Declaration of Support for a Free Secondary School in Brent

Background

BANG Edutainment is proposing a Free School that will target young people from the South of Brent and the boroughs surrounding. The target areas are characterised by housing estates with some of the most deprived neighbourhoods in the UK. (e.g. Harlesden, Stonebridge and Church End fall within the top 10% of the UK’s most deprived wards. Residents in these communities suffer from poverty, deprivation, social and economic exclusion with high rates of unemployment. Many people are from Black and Minority Ethnic groups with many refugee and asylum seeker families.
Children from these communities experience a challenging home life, limited parental support and a lack of effective role model. In 2007 the Learning and Skills Council identified over 8.6% of young people in Brent as Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET); amongst White and Black Caribbean it was even higher at 18.2% and amongst Black or Black British 17.7% against 2.1% for Indians. It is estimated 1 in 16 young people complete year 11 without qualifications, 17% of 16 - 25 year olds have literacy problems, 22% have numeracy problems and the number of 15 year olds identified as at risk in Brent alone is more than 15,000.

For the past 10 years BANG has worked very successfully with young people from these areas; young people considered hard to reach and socially excluded. And we’ve had a 75%+ success rate in terms of qualifications and progression to Further Education with limited resources! Our model of working with these young people includes: engaging them at their point of interest, working with them in small groups, building their motivation and aspiration, one to one support to overcome intensive issues, coaching and mentoring, peer education, building skills through practical and real life work and developing skills to prepare them for life and work. We are successful because we care about every young person we work with, we listen to them and we are flexible in how we meet their individual needs.

BANG proposes to adapt its existing model in delivery of a Free School and in partnership with local partners provide a real route to success for local young people.

Follow the link below to sign our petition:

www.gopetition.com/petitions/free-school-in-lb-brent.html

BANG street team… Recruiting NOW!!

JOIN LONDON’S NEWEST STREET TEAM… BANG 1036FM

Criteria

16-23 years old

Ideally living in the West London area

Have a proven interest in music & media or events

Be as passionate about BANG as we are

Why be on the BANG street team?

You get to be an official representative for London’s newest Urban radio station

Great networking opportunities

Raise your profile

It will look great on your CV

Gain experience marketing and coordinating events

Get the opportunity to help out at BANG’s HQ

Free merchandise from BANG

Free goodies

Free entry to selected youth events

Gain hands on experience in a creative environment and attend exclusive one off workshops

What is expected of you as a street teamer?

To promote and market BANG appropriately at all times

Be on time

Be committed

Be hardworking

Have your own creative input

Be professional and abide by rules and regulations as you are REPRESENTING THE STATION

Be reliable

Be a strong communicator

Spaces on BANG’s street team are very limited! If you wish to be considered, please  email trainingapps@bangradio.fm with your full name, location, contact number and email address ASAP!

Exciting New Training Opportunities

We have got some very exciting training opportunities for young people, aged 13-19. Please see the flyer for further information and get in touch with us should you wish to know more.

Email: trainingapps@bangradio.fm

Call: 020 8963 9565

DROP IN:

PASSION FOR MUSIC

Tuesdays: 4-9pm

(Music only)

Wednesdays: 4-9pm

(Internet, movies, open mic –on rotation)

If you’re a young person aged 13-19 and you are passionate about making music, you should come to our Drop In music studio in the New Bridge Park Complex.  We offer a positive and professional learning environment staffed by adults and other young people

· Professional music recording facilities

· Recording booth

· Opportunity to learn and build on your music production and performance skills

You will get the chance to have your music played on our radio station BANG 103.6FM

All of this is free to our registered members

Membership is just £10 for a year

(can be waived depending on circumstances)

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B-LOGIC

MUSIC & MEDIA PROGRAMME

12-24 weeks/3 days a week

A work based learning programme that includes music, video & radio production workshops, employability skills sessions (interview techniques, C.V. writing, presentation skills etc.), personal development & mentoring

Participants have the chance to obtain City & Guilds qualifications in Literacy and Music Production at Level 1 or 2

Eligibility Criteria

· 16 – 19 years

· NEET – Not in Education, Employment or Training

· Previous education–Entry Level 3/Level 1. No GCSE’s/below D grade

· I.D. required – Passport/birth cert

· No or low GCSE’s

Course Information

· Music/ Radio/ Video/ Basic Skills/ Literacy or Numeracy/ Qualifications & employability skills can be achieved

· Help with personal development

· Liaising with young people’s parent/guardian/key worker/ Connexions PA/Social worker etc.

