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Book a virtual session and find out how what happens to the recycling from over a million homes in Greater Manchester.

See how your plastic bottles are sorted using lasers, find out how glass bottles and jars are given a clean using cyclones and watch how we turn your aluminium drinks cans and foil into biscuits (not suitable for eating).

Our virtual classroom sessions delivered by our Education Officer include:

A virtual tour of the Materials Recovery Facility where mixed recycling is sorted

Right Stuff, Right Bin interactive activity

A chance to ask your recycling questions and get expert answers

Our virtual sessions are suitable for:

Primary school classes (Our standard session suitable for Year 3 and above but we can arrange a bespoke session for Year 1 and 2)

Home education groups

Guide and Scout groups (7 years old and above)

Secondary and Higher Education students studying environmental and STEM subjects

Further Education students studying environmental and STEM courses

Adult community groups

Businesses and organisations

We are enjoying out virtual recycling trip with @recycle4gm this afternoon ♻️ @Y6Bps @BirchfieldsPS pic.twitter.com/Mics7rAJtu

- Birchfields Year 6 (@Y6Bps) October 19, 2020

How to book

Our virtual sessions are held on Microsoft teams. We can also deliver sessions on other platforms on request.

The sessions are available to Greater Manchester schools and community groups (excluding Wigan).

To book, please send an email to education@recycleforgreatermanchester.com.

Please include:

Contact name

Name of school/community group

Location of school/community group

Contact telephone number

Age group

Preferred dates/time

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As part of UK Disability History Month, DIY Theatre have created educational resources for schools and colleges exploring issues relating to UK Disability History Month (18th Nov - 18th Dec 2020) and International Day of People with Disabilities (3rd Dec 2020).

Following Patient 36 is DIY’s performance piece exploring Learning Disability History and the resilience of people with learning disabilities in Salford and Greater Manchester. It has been created by adults with learning disabilities based on interviews, research and personal experiences.

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On this Resource page DIY has brought together our Following Patient 36 Digital Story and supporting Resource Pack (all FREE).

We are hoping that schools, colleges and other organisations will use them to explore issues relating to UK Disability History Month (18 th November - 18 th December) and the International Day of People with Disabilities (3 rd December 2020).

Following Patient 36

Following Patient 36 is DIY's performance piece exploring Learning Disability History and the resilience of people with learning disabilities in Salford and Greater Manchester. It has been created by adults with learning disabilities based on interviews, research and personal experiences. Click here to go to the Following Patient 36 Show Page.

Following Patient 36 - the digital story

Click the image below to access this digital story.

Following Patient 36 - Resource Pack

Click the picture above to access the PDF

What people say about the Following Patient 36 Resources:

the focus of the performance, a history of the marginalisation of people with learning disabilities, can be very easily, and in fact seamlessly, linked to the study of the concepts of labelling, prejudice and discrimination. There are also several points in the performance that relate to the law, and to how the law has changed - a possibility to consider and compare The Mental Deficiency Act (1913) and The Equality Act (2010)"
Teacher - Manchester Hospital School

UK Disability History Month

United Kingdom Disability History Month (UKDHM) 2020 will take place from 18 th November (with an online launch) until Friday 18 th December 2020.

UKDHM is an annual event creating a platform to focus on the history of disabled peoples' struggle for equality and human rights. This year's theme is Access: How far have we come? How far have we to go?

Follow the link to find out more about UK Disability History Month https://ukdhm.org

International Day of People with Disabilities

International Day of People with Disabilities is held on 3 rd December each year. It is a United Nations observed day celebrated internationally. It focuses on issues that affect disabled people worldwide. This year's theme is "Not all Disabilities are Visible".

Follow the link to find out more about UK Disability History Month https://idpwd.org/about/

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Join PHM in exploring the important issues around climate change through discussion,
creative workshops and the museum’s unique collections.

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'There Is No Planet B' project with People's History Museum (PHM)

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The new online information hub for young people in Salford. #FindMyFuture brings together all the different support available from Salford organisations into a one stop shop to help guide young people aged 14 - 24. From information about training and employment to wellbeing, finance, and travel, there’s a wide range of useful resources to help them take their next steps. Whether they’re school/college leavers, ages 16-18 NEET (not in education or employment) to ages 18-24 unemployed/NEET, there is something for everyone.

