The Cambodian Children’s Painting Project (CCPP) is to exhibit a range of original paintings by almost 100 Cambodian children in Newcastle on July 5th at The Biscuit Factory.

The exhibition is part of a 24-city European tour by CCPP this spring and summer to raise money, vital to provide ongoing educational support to more than 100 children in the Sihanoukville region of Cambodia.

The exhibitions opening to the public is from 18:30-21:00 on Monday the 5th of July, with 100 small and 20 large paintings for sale from between 15-150 pounds each.

Felix Brooks-church, General Manager of the Cambodian Children’s Painting Project (CCPP) comments: “The current economic climate has significantly affected tourism numbers in Cambodia, so rather than waiting for the world to come to us, we thought we’d bring the children’s paintings to the world.

“CCPP works directly with families in Cambodia to make it possible for more than 100 children to attend school. We create a safe and supportive place where the children can learn, play and express themselves through daily activities such as painting, drawing and sculpture, as well as sports, English and computing classes. We also provide food, medical care and clean clothing – which all plays a part in ensuring that the children stay in school for as long as possible.

“The majority of the children involved in the Project live in terrible conditions and lack regular access to food, clean water and medical care. They have little or no education and make money by collecting cans and plastic bottles. Sadly, they are often the victims of violent abuse and paedophilia.

“Our hope is that education can help counteract the effects of poverty and that the children will go on to become active members of their own communities, helping to shape the future of Cambodia.

“This European tour would not have been possible without the support of past volunteers who have helped us in Cambodia over the past three years. They have been instrumental in organizing each event in their home towns, spending much of their time and money to set up the events. The overall reaction to the exhibitions has been inspiring – it’s truly a global network of people that keeps our doors open.”

For more information:
Rachel E. Brown, The Biscuit Factory
+44 778 999 7636
rachel@thebiscuitfactory.com
www.thebiscuitfactory.com

Felix Brooks-church, CCPP Director
+44 790 337 3881
ccppexhibitions@gmail.com
www.letuscreate.org

Time and Date:
18:30-21:00 Monday the 5th of July

The Biscuit Factory
www.thebiscuitfactory.com
16 Stoddart Street
Shieldfield
Newcastle Upon Tyne
Tyne And Wear
NE2 1AN

0191 261 1103

About us:
The Cambodian Children’s Painting Project (CCPP) is a grass roots initiative working with some of the country’s poorest children. Cambodia is one of the very poorest countries of South East Asia and CCPP’s aim is to create a brighter future for these kids through art and education.

CCPP is a continuation of an activity initiated by Roger Dixon, a professional artist, who came to Cambodia to paint on Sihanoukville’s beaches in the early 1990s. The local children were intrigued by this man and his paints and wanted to try it for themselves. So Roger brought the necessary materials with him the following season and the children started to paint. The activity proved so popular and successful that Roger made it into a regular feature during his annual visits to Sihanoukville, financing it from his limited personal means. Backed up by an enthusiastic group of local volunteers the activity grew in size and scope, and diversified.

In April 2006, CCPP was registered as an NGO to provide the project with a legal status and to make it possible to sustain and expand its activities. Since its humble beginnings almost three years ago, over four hundred children have been a part of the initiative. CCPP now provides the children with not only access to painting, craft and sports activities, but also two meals a day, access to medical and dental assistance and most importantly, an opportunity to receive a proper education. CCPP also runs English and computing classes in-house, in addition to sponsoring all the children to attend Khmer school full time.

In 2007 CCPP moved from its modest beach shack to a safer location off the beach, more appropriate for the children and their needs. The new centre has a range of facilities including a large painting studio, clean bathrooms and a full kitchen, as well as an indoor gallery space, education classrooms and volunteer accommodation.

Most of the regularly attending children no longer sell their bracelets and wares along the beach, yet they continue to earn money to help support their families through the sale of their paintings from the CCPP gallery. Paintings are sold for $4. Two dollars go to the child’s family, and $2 goes into CCPP’s communal education fund which we use to offer all our children a chance to attend Khmer school, paying school fees and providing uniforms, bags, books and pens and any ongoing costs such as one-on-one tutoring.

The children now spend their spare time playing, painting and interacting with CCPP’s staff and volunteers at the centre. In a sense, they have been given back their youth, with a chance to be kids again for a couple of hours a day, and are protected, out of harm’s way.

This year The Bupa Great North Run half marathon is on Sunday 19th September 2010

The Great North Run is the world’s biggest half marathon, featuring 54,000 runners: it is without doubt the most iconic half-marathon on the planet!

Run from Newcastle to Gateshead, with an excellent atmosphere and participants showing tremendous dedication, passion and above all – fun!

