thundering base from this room!
Another really popular game was Mario Kart for the Wii. Which we had intended only leaving on for the younger people attending, but due to popular demand it stayed on all day. It was projected on the new smart board which also made the colours of this already bright game even more colourful!
Skate 2 was a huge success at the Games Tournament, with The Drop Inn having a large skate following!
Thank You Game-On cant wait till the next big games event in easter next year!
Friday 20 November 2009
Auction 2009
The auction wasn't half as busy as we had hoped. However we still raised £400 which we will put towards a personal license. We gave also thought it would be nice to save some of the expensive items back and host another auction in the new year. Thank you to all who did attend, and another huger thank you to the people involved in setting it up!
Wednesday 18 November 2009
PP Report 18/11/09
See what news we have. This document it the current updates and up and coming projects.Publicity and promotions Manager report 18/11/09
Tuesday 17 November 2009
Freshers/09 - Paint
We have started a big painting project to last a couple of weeks. This is to give our new younger members a chance to put their artwork on the walls and gain a sense of ownership. It was really good fun splashing paint around again!
Plan Scratch Workshops
After the radio broadcast for the DJ workshops there will be a second workshop running along side. Alex a DJ from one of the safe raves will be coming along to run some workshops on scratching vinyl.
Friday 13 November 2009
Thursday 12 November 2009
Tuesday 10 November 2009
Freshers/09 - Climbing Wall
The Climbing wall arrived on the Freshers night this year. It got a huge response with loads of people having ago.
Sunday 8 November 2009
Game-on Tournament Launch
On the 21st of November Game-On and The Drop Inn are putting on Belpers Biggest games Tournament. Under 18's till 7.30pm £1 entry, over 18's £2 open till late. There is 4 projectora and four main competition themes. We also have set up a retro games corner for all the old classics. Hope to see you all there. D-i x
Remembrance Sunday
The Remembrance Sunday service had a good turn out at Beaurepaire Gardens (Bridge Foot). Some of our young people attended to lay a wreath and pay their respects on behalf of all the young people at the Drop Inn. We will Remember Them.
Saturday 7 November 2009
Game-on Raffle Draw
Over the last wee Game-on have been running a raffle for The Drop Inn. The winner of the Raffle has WON a Nintendo Wii games console. The prize will be presented to the winner at the Grande Auction on the 20th of November. Thank You Game-on!
Thursday 5 November 2009
FireWerks
This was the Drop Inn's idea of and alternative Fireworks display. We did the eclipse Firework display last year and wanted to do something completely different. We booked some professional fire performers in to perform a short impact fire show.
They were spinning fire staffs, nun-chucks and breathing fire. It was only a short 10-15 minute show but was really entertaining and something a bit different from the usual fireworks everyone else does. Thanks to Rowland and Gritz! We also had our usual bonfire night BBQ which was very tasty!
They were spinning fire staffs, nun-chucks and breathing fire. It was only a short 10-15 minute show but was really entertaining and something a bit different from the usual fireworks everyone else does. Thanks to Rowland and Gritz! We also had our usual bonfire night BBQ which was very tasty!
Tuesday 3 November 2009
TooDoo Profile
TooDoo - things to do in Derbyshire profile. Click TooDoo To see our profile. It should be updated soon with a listing of our attractions and current projects.
DJ Shookz workshops
We are up to the 7th session and it is going really well. The two young people have been selecting their track listing and practicing hard. They are getting close to performing on a live broadcast. Thank You Shookz!
Monday 2 November 2009
Clothes Order [5]
The 4th clothes order has gone in, which now has brought the total people wearing our Clothes Brand up to 20+. Hopefully if we next year we can reach 50 people. D-i x
Nottingham Conference
Andrea attended a conference in Nottingham called the commissioning Road show, were there was promotion of the work the Drop Inn organization has been up to. Andrea has made some more really important links and hopefully we will get to work with some more of these really enthusiastic organizations! D-i x
Friday 30 October 2009
Back to The Future Conference
Andrea and Libby got selected from the Drop Inn centre along side Gill Clarke from DIgS to go and do a presentation about the intergenerational work they have been working on. The 'Back to the Future' intergenerational conference was held at the Inmarstat conference centre in London. The three of them presented the 'Role Reversal' project which was the summer project both organisation paired up to create along side with Filmcity. The trailer for the 'Role Reversal' film was screened as part of the presentation. Then in the afternoon there were two workshops delivered to different groups. All followed up with an after-party.
It was a great promotion for the intergenerational work we are doing at the Drop Inn, with people traveling from all corners of Europe to be there.
It was a great promotion for the intergenerational work we are doing at the Drop Inn, with people traveling from all corners of Europe to be there.
Friday 23 October 2009
F7/10 - [5/6]
This Safe Rave was more experimental with the first hour of the night having live bongo drums to compliment the house music!
Tuesday 20 October 2009
Sunday 18 October 2009
Frankenstein sound system
The Drop Inn's impressive sound system branded the 'Frankenstein sound system' has finally had a logo developed to spray on the speakers and put on flyers
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Tuesday 13 October 2009
Excellence in the Community Award
Andrea has won the Excellence in the Community Award for Derbyshire, through the work she has done for the Drop Inn. This is the 6th Award the Drop has won, well done Andrea. We are aiming to win 4 more before the tenth Birthday. D-i x
Freshers/09 - Team Challenges
This week was similar to the week of silly games before. Next week is the U.V Party!
Friday 9 October 2009
F7/10 - [4/6]
This 'Safe Rave' was quiet compared to the last few with only 50 people attending. Where there was slightly less people the more DJ's and dancing made up for it. It was the most fun out of all the 'Safe Raves' so far. Theo started the music then Shookz took over. The music was all dub step, Drum and Base. Thanks to the DJ's and good look Shookz to the set at Crasher Saturday night! D-i x
Wednesday 7 October 2009
Tagged - L.A
The Drop Inn has finally made it state side after 9 years. We have invaded L.A, and tagged ourselves everywhere!
American Invasion
American Invasion
Saturday 3 October 2009
New CD Mixer
We've been donated an old but really cool CD Mixer to go with our decks. Our set ups looking pretty nice now. This CD mixer will help the young people learn how to beat match for the DJ workshops. We've also been given a new mixer with effects on it! Thank You!
Thursday 1 October 2009
Wednesday 30 September 2009
Freshers/09 - Silly Games
The third Freshers night saw even more new faces. Everyone joined in some really silly games like, suck-the-pea, and eating a chocolate bar with no-hands relay. It was a very entertaining night with lots of laughs.
DJ Shookz workshop [3]
Everyone is making amazing progress! The three young people that have signed up for the 20 minute set are putting the extra efforts in, and getting really good!
The three people going for the 20 minute radio slot have picked what tunes they are playing, and have been mixing up to three tracks in a row!
The three people going for the 20 minute radio slot have picked what tunes they are playing, and have been mixing up to three tracks in a row!
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