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Have you just left school? Or finished college?

Are you unemployed, feeling lost or out of your depth?

We all know that Covid-19 has completely changed the way we live our lives, but has it completely changed the opportunities that are currently being offered in Salford?

The answer to that question, is no - it's still business as normal, although things might look a bit different this year.

There's nothing to worry about; there are still plenty of opportunities out there, colleges are still taking applications, companies are still taking on apprentices, and if you want a bit of extra preparation before an apprenticeship, there are still traineeships out there. There are so many different options for learning.

Maybe you're feeling bored? It can be hard to feel motivated right now. It's difficult to know what to do after leaving school or college. So, if you're looking for help with your next steps, there are lots of places in Salford to help you with professional advice and guidance.

You may be worried about the future and feeling low or anxious. The pandemic has affected everyone in different ways. So if you're struggling and not feeling your normal self, you're not alone. It's so important to take care of yourself at this strange time and there's lots of help and support out there.

Doing something positive and getting involved in something new can really help you to feel better.

We may be young, wild and free, but we all need a helping hand to find our feet. If you're not sure of your next steps or who to contact, there's tons of info from organisations across the city all in one place.

Just visit Salford City Council's website and search for FindmyFuture - it's a one stop shop for everything a young person might need - whether that's employment or training opportunities or support with wellbeing, finance, and travel.

The world's your oyster - Find your future now, connect with us and get the most out of life!

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Webinar on how to connect positively with young people online

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We'd love to show you around a local Youth Zone, allowing you to see for yourself the impact that these centres make. Simply fill in your details below and a member of the team will be in touch to arrange a visit.

Take a Virtual Tour

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An OnSide Talent Academy Masterclass: How to connect positively with young people online - OnSide Youth Zones

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Online Book Club from Salford Youth Service

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Online Book Club from Salford Youth Service

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A range of instruction sheets to do creative arts at home for key stage 2-3 For example: make a hedgehog from a book;  a worry doll and many more

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Identify Local birds in your area through sound and sight

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ID birds by sound. Help science & conservation.

How can computers learn to recognize birds from sounds? The K. Lisa Yang Center for Conservation Bioacoustics at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the Chair of Media Informatics at Chemnitz University of Technology are trying to find an answer to this question. Our research is mainly focused on the detection and classification of avian sounds using machine learning - we want to assist experts and citizen scientist in their work of monitoring and protecting our birds. BirdNET is a research platform that aims at recognizing birds by sound at scale. We support various hardware and operating systems such as Arduino microcontrollers, the Raspberry Pi, smartphones, web browsers, workstation PCs, and even cloud services. BirdNET is a citizen science platform as well as an analysis software for extremely large collections of audio. BirdNET aims to provide innovative tools for conservationists, biologists, and birders alike.

This page features some of our public demonstrations, including a live stream demo, a demo for the analysis of audio recordings, an Android and iOS app, and its visualization of submissions. All demos are based on an artificial neural network we call BirdNET. We are constantly improving the features and performance of our demos - please make sure to check back with us regularly.
BirdNET can currently identify around 3,000 of the world's most common species. We will add more species in the near future.
Want to use BirdNET to analyze a large data collection? Go to our GitHub repository to download BirdNET.

Have any questions? Please let us know (we speak English and German): ccb-birdnet@cornell.edu

Have you ever heard a bird sound you couldn't ID? Learn how to use our BirdNET smartphone app to identify your mystery birds on a trip through Sapsucker Woods!

Learn how to identify birds by sound with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's free BirdNET mobile app and website. Advances in machine learning are making it easier to identify birds by their sounds. Q&A with BirdNET developer Stefan Kahl.

The live stream demo processes a live audio stream from a microphone outside the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, located in the Sapsucker Woods sanctuary in Ithaca, New York. This demo features an artificial neural network trained on the 180 most common species of the Sapsucker Woods area. Our system splits the audio stream into segments, converts those segments into spectrograms (visual representations of the audio signal) and passes the spectrograms through a convolutional neural network, all in near-real-time. The web page accumulates the species probabilities of the last five seconds into one prediction. If the probability for one species reaches 15% or higher, you can see a marker indicating an estimated position of the corresponding sound in the scrolling spectrogram of the live stream. This demo is intended for large screens.