The Bupa Great North Run will be broadcast live on BBC ONE from 9.30am – 1.30pm, with a highlights programme on the same day at 10.50pm – 11.30pm on BBC TWO. Also, for the first time, there will be a special broadcast on BBC Radio 5 Live from 9.30am – 12noon on race day.

Further details as soon as they become available!

Great North Run Website

This year The Bupa Great North 10K Run is on Sunday 18th July 2010, starting at 9.45am.

Following the success of last year’s first Sunderland 10k Run, with 4500 participants, 2010 looks to be bigger and better!

Run on a course through the city of Sunderland, starting and ending at Sunderland AFC’s Stadium of Light!

Entries are open now, just click on the link below for further information.

Further details as soon as they become available!

Great North 10K Website

Deaf Awareness Week 2010 in the UK

The year 2009 saw free, no obligation hearing assessments at Hearing Centres when users of hearing aids could have their equipment cleaned and checked free of charge, and clients were offered the opportunity to have their hearing tested and talk to audiologists about any concerns, with demonstrations of the latest technology.

For anyone wanting to get involved with Deaf Awareness Week 2010, the website at www.deafcouncil.org.uk contains advice on fundraising activities with special promotional material available including balloons, collection cans, stickers and posters.

Ideas for events include holding a sponsored silence and Signathons, where participants are sponsored for every word of British Sign Language they learn.

There are many opportunities for schools to get involved, too: ideas can be found at the National Deaf Children’s Society website www.ndcs.org.uk with fundraising initiatives and ways to help children learn about the ways in which deaf people communicate.

There is also information about the wide range of sponsorship opportunities available for individuals and organisations to help fund specific projects, ranging from sports programmes to grants and equipment, weekend events for families of children with hearing loss and worldwide initiatives – as well as those closer to home.

UK Council on Deafness

Founded in Sept 1993 by a consortium of deaf organisations, the UK Council on Deafness aims to achieve full participation in society for all deaf people and create an environment in which voluntary sector organisations working with deaf people can reach their full potential.

The first Deaf Awareness Week was held in America in 1951, and has continued to educate people about the many issues and difficulties that face deaf people in the world today.

In the UK, Deaf Awareness Week sees a wide range of national and local events taking place across the country to “promote the positive aspects of deafness, social inclusion and raising awareness of the huge range of local and national organisations that support deaf people and their family and friends.”

Special events in the past have included shows at theatres like The National Theatre with speech to text transcriptions, tours of museums for the hard of hearing, workshops to assist with doorbell, phones and smoke alarms, meet a hearing-dog sessions, sign language taster classes and a chance for deaf people and hard of hearing to meet with specialists for advice.

Deaf Awareness Week 2010 – 28th June to 4th July 2010

Over one hundred deaf charities are uniting beneath the umbrella organisation The UK Council on Deafness for “Look at Me”, the banner adopted by Deaf Awareness Week from 28th June to 4th July 2010.

The theme aims to highlight the different types of deafness and explain the many different methods of communication used by deaf people.

The word deaf is used to describe a whole range of conditions relating to deafness: according to figures from the World Health Organisation, there are currently 278 million deaf people across the world, 80 per cent of which live in developing countries; of these, 25% became deaf as children.

Other types of deafness include people who have become deafened later in life, deafblind people, the hard of hearing and people affected by tinnitus, all of whom use different forms of communication.

This year the Tynedale Beer Festival is being run on the 17 June to 19 June 2010

Tickets are available through the Festival website, see link below.

Tynedale Beer Festival 2010
Tynedale Rugby Club
Tynedale Park
Station Road
Corbridge
Northumberland
NE45 5AY

Tynedale Beer Festival 2010

In 2009, the Tynedale Beer Festival had a record year for attendance and donations to charities, and the organisers and sponsors are aiming to better in 2010!

Festival Opening Times:

Thursday 17 June 2010, 6.00pm – 11.00pm
Friday 18 June 2010, 6.00pm – 11.00pm
Saturday 19 June2010, 1.00pm – 11.00pm

Entertainment @ Tynedale Beer Festival 2010:

Thursday night: Jazz with the Tyne Valley Stompers and hot folk with Northumbrian Fayre
Friday night: Do the funky gibbon with Johnny Baboon and his band
Saturday Afternoon: Jumping to the Vieux Carré Jazzmen
Saturday night: Let your hair down with Northumbrian Fayre and The Proper Boys

Further details as soon as they become available!

The Beers – 105 in 2010!

For the real ale and cider lovers you can see in the beer list what will be on offer at the 2010 festival.