· Interview & initial assessment in Numeracy and English will be required if     people meet the criteria

· Work Experience

· £30 a week EMA (if entitled) – Earning up to £850 for 24 weeks

· £100 CASH bonus for good attendance & punctuality

· £50 CASH bonus if young people introduce a friend

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WAY FWD >>>

KICK START YOUR CAREER

4-8 week intensive programme

2 Days a week

If you’re a young person aged 14-19, we have apprenticeships and jobs waiting for you. This programme helps you find the right career and develop the skills needed to be successful

· CV Writing/ Job Application/ Job Search

· Preparing for interviews/ Body Language/ Dressing for the occasion/ Appropriate Language

·     Assertiveness/ Building Self Esteem

·        Goal Setting/ Motivation/ Success

· Guest Speakers

SECURE EMPLOYMENT OR APPRENTICESHIP

AND EARN MONEY!!

Music & Media/ Health and Social Care/ Business Admin/ Engineering

PLUS! Get creative by producing a radio advert or a short video

BANG’s Got Talent event review

Hi, my name is Ryan Eastmond from South Kilburn. I am a young inspired producer working towards improving my production skills. I’m also a member of BANG’s Youth Group. I help to organise and run events for other young people in the local area. One of these events was BANG’S Got Talent. This took place on Wed 26th May at Barham Park Lounge in Wembley. It was a youth talent competition put on by BANG103.6FM to showcase the creative talents of the young people we work with. My role for Bang’s Got Talent was assisting the event manager, Lynnike. I felt privileged to have position like that. I enjoyed it and hope in the future I will be assigned the same role.

Anyways…. Let’s get to the juicy bit… The actual event…

I think the event ran very smoothly. We had a huge turn out of young people. It was raaaaaam in there. The event was hosted by Sefa (one half of the crazy girls of BANG) and Blaze (Breakfast Banquet on BANG).There were over 15 competitors who had to battle it out to win the much desired prize of £100 in vouchers (of their choice), their track playlisted on BANG103.6FM, a radio interview on a prime time show and a feature on this website. We had singers, rappers and beat boxers too!!

(The hosts- Sefa & Blaze)

There were a lot of favourites on the day, including the sick Kidtazstik (13year old MC), beatboxers, Swave (from Harrow) and Jamie (who came all the way from Kent by the way), Rochester (a siiiick rapper), Rhys (Singer), JK, a very charismatic rapper who came down from South London. There were actually too many acts to mention, but shouts out to all who performed! Some acts were mind blowing! It was EMOSHH!!

(Kidtazstik-Emcee)

(Rochester- Rapper)

(Jamie-Beat Boxer)

As well as impressing the audience, all of the performers had to impress the judges too! After all, it was these guys who chose the eventual winner. The judges were Sticky (Producer), King Caztro (DJ from BANG), Baby Blue (Female Rapper) and Ny (R&B Singer). They gave each contestant constructive feedback after they had finished performing.

(Left to right: King Caztro, Sticky, Ny, Baby Blue)

We even had some special guests come down to the event to show support for the young people and for what BANG do. They included Big Man Zest (who performed Jump In the middle and skank), Egypt (who performed In the morning) and the fiiiiiiiiine Lioness also performed. For those who don’t know, Lioness is a female rapper. I’m sorry but it has to be said, as lioness stood there on stage (looking MIGHTY FIIIIIINE might I add) everyone presumed she was going to sing, then DJ Policy spun on a dirty instrumental and out came these incredible bars. My head spun round towards the stage with shock. She absolutely destroyed it!