Follow this link to view the demo.

Reliable identification of bird species in recorded audio files would be a transformative tool for researchers, conservation biologists, and birders. This demo provides a web interface for the upload and analysis of audio recordings. Based on an artificial neural network featuring almost 1,000 of the most common species of North America and Europe, this demo shows the most probable species for every second of the recording. Please note: We need to transfer the audio recordings to our servers in order to process the files. This demo is intended for large screens.
Follow this link to view the demo.
Click here to download a demo recording.

Note: If you encounter any instabilities or have any question regarding the functionality, please let us know. We will add new features in the near future, you will receive all updates automatically.

Donate

BirdNET is a research project that relies on external funding. We want to develop new features, add more species, expand our services, and most importantly, provide a great experience for birders and those who want to be one.
With your donation you can help us to achieve these goals.
Every amount is valuable! It helps us cover server costs and keep our research going.
Make a donation

Collaborate

Are you currently researching a topic where BirdNET could be helpful, or do you have an idea for a research project? Let us know! You would like to support us in the area of software and app development?
Please contact us.
We are open to your ideas and would love to talk with you.

Send us an email: ccb-birdnet@cornell.edu

Wood, C. M., Kahl, S., Chaon, P., Peery, M. Z., & Klinck, H. (2021). Survey coverage, recording duration and community composition affect observed species richness in passive acoustic surveys. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. [ PDF]

Kahl, S., Wood, C. M., Eibl, M., & Klinck, H. (2021). BirdNET: A deep learning solution for avian diversity monitoring. Ecological Informatics, 61, 101236. [ Source]

Kahl, S., Denton, T., Klinck, H., Glotin, H., Goëau, H., Vellinga, W. P., ... & Joly, A. (2021). Overview of BirdCLEF 2021: Bird call identification in soundscape recordings. In CLEF 2021 (Working Notes). [PDF]

Joly, A., Goëau, H., Kahl, S., Picek, L., Lorieul, T., Cole, E., ... & Müller, H. (2021). Overview of LifeCLEF 2021: An evaluation of machine-learning based species identification and species distribution prediction. In International Conference of the Cross-Language Evaluation Forum for European Languages (pp. 371-393). Springer, Cham. [PDF]

Kahl, S., Clapp, M., Hopping, W., Goëau, H., Glotin, H., Planqué, R., ... & Joly, A. (2020). Overview of BirdCLEF 2020: Bird Sound Recognition in Complex Acoustic Environments. In CLEF 2020 (Working Notes). [PDF]

Joly, A., Goëau, H., Kahl, S., Deneu, B., Servajean, M., Cole, E., ... & Lorieul, T. (2020). Overview of LifeCLEF 2020: A System-Oriented Evaluation of Automated Species Identification and Species Distribution Prediction. In International Conference of the Cross-Language Evaluation Forum for European Languages (pp. 342-363). Springer, Cham. [PDF]

Kahl, S. (2020). Identifying Birds by Sound: Large-scale Acoustic Event Recognition for Avian Activity Monitoring. Dissertation. Chemnitz University of Technology, Chemnitz, Germany. [PDF]

Kahl, S., Stöter, F. R., Goëau, H., Glotin, H., Planqué, R., Vellinga, W. P., & Joly, A. (2019). Overview of BirdCLEF 2019: Large-scale Bird Recognition in Soundscapes.
In CLEF 2019 (Working Notes). [PDF]

Joly, A., Goëau, H., Botella, C., Kahl, S., Servajean, M., Glotin, H., ... & Müller, H. (2019). Overview of LifeCLEF 2019: Identification of Amazonian plants, South & North American birds, and niche prediction.
In International Conference of the Cross-Language Evaluation Forum for European Languages (pp. 387-401). Springer, Cham. [PDF]

Joly, A., Goëau, H., Botella, C., Kahl, S., Poupard, M., Servajean, M., ... & Schlüter, J. (2019). LifeCLEF 2019: Biodiversity Identification and Prediction Challenges.
In European Conference on Information Retrieval (pp. 275-282). Springer, Cham. [PDF]

