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A plan for blog action day - who wants in? | Paradise Circus — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:31:29 +0000

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Podnosh Blog » Archive » Blog Action Day in Birmingham - a plan. — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:21:20 +0000

[...] here Jon Bounds has reminded us of our collective Birmingham blogger wish to mark Blog Action day next [...]

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:33:51 +0000

Freshwinds website is: http://www.freshwinds.org.uk/

Communities hit hardest by life limiting illnesses are usually some of the poorest.

By: Ray Duffill

Ray Duffill — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:39:57 +0000

Did not realise that Blog Action Day existed! I’ll see what might be done in Blackpool on the 15th.

Thanks for the info folks!

I love the Social Media Surgery idea.

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Blog Action Day « ICT & Communication (Social Media) — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:35:04 +0000

[...] Posted by blackpoolcommunitynews on October 6, 2008 Blog Action Day (15th October) is an annual nonprofit event that aims to unite the world’s bloggers, podcasters and videocasters, to post about the same issue on the same day. Our aim is to raise awareness and trigger a global discussion via Paradise Circus. [...]

By: Nick Booth

Nick Booth — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:35:09 +0000

The other side of this – as Jon has suggested – is helping organisations which work with or are run by the poorest communities start to benefit from social media.

So — could we establish one enormous Social Media Surgery and invite as many organisations as possible to come along and learn something?

By: Jon Bounds

Jon Bounds — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:50:39 +0000

That’s interesting Ben, (the Stan’s Café guys used childhood poverty in Ladywood as one of their stats too).

I guess that getting people to blog about a sleep-out would raise awareness?

Have you got a link for Freshwinds? What do they do?

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:42:55 +0000

I hadn’t quite decided what I was going to blog about.

I wanted to do something local and maybe looking at the impact of poverty on children and young people.

Ladywood was found to be one of the most deprived areas in the UK. It was also visited by the secret millionaire.

I’m not sure how useful “sleep outs” are as a way of raising awareness. They’re great for feeling a direct sense of empathy with homeless people but as a method of mass awareness raising I’m not sure how well it works. And having been homeless I feel they could be a little insulting.

Freshwinds could be an interesting organisation to champion.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:22:48 +0000

Great idea Stef!

I was going to suggest Birmingham City mission and work with homeless so thinking along the same lines! My kids’ school are collecting stuff for BCM as their harvest event rather than food – toiletries, underwear, blankets etc.
Lisaxx

By: Stef

Stef — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:32:30 +0000

The Big SleepOut for St.Basils is happening on December 5th to raise awareness about youth homelessness and we could encourage some bloggers to take part? Perhaps it could be December’s Bloggers’ Meet!

I’m sleeping rough a few weeks beforehand to raise awareness about it.

http://www.stbasils.org.uk/fundraisingsupportingus/events/sleepout/