(Zest)

(Egypt)

(Lioness)

In the end, after much debating, the judges chose a guy called Rhys as the winner! He sang a cover of Omarion’s track, O and blew everyone away. They were torn between him and JK, the rapper from South London, who performed his own track called WOW, but they had to make a final decision after seeing them go head to head for a final time. Congratulations to both acts because they were both very talented!!

(JK…. He literally wowed judges with his character and stage presence)

(Rhys- The winner!!!)

All in all everybody had a good time. Near the end, everybody became extremely gassed especially the BANG Youth Group (Dont watch me on the end getting down). DJ Policy (Sho Patrol) went in with a wave of rave bangers!
Everyone was skankin HARRD!!

(Members of BANG’s Youth Group- Kidtazstik, Amber, Raven, Lashan & me)

(Security man, Minal- Our Training manager and Liu- Youth Group member)

Hold tight for the next youth event from BANG103.6FM!!!

To stay up to date, keep checking the site and find us on Facebook: ‘BANG youths’

You Can Now Watch Us On USTREAM!!!

You can now catch us on Ustream! Watch the DJ’s and presenters in action!

Live TV : Ustream

Check Out The Latest BANG 103.6 FM Playlist!

Our playlist is selected and regularly updated by the BANG Radio Music Committee which is made up of presenters and the off air radio team. We have 3 playlists; A, B, and C which are in effect from 7am until 7pm. To be considered for the playlist please follow the instructions on our Contacts Us page In rotation week beginning: 05th July 2010

Title	Artist
Sleeping with A Broken Heart	Alicia Keys
Lemonade	Art Of Fresh ft King Reign
Run	Baby Blue ft Wretch 32
Shutterbug	Big Boi
Nothing On You	B.O.B. ft Bruno Mars
Silent Lover	Cherri v ft Baby Blue
Superstar	Chipmunk
Round & Round	Chuck Dem Gee ft Roch’L Royale
Ride	Ciara ft Bei Maejor, Andre 3000 & Ludacris
Put Your Hands Up	Delon ft Mr Vegas
Hello Good Morning (UK remix)	Diddy Dirty Money ft Tinie Tempah & Tinchy Stryder
Hard Body	Dirty Danger
Tek Your Time	Doctor
Don’t Talk To Me	Doom Man
Find Your Love	Drake
Drop It Low	Ester Dean ft Lil Wayne & Chris Brown
Man Of The House	Fantasia
Ha Ha (Slow Down)	Fat Joe
Longtime	Gappy Ranks
Casio	Gracious Kay
Hold Yuh	Gyptian ft Nicki Minaj
Alright	Heanon
Do It	Incisive
Slow Down(rmx)	Ironik ft Scorcher, Skepta, & Doctor
On To The Next One	Jay Z ft Swizz Beatz
Dream World	J Warner
Get Wild	Kano ft Aidonia & Wiley
That Rhythm	Kele Le Roc
Smooches	Kelly Rowland
Fyah	Kevin Lyttle
Ping Ping	Leftside
Love Drunk	Loick Essien
My Chick Bad	Ludacris ft Nicki Minaj
How Low(remix)	Ludacris ft Rick Ross & Twista
Marvell Music	Marvell
*NEW* House Top	Mavado
Finally In Love(Luke Holden Mix)	Mclean
Miss Me	Meleka
Selecta	Mz Bratt
Butterflies	Princess Nyah
Lets Go	Pyrelli ft Switch
Alrite Still	RD
Im I’ll	Red Cafe ft Fabolous
Rendezvous	Scorcher ft Wizzy wow
*NEW* It’s My Time	Scorcher
Womans World	Selah ft Sadie Ama, Mz Bratt & Duchess
Champion	Shystie ft Chris Baya
Come In	Teezy
Understanding	Terri Walker
Ain’t No Doubt About It	The Game ft Justin Timberlake & Pharrell
Frisky	Tinie Tempah ft Labrinth
Say Aah	Trey Songz ft Fabolous
Got Your Back	T.I. ft Keri Hilson
Heart Is Breaking	Ty ft Sway & Roses Gabor
Clarks	Vybz Kartel ft Popcaan & Gaza Slim
No Speak Americano	Yolanda Be Cool & DCUP

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