There will be 105 beers this year and at least ten ciders, as well as wines and soft drinks.

The list is a “work in progress” – it is bound to change!

And there’s no excuse for going hungry at the Tynedale Beer Festival: there’s always plenty of grub to soak up the drink. The best beef burgers from the barbecue, a wide range of sandwiches and loads of chips – all freshly prepared and cooked.

Tynedale Beer Festival Website
Tynedale Beer Festival 2010 Beer List

Founded by the BBC in 2002 in association with the charity Comic Relief, Sport Relief brings together famous faces from the worlds of sport and entertainment to help vulnerable people everywhere.

In the past we’ve witnessed amazing feats and challenges on TV: events in 2002 took a surprise swing when a tennis match was televised live between Ilie Nastase, Alistair McGowan, Pat Cash and none other than the UK’s prime minister at the time, Tony Blair.

He went on to win four sets to one!

In 2006 Chris Evans, Nick Faldo and Gary Lineker took part in a hilarious pitching competition on the roof of the TV studio, when the target for their balls were giant cut-outs of the mouths of Jimmy Tarbuck and Bruce Forsyth – say no more.

And who could ever forget Sport Relief 2008 when the star of Little Britain, David Walliams, swam the channel and raised over £1 million in donations? We were with him every chilling inch of the way as we watched from the safety of our armchairs.

In 2010, celebrities are embarking on some of the most adventurous and extraordinary challenges to date: Christine Bleakley from The One Show will attempt to water-ski across the English Channel powered by Thomson Sport – by her own admission she can neither Water ski nor swim “particularly well”, but what the heck!; Blue Peter’s Helen Skelton is making a bid to become the first woman to kayak the Amazon River, whilst rugby legend Lawrence Dallaglio is cycling 2,800 km around the rugby Six Nations stadiums – in just 24 days.

Sport Relief 2010

A whole evening’s television will be devoted to Sport Relief on Friday 19th March 2010 on BBC 1 with special programmes throughout the weekend, including a unique version of Let’s Dance for Sport Relief and tailored editions of Masterchef and Top Gear; Frank Skinner will host A Question of Sport Relief and James Cordon, from the popular Gavin and Stacey show, will introduce a brand new ‘Smithy’ sketch.

But the most important participants are the members of the public who will take part in the Sport Relief Mile event.

Designed to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Sir Roger Bannister’s sub four-minute mile, the Mile events take place across the country when celebrities and public alike take up the challenge of completing their own mini marathon: in 2006 more than 423,000 people jogged, ran, walked, wheeled, bounced, hopped or bounced their way along one, three or six mile designated runs in an unprecedented run for charity.

This year, The Sainsbury’s Sport Relief Mile takes place on Sunday 21st March.

You can search for the event nearest to you and enter online at www.sportrelief.co.uk. With official T-shirts designed by all the Beckham family, this year’s affair promises to be the most stylish Sports Relief ever!

There are also plenty of ideas on the site as to how you can go about organising an event, getting sponsors and advice about becoming one yourself. If you decide to take part in the Sport Relief Mile, there are loads of ways in which you can maximise your success by using emails, texts, tweets, Facebook or local newspaper to publicise your attempt.

To put things in perspective: the sum of £110 could enable four people living in remote villages in Uganda to be trained in medical techniques to help save the lives of children with malaria.

Sport Relief: 19 March – 21 March 2010

If you’ve been putting off doing something physically active for a while, then the 19th to 21st March 2010 could be the time to don your trainers and your trackeys and help raise some money for disadvantaged people in the UK and across the world.

Sport Relief is a biennial event that has become one of Britain’s biggest fundraisers, and in 2008 raised £19.5 million for deserving causes.

We’ve listed the big names who are rising to the challenge and inspiring people across the UK to do the same – so why don’t you?

Taking part is a real opportunity to change people’s lives – it’s also fun, it’s a day off work, and it’s an excuse to wear some amazing Sport Relief stripy socks!

Newcastle Racecourse, Gosforth Park

Newcastle Racecourse is set in the 812 acre Gosforth Park Estate, just three miles north of Newcastle city centre.

Being a part of Northern Racing, the Newcastle Racecourse has become part of the largest private owned group of racecourses in the country; the racecourse hosts thirty meetings annually as well as providing a range of business events, private parties and special occasions.

Newcastle Racecourse has a football centre, two golf courses, a nature reserve, Scout Camp as well as conferencing facilities, exhibition and banqueting place.

There are two types of racing at the course, the flat and the National Hunt which are both hosted by the Newcastle Racecourse. The flat race is a left-handed triangle with a mile of straight course for distances; the National Hunt course is a galloping racecourse with about 1¾th mile distance, including eleven individual fences.