Kahl, S., Wilhelm-Stein, T., Klinck, H., Kowerko, D., & Eibl, M. (2018). Recognizing Birds from Sound - The 2018 BirdCLEF Baseline System.
arXiv preprint arXiv:1804.07177. [PDF]

Goëau, H., Kahl, S., Glotin, H., Planqué, R., Vellinga, W. P., & Joly, A. (2018). Overview of BirdCLEF 2018: monospecies vs. soundscape bird identification.
In CLEF 2018 (Working Notes). [PDF]

Kahl, S., Wilhelm-Stein, T., Klinck, H., Kowerko, D., & Eibl, M. (2018). A Baseline for Large-Scale Bird Species Identification in Field Recordings.
In CLEF 2018 (Working Notes). [PDF]

Kahl, S., Wilhelm-Stein, T., Hussein, H., Klinck, H., Kowerko, D., Ritter, M., & Eibl, M. (2017). Large-Scale Bird Sound Classification using Convolutional Neural Networks.
In CLEF 2018 (Working Notes). [PDF]

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BirdNET Sound ID - The easiest way to identify birds by sound.

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ID birds by sound. Help science & conservation. How can computers learn to recognize birds from sounds? The K. Lisa Yang Center for Conservation Bioacoustics at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the Chair of Media Informatics at Chemnitz University of Technology are trying to find an answer to this question.

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Combined Authority and the following cultural
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Greater Manchester, who have come together
to respond to the Covid-19 crisis with range of activities from range venues across Greater Manchester

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A range of practical tutorials from Start from animation to studio lighting

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National Theatre have weekly play released on Thursday.

They also have loads of great how to videos so you can see behind the scenes how props are made and put together.

There is also a few celebrity quizzes to keep people entertained

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At the National Theatre in London, we make world-class theatre that is entertaining, challenging and inspiring. And we make it for everyone. National Theatre Live is National Theatre's ground-breaking project to broadcast the best of British theatre to cinemas in the UK and internationally. Unmissable theatre, any time anywhere.

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Fun drama activities to do at a distance

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Working Class Movement Library and the Peterloo Massacre and women's vote

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Working Class Movement Library and the Peterloo Massacre and women's vote

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Key stage 3 and 4 learning about peter loo Peterloo Massacre and women's struggle for the vote

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A range of lockdown activities for both primary and secondary ages

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WHAT DO I KNOW BY ALEX CLARKE

Performed By Megan Challinor

DEZ struggles to define isolation, let alone come to terms with her own inner-isolation. Will she overcome the slowness of silence?

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Salford Arts Theatre the only independent theatre in Salford. A hidden gem in the heart of the community making theatre accessible to the community it is situated in and beyond. Salford Arts Theatre has it's own professional inhouse company | Salford Theatre company which producing up to five productions per year.

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Useful podcasts about Rebel women - the working class movement is a great resources for projects around local history of women suffrage movement and other histories of Salford

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This is a podcast about rebel women of the trade union movement. It's inspired by the recent discovery of a set of minutes books that tell the story of Manchester & Salford Women's Trades Union Council, 1895 to 1919.

It will introduce you to some trailblazing, risk-taking women who fought hard to improve pay and conditions for poor female workers in the early 1900s and contrast their work with that of young female activists today.

Produced and presented by Abigail Ward.

Featuring: Bernadette Hyland (Mary Quaile Club), Sarah Woolley (BFAWU), Claire Trevor (Unite), Alison Surtees (Bectu), Mary Sayer (Unite) and Michael Herbert (Mary Quaile Club).

Image: Mary Quaile, 1925.

Music: Jennifer Reid, Wildbirds & Peacedrums, Electrelane.

Amy Bulley was voiced by Alex King.
Eva Gore Booth was voiced by Kate Breitholtz.

Special thanks to: Working Class Movement Library, Manchester Histories and GMCA.

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Unity Is Strength: Manchester & Salford Women's Tuc And Other Stories

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This is a podcast about rebel women of the trade union movement. It's inspired by the recent discovery of a set of minutes books that tell the story of Manchester & Salford Women's Trades Union Council, 1895 to 1919.

