Annual report
- Exposure's report and financial statements for year ended 31
March 2008
is now available as a pdf.
Publishing
- The September issue
of Exposure magazine published including a supplement on the
Muswell Hill area. Articles included ‘Euthanasia’, ‘Psychosis’, ‘Drugs’, ‘Media
influence’, ‘Masturbation’ sponsored by Haringey
Teenage Pregnancy Unit. There’s also a back-page advert
from CoNEL (College of North East London).
- Work now underway on
the December issue. Articles on lesbianism, moral panic, modern
slang, risk taking, Obama, a career in the army, sex education
article sponsored by Haringey Teenage Pregnancy Unity plus an
advert for Haringey Youth Service. There may be an Under Exposure
for Haringey Youth Council be we await confirmation (worth £2,500).
- The last issue
of Junior Exposure prior to Mirella’s maternity leave
has gone to print. It focuses on who children consider to
be their heroes. Also included is an 12-page supplement,
commissioned by the teenage preganancy unit, on the ambitions
that children and their parents have for the future (worth £2,000).
- The Children’s Fund has now been disbanded, and with Mirella now on maternity leave, we are not proactively seeking alternative sources of funding to continue Junior Exposure.
Design
We are working on the following:
- Bus advertising for Drugs and Alcohol Action Team reminding young people
that cannabis is still illegal;
- Redesign of ‘Junction’ (Haringey Connexions drop-in centre)
promotional leaflet;
- Another poster for Connexions promoting a careers event;
- A booklet on sexual health for the teenage pregnancy unit;
- Bus advertising for emergency contraception for the teenage pregnancy
unit;
- We are also quoting to redesign a booklet on educational courses for
Community Pathwayss
Internet/IT
Work continues to keep the Exposure website up-to-date. All Exposure videos
have been uploaded onto YouTube and we have developed new video layout
for the site itself. We have revamped the Exposure MySpace. We have nearly
900 MySpace ‘friends’.
Video
- Work has nearly been completed on the Haringey corporate video filming
in various locations in Haringey. Exposure has secured a number of additional
video jobs in connection to this.
- Work also continues on Music Factory, making music videos for local
musicians.
- We are also working on a video about Muswell Hill with a grant from
Haringey community grant to be screened at the Muswell Hill Centre in
November.
Young volunteers
Since 1 April 2008 Exposure worked with young people aged 13 to 19 (or
to 25 if they have special needs) on the following basis:
- Contacts: 168 (target for year set by the Youth Service: 200)
(no. of young people Exposure has been in contact with)
- Participants: 125 (target for year set by the Youth Service: 180)
(no. of contacts that have participated in Exposure’s media activities)
- Recorded outcomes: 101 (target for year set by the Youth Service:
150)
(no. of participants that have gained recorded outcomes
as they work towards accreditation)
- Accreditation: 68 (target for year set by the
Youth Service: 75)
(no. of young people that have achieved an ASDAN or AQA media
award
Other fundraising
- We await a decision from Awards for All to secure funding to continue
our graphic design training activities (worth £5,000);
- We secured a Muswell Hill community grant to produce a video/Exposure
supplement focusing on Muswell Hill (£5,000);
- Our proposal to Heritage Lottery Fund Young Roots to produce
an educational game of the heritage of Haringey was unsuccessful;
- I have been informed verbally that £18,000 has been earmarked
for Exposure’s work in relation to NEET young people. No further
details are available at this time.
- Our proposal to Summer University to run a graphic design course worth £1,200
for one month was accepted. The course was well attended.
- Our application to Tesco’s to undertake an Under Exposure with
young people in the care system was unsuccessful.
- Our application to Esmee Fairbairn fountation to fund elements of
Exposure’s work with NEET (Not in Education, Employment or Training)
young people was unsuccessful;
- Our application to to Hornsey Parochial for general running costs
worth £1,000 was successful.
Marketing
- Exposure has won a Wow! award for outstanding customer services.
- We have received two very nice letters of commendation from Millennium
Volunteers and Children and Adolescent Mental Health Service for our
work with young people.
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provides good opportunities and experience and has helped prepare
me for my career.
Alex
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I definitely enjoyed my work experience with Exposure. There
was always something to do and I learnt a lot.
Samantha |
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The atmosphere of Exposure is extraordinary. First of all you have the staff
that are very friendly and take extreme pride in their job. The work areas are
incredible. There is a corner with sofas where you can chill out when you're
sick of the office work and feeling a bit tired. There is also a separate room
for
film production. The computers that are used for work are Apple Macs that I'm
not very use to, but the staff showed me the right buttons to press. Exposure
has made a great impact on the way I work because it has made me feel so comfortable
and settle down real quickly. In addition it has made me feel part of the team.
Kofi |
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