The most famous and biggest event that the Racecourse arranges is the Northumberland Plate Festival which was first established in 1833 as Pitmen’s Derby: the Northumberland Plate is a three-day long, two-mile race held annually in June; it is believed to be one of the most remarkable and one of the most competitive handicaps of the season.

Other notable events include Beeswing Ladies Day, the Fighting Fifth Hurdle, Blaydon Races, Tote Eider and Christmas Hurdle Raceday.

Newcastle Racecourse provides lots of excellent facilities such as free parking spaces, family entertainment, restaurants and bars, along with facilities for the disabled. Every floor is made to be easily accessible from all the amenities.

There are plans in progress to build a hotel, as well as number of golfing and caravanning facilities on the place adjacent to the Racecourse.

Over the years, the Newcastle Racecourse has changed its ownership many times, becoming a possession of companies such as Newcastle Breweries, Bellway Homes also private shareholders, while in 1994 was purchased by Sir Stanley Clarke’s Northern Racing. Tickets for visiting the Racecourse can be bought at the entrance or booked in advance by telephoning the course or visiting the website.

How To Find Newcastle Racecourse

By Car: there are brown and white board signs bearing the horse and ride from the A1, A19 and main approach roads to Newcastle; the Racecourse is opposite the Marriott Hotel.

By Train: there are two train stations which are close by the Newcastle Racecourse, the Regent Centre Metro Station and the Newcastle Central Station.

By Bus: from the Regent Centre bus stop, visitors can take the 42, 43, 44 or 45 services and get off at the Gosforth Park Hotel which is next to the Racecourse.

Address:
Newcastle Racecourse
High Gosforth Park
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE3 5HP
United Kingdom

Tel: 0191 236 2020
Website: Newcastle Racecourse and Conference Centre 

What's On in Newcastle upon Tyne for July 2010?