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Explore Working Class Movement Library From Home

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Explore Working Class Movement Library From Home

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A range of resources from the working class movement Library

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Working Class Movement Library Key stage 3-4

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Working Class Movement Library Key stage 3-4

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A range of resources exploring things like Victorian Children and World War 1 and 2

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Kids of Colour are offering free books on race, identity and culture for children, teenagers and young adults in Manchester.

Find out more about how to access their virtual book shelf by clicking the flyer below.

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sign up

Join us

Get In Touch

Salford CVS & Volunteer Centre
Registered address
The Old Town Hall
5 Irwell Place
Salford, M30 0FN

Tel: 0161 787 7795
Email: office@salfordcvs.co.uk

About

Salford CVS is the city-wide infrastructure organisation for the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector; providing specialist information, advice, development support and opportunities for influence and collaboration.

Latest Blogs

Growing in your garden, window sill or home has grown in popularity over the past seven weeks.

Exciting new Irlam Endowed Primary School has finished there new outdoor all weather pitch!

With many volunteers unable to be involved with their regular volunteering activities during this

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The Tech for Good Live Volunteer programme is a partnership between Salford CVS, 10GM members, other VCSE infrastructure organisations within Greater Manchester and Tech for Good Live. Tech for Good Live is a community of people with a mix of digital skills and an interest in using technology to make the world a better place.

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Find out what happening in your area - there are lots of virtual activities and groups you can join

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Borrow Box Free Digital Books from Salford Libaries 

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The UK's number 1 digital library app is now available for all Salford Library members. This means avid book fans can read or even listen to their favourite read, all for FREE!

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BorrowBox comes to Salford Libraries!

The UK's number 1 digital library app is now available for all Salford Library members. This means avid book fans can read or even listen to their favourite read, all for FREE!

This innovative app offers users the chance to digitally borrow eBooks and eAudiobooks for limited periods. You can read or listen to a huge selection of titles from the world's best authors.

It's like having your own personalised library in your pocket!
How it works:

1. Go to iTunes or the Google Play Store

2. Search forthe BorrowBox app

3. Download the app to your phone or tablet

4. Log in with your library and card number and PIN

5. Browse the thousands of titles, select your favourite and download

6. Borrow the book for a 3 week period

After that it's returned automatically unless you renew it - so no overdue charges.

You can borrow up to 5 eBooks and 4 eAudiobooks at a time, but you can digitally return items and borrow more whenever you like.

Perfect for Children

With it's easy to use functionality and use of the latest technology, it also appeals to children. They can choose their favourite David Walliams or Jacqueline Wilson book and get reading. So if you're looking to get them to read more, or just want nurture a love of reading, then why not download the app using their library card number and set them off on a literacy adventure...

Not a Library Member?

BorrowBox is a truly fantastic service, so if you're not a library member but want to access a huge range of FREE ebooks, then join today. Just head to any one of our 16 libraries across the city, join for FREE and access BorrowBox straightaway.

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BorrowBox comes to Salford Libraries!The UK's number 1 digital library app is now available for all Salford Library members. This means avid book fans can read or even listen to their favourite read, all for FREE!This innovative app offers users the chance to digitally borrow eBooks and eAudiobooks for limited periods.

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Every weekday morning The Horsfall are posting a creative challenge on their social media channels.

Follow their Instagram and Twitter for daily art challenges and share your work using the hashtag #horsfallcreateandconnect

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You can use any medium - film, photography, painting, digital, song, music, sculpture, drawing,  collage, comic, poetry to create an impression of someone real or imagined.
You can submit up to three pieces of work to
Fliss.Clarke@42ndstreet.org.uk
Closing date 12th July

If you would like help facilitating a art project or competition within your own school or organisation please get in touch rod.kippen@42ndstreet.org.uk

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We are launching our first Horsfall Art Competition for under 25yr olds. The theme is portraits, through recent events we've had limited contact with others and we want to celebrate coming back together with an exhibition of people.

Portraits can be presented in many ways so if you don't think you can draw there are many others ways to present a portrait.
A is a visual, written or audio representation of a person.

Feel free to make a standard portrait or have fun with it, you could make a portrait from objects that represent that person, present an aspect of someone's personality, you can reimagine the person as a superhero. Perhaps think what that person real or imagined means to you and represent this aspect.