What's On	Venue	Town	Date
Exhibition: North East Beat - Venues, Bands and Fans	Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens	Sunderland	29/05/2010 -12/09/2010
Exhibition: Bright Young Things	Monkwearmouth Station Museum	Sunderland	12/06/2010 -04/07/2010
Exhibition: Building Bridges	Discovery Museum	Newcastle upon Tyne	12/06/2010 -30/01/2011
Exhibition: DinoMites	South Shields Museum and Art Gallery	South Shields	12/06/2010 -26/09/2010
Exhibition: Takhti - A Modern Iranian Hero	Hatton Gallery	Newcastle University	24/06/2010 -21/08/2010
Silversmith Demonstrations by Les Howe	Bede's World	Jarrow	26/06/2010
Cirque de Soleil	Metro Radio Arena	Newcastle upon Tyne	01/07/2010 -04/07/2010
Tigertailz	Legends	Newcastle upon Tyne	02/07/2010
Bon Jovi Experience	Whitley Bay Playhouse	Whitley Bay	02/07/2010
Pirates Weekend	Blue Reef Aquarium	Tynemouth	03/07/2010 -04/07/2010
International Friendship Festival 2010	Northern Area Playing Fields	Washington	03/07/2010 -04/07/2010
Ryton Summer Festival '10		Ryton	03/07/2010
FREE Saturday Art Classes	Laing Art Gallery	Newcastle upon Tyne	03/07/2010
FREE Talk: Picture of the Month - July 2010	Laing Art Gallery	Newcastle upon Tyne	03/07/2010
Rock, Gem & Bead Show	Newcastle Racecourse	Gosforth Park, Newcastle	03/07/2010 -04/07/2010
The Eclipse Ball: A Twilight Saga Celebration	Seven Stories	Newcastle upon Tyne	03/07/2010
Celebration	The Customs House	South Shields	03/07/2010 -04/07/2010
Bugsy Malone	Whitley Bay Playhouse	Whitley Bay	03/07/2010
The Importance of Being Earnest	Belsay Hall and Gardens	Morpeth	03/07/2010
Stars on Stage	Sunderland Playhouse	Sunderland	04/07/2010
Mum's The Word	Sunderland Empire	Sunderland	05/07/2010 -07/07/2010
Dinnerladies	Theatre Royal Newcastle	Newcastle upon Tyne	05/07/2010 -10/07/2010
David Ford	Cluny 2	Newcastle upon Tyne	05/07/2010
Shipley Scamps	Shipley Art Gallery	Gateshead	07/07/2010
Chipmunk	o2 Academy	Newcastle upon Tyne	08/07/2010
The Voice of Roy Orbison	Journal Tyne Theatre	Newcastle upon Tyne	08/07/2010
Roy Chubby Brown	Whitley Bay Playhouse	Whitley Bay	08/07/2010
Whitley Bay International Jazz Festival		Whitley Bay	09/07/2010 -11/07/2010
Seth Lakeman	Whitley Bay Playhouse	Whitley Bay	09/07/2010
North East Baby Road Show	Newcastle Racecourse	Gosforth Park, Newcastle	10/07/2010
Exhibition: Craftivism	Shipley Art Gallery	Gateshead	10/07/2010 -07/11/2010
Exhibition: William Armstrong	Discovery Museum	Newcastle upon Tyne	10/07/2010 -16/11/2010
FREE Talk: Picture of the Month - July 2010	Laing Art Gallery	Newcastle upon Tyne	10/07/2010
Harry Potter Weekend	Seven Stories	Newcastle upon Tyne	10/07/2010 -11/07/2010
Aviva British Grand Prix	Gateshead International Stadium	Gateshead	10/07/2010
James Morrison	Tynemouth Priory and Castle	Tynemouth	10/07/2010
The Dolly Parton Story	Journal Tyne Theatre	Newcastle upon Tyne	10/07/2010
Me and My Life: The Tremeloes	Whitley Bay Playhouse	Whitley Bay	10/07/2010
The Platters	Whitley Bay Playhouse	Whitley Bay	11/07/2010
The Rat Pack - Live from Las Vegas	Whitley Bay Playhouse	Whitley Bay	12/07/2010 -17/07/2010
Rock Around The Clock	Theatre Royal Newcastle	Newcastle upon Tyne	12/07/2010 -17/07/2010
Shipley Scamps	Shipley Art Gallery	Gateshead	14/07/2010
Basshunter	o2 Academy	Newcastle upon Tyne	14/07/2010
Robert Cray Band	Sage	Gateshead	14/07/2010
The Gruffalo	Theatre Royal Newcastle	Newcastle upon Tyne	15/07/2010 -17/07/2010
Gilbert and Sullivan: Summer Serenade	The Customs House	South Shields	15/07/2010 -17/07/2010
Viva Broadway	Sunderland Empire	Sunderland	15/07/2010
Otterburn Festival	Otterburn Mill	Otterburn	17/07/2010 -18/07/2010
Disney's Alice in Wonderland	Sunderland Empire	Sunderland	17/07/2010
Exhibition: Build It!	Monkwearmouth Station Museum	Sunderland	17/07/2010 -26/09/2010
FREE Talk: Picture of the Month - July 2010	Laing Art Gallery	Newcastle upon Tyne	17/07/2010
Jools Holland and His Rhythm and Blues Orchestra	Alnwick Castle	Northumberland	17/07/2010
Jason Manford	Town Hall	Middlesbrough	17/07/2010
2010 Northern Masters Football	Metro Radio Arena	Newcastle upon Tyne	17/07/2010
Spamalot	Theatre Royal Newcastle	Newcastle upon Tyne	19/07/2010 -24/07/2010
Fiery Feet	Sage	Gateshead	19/07/2010
Jesus Christ Superstar	Whitley Bay Playhouse	Whitley Bay	20/07/2010 -24/07/2010
The Coral	Sunderland Empire	Sunderland	20/07/2010
Shipley Scamps	Shipley Art Gallery	Gateshead	21/07/2010
Eoin Colfer: LIVE in Newcastle	Seven Stories	Newcastle upon Tyne	21/07/2010
Remember When	Sunderland Empire	Sunderland	21/07/2010
Beautiful Thing	The Customs House	South Shields	23/07/2010 -24/07/2010
Pet Shop Boys	Metro Radio Arena	Newcastle upon Tyne	23/07/2010
Silversmith Demonstrations by Les Howe	Bede's World	Jarrow	24/07/2010
Beeswing Ladies Day	Newcastle Racecourse	Gosforth Park, Newcastle	24/07/2010
Sunderland International Airshow		Sunderland	24/07/2010 -25/07/2010
FREE Talk: Picture of the Month - July 2010	Laing Art Gallery	Newcastle upon Tyne	24/07/2010
Zappa Plays Zappa	Sage	Gateshead	27/07/2010
Friends of Shipley: Donald Wilkinson	Shipley Art Gallery	Gateshead	29/07/2010
Gateshead Summer Flower Show	Gateshead	Newcastle upon Tyne	30/07/2010 -01/08/2010
Shipley Evening Opening	Shipley Art Gallery	Gateshead	30/07/2010
FREE Talk: Picture of the Month - July 2010	Laing Art Gallery	Newcastle upon Tyne	31/07/2010
Canoeing for Beginners	The Customs House	South Shields	31/07/2010 -07/08/2010