You can use any medium - film, photography, painting, digital, song, music, sculpture, drawing, collage, comic, poetry to create an impression of someone real or imagined.
You can submit up to three pieces of work
Opening date 21st April 2020
Closing date 12th July

To submit work please email the work ( photography, film, poetry etc) or a good photograph of the work to Fliss.Clarke@42ndstreet.org.uk please include your name and age. We will be posting submission over the course of the competition on our social media accounts Twitter and Instagram

The photograph is enough at this stage to secure submission.

When your able send your work to 42nd Street, 87-91 Great Ancoats street, Manchester M4 5AG we will be accepting physical copies of the work from May and throughout the summer.

The Horsfall creative agents will choose six winners who will each receive gift voucher for Fred Aldous to the value of £100 each. There will also be a series of runners up prizes. You will also be featured in an online and public exhibition.

We will hold an online exhibition from September and we aim to follow with an exhibition at the iconic Horsfall Gallery late 2020.
A selection of the work will feature in a Horsfall publication and postcards produced for the Horsfall pop up shops- full credit will be given to the artist on each item.

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Range of activities for range of ages suitable for those with and without learning disabilities

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Lets Create + Connect !

This page brings together lots of ideas and resources to use while DIY and other artists with learning disabilities are staying safe at home during the Coronavirus outbreak.

We really need to look after our health and well-being while we're staying at home. Staying away from our friends is difficult but we can still keep creating and connecting. We hope these resources will help us all during this very challenging time.

We've also launched a new YouTube channel - click here to visit!
We will be adding to this Create & Connect resource page on a regular basis, with a range of creative arts activities for us all to do at home.
This page is organised around the 5 ways to Wellbeing, the 5 things we can do to keep ourselves healthy (New Economics Foundation 2011)

This great colouring book, made by Leah Witton, will help you to think about the 5 Ways to Wellbeing. 5 Ways to Wellbeing - colouring book

Connect - talk and listen, be there, feel connected.

Even while we are not able to meet up in person we can still be there for each other. These resources help us to think about how we can connect with others and explore new ways of communicating with each other.

Click to download our resources to help you keep Connecting

Giving - give your time, your words, your presence.

It's important for all of us to make a positive contribution and when we're not meeting up it may feel like we can't do this. But there's so much that all of us can still give - whether it's giving our ideas for a project or sharing ideas and suggestions by creating a review. These resources are designed to help us give our time and our ideas to others.

Click to download our resources to help you keep Giving

Keep Learning - embrace new experiences, see opportunities, surprise yourself!

Learning new things can really help us to feel positive and motivated. Some of these resources share the learning from DIY projects. Others are about giving something new a go. There's no right or wrong way to do any of these activities - there's just your way.

Click to download or watch our resources to help you Keep Learning

Are you interested in film making?

Think about where you are spending most of your time during Lockdown. Can you film the view from your window? Can you film an activity or a hobby you have been doing during Lockdown?

Are you interested in making music?

Do you like art and making things?
Don't forget to share what you do with us on social media! We'd love to see your versions!

Being Active - do what you can, enjoy what you do, move your mood.

It can be difficult to keep active while we're stuck at home. These resources will help us to keep active in body and mind and help to move our mood as well. Once again there really is no right or wrong way to do any of these activities - there's just your way.

Click to download our resources to help you Keep Active

Take Notice - remember the simple things that give you joy.

These resources help us to focus on the present and take notice of the simple things around us. When we're colouring a picture or taking a photograph we are in the present moment, rather than thinking about the past or imagining the future.

Click to download our resources to help you Take Notice

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Create and Connect with DIY from a distance | DIY Theatre Company

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This page brings together lots of ideas and resources to use while DIY and other artists with learning disabilities are staying safe at home during the Coronavirus outbreak. We really need to look after our health and well-being while we're staying at home.

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Creative Hub resources for youth workers and teachers sourced from across the country, curated by the Lowry learning team

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Welcome to The Lowry's Creative Hub; a place for staff and volunteers who are supporting young people and communities in Salford & Greater Manchester to access a range of creative resources for learning, wellbeing and entertainment. Activities are divided into broad age ranges and include dance, drama, creative writing, wellbeing and visual arts PDF's or Videos. Some of these have been generously shared by other artists, companies and organisations and some have been created by Lowry staff to share during the pandemic. If you find other sources that you think we should share then please email getcreative@thelowry.com

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Welcome to The Lowry's Creative Hub; a place for staff and volunteers who are supporting young people and communities in Salford & Greater Manchester to access a range of creative resources for learning, wellbeing and entertainment. Activities are divided into broad age ranges and include dance, drama, creative writing, wellbeing and visual arts PDF's or Videos.

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MAPAS have created lots of links and resources around Music - click the picture below.

You can also check out their youtube channel which has lots of live performances as well as singing and piano resources.

Check out their Facebook page for free gig every Friday at 7pm

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MAPAS Music Activity Grid

We have developed our very own Magical Mosaic of Marvellous Musican Fun which is available to download from this page. It contains a variety of pick and mix style activities for children of any age to work their way through, from performing to composing, to viewing some of the greatest concert halls in the world! You might be stuck at home but there's no reason not to explore the musical world from the comfort of your sofa!

Useful Links

Below are a list of useful links to a range of resources that can be used in school or at home to develop music skills and have fun making music! There's something for everyone so explore your way around and have fun! We'd love to hear from you so do let us know on Facebook or Twitter when you give them a go!

There are lots of resources that can be accessed via the Music Mark website which are divided into Early Years; Primary Teachers & Pupils; Secondary Teachers & Pupils; Parents and general Music Education Resources.

Free home learning resources for Singing and Drama.

This free music maker app, Song Maker, can be used for composing, combining different sounds and rhythms and you can also record your own voice to add to your masterpiece!

Go on an adventure around the world exploring different theatres on these virtual tours.

If you are entertaining very young children, these Early Years music resources have lots of ideas to keep them busy!

If your school uses Charanga, check out the resources they have made available for your pupils to access at home.

The National Youth Choirs of Scotland are providing a daily song/activity to keep you singing whilst you're at home.

Sing Up have made lots of their songs freely accessible to help with homeschooling. Songs are split into age brackets and there is also a selection of sign language and Makaton songs available.

There are also a range of songs available through Out of the Ark music who are releasing new songs each week during school closures.

Beginner pianists can even find some useful resources on our Youtube channel. Make sure to subscribe to our page here so you can keep an eye out for other activities, as well as clips of past performances by our talented MAPAS ensembles!

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MAPAS Music Activity GridWe have developed our very own Magical Mosaic of Marvellous Musican Fun which is available to download from this page. It contains a variety of pick and mix style activities for children of any age to work their way through, from performing to composing, to viewing some of the greatest concert halls in the world!

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Odd Arts are putting together a number of Creative Boxes that include 4x tactile and experimental props/materials/crafts/arts/artist examples/books/stationary for vulnerable young people they work with.

If you would like a pack, or know someone who would then please get in touch with info@oddarts.co.uk for more details.

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Odd Arts is a Manchester Charity delivering innovative and creative programmes, across all art forms, with vulnerable and excluded groups.
We specialise in delivering theatre-based programmes that challenge and change attitudes and behaviours. We work with participants to devise theatre, from their own experiences as well as touring professional interactive theatre performances on challenging topics.

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Odd Arts - Transforming lives with theatre & arts that challenge and inspire

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Odd Arts is a Manchester Charity delivering innovative and creative programmes, across all art forms, with vulnerable and excluded groups. We specialise in delivering theatre-based programmes that challenge and change attitudes and behaviours. We work with participants to devise theatre, from their own experiences as well as touring professional interactive theatre performances on challenging topics.

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Different creative activities that people aged 24 and under can get involved during lockdown

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Kids of Colour During Lock Down: How to Get Involved

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Interesting links and blogs to explore everything from museums to sustainable fashion

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Oasis Online Youth sessions for Year 7 –10 pupils. From 4.30 - 5.30pm. To join go to their Facebook page: @mediacityhub- the week's post will be available from 4pm. Comment to be added to the group.

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Media City UK Church & Community Hub, City of Salford. 94 likes. Oasis Hub MediaCityUK provides integrated community provisions to support people in becoming the best version of themselves.