BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.5//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7883@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231024T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231024T170000 DTSTAMP:20230926T132441Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/bloom-building-black-history-mon th-23-write-to-work-boot-camp/ SUMMARY:Bloom: Bloom Building: Black History Month 23: Write to Work Boot C amp DESCRIPTION:\n\n\nLocation: Bloom Building\, 3 Abbey Cl\, Birkenhead CH41 5 FQ Birkenhead \n\nDate: October 24\, 2023\nTime: 9:30 am\nEnds: 5:00 p m\n\n\n\n\n\nAPPY TODAY\n\nWant to be part of creative discussions\, conne ct with industry experts\, and gain access to resources aimed at taking yo ur writing skills to the next level?\n\nSign up for our FREE one-day Write to Work Black History Month Bootcamp.\n\nApplications are open to ALL une mployed people age 16+ who live in the Liverpool City Region and in cele bration of BHM\, and to encourage diversity of entrants\, we positively we lcome applications from people from the Black\, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities.\n\nThe day will comprise of three workshops led by loc al writers and performers: Amina Atiq\, Blue Saint and Leonisha Barley .\n\nAll participants will receive a free lunch\, access to resources and a certificate of completion. Travel expenses can be reimbursed if required .\n\nAmina Atiq is a Yemeni– Scouse published writer\, performance artis t\, workshop facilitator\, and award-winning community activist. She was a BBC Words First Finalist 2019 &\; Young Associate &\; Anti-racism g roup member for Curious Minds. Amina is a Fellow at DaDaFest\, Social Cohe sion Fellow of Humboldt Foundation Residency 2022 &\; Artist fellow Met al Liverpool\, who uses poetry to explore her Yemeni heritage. Her identit y lies in Yemen and in her current home\, Liverpool\, and her lyrical deli very reveals the beauty of both.\n\nlue Saint was part of Writing on the Wall’s Liverpool Young Writers at the ages twelve to sixteen\, winner of The Poetry Society’s SLAMbassadors Award at fourteen\, a MOBO BeMOBO Aw ard nominee at the age of fifteen and winner of Merseyrail Soundstation 20 14 at the age of twenty\, a prize celebrating breaking new talent in the L iverpool music scene. Blue Saint has also gone on to receive various accol ades and achievements for his music\, community work and activism. He was included in Liverpool Echo’s “30 under 30: The young people changing t he face of Liverpool in 2020”.\n\nLeonisha Barley is a lover of all thi ngs creative and a past participant on WoW’s highly acclaimed Write to W ork project. She is an emerging actress and playwright from Liverpool. She endeavours to create work for stage and TV that celebrates culture and li fe experiences while addressing important societal issues. Leonisha enjoys using poetry as a powerful tool to express emotion and tell a story. She ’s looking forward to diving deeper into the creative industry through w riting and acting. Hopefully you’ll be seeing her work soon on a stage n ear you!\n\nApplicants MUST read all the eligibility requirements belo w before apply. Applications from ineligible applicants will not be accept ed.\n\n You must be currently unemployed (we cannot accept registered as self-employed\,  or in full-time education or university).\n\n\n You mu st have the legal right to live and work in the UK.\n\n\n You must curren tly live in the Liverpool City Region\, including the parts of the Wirral listed as Merseyside\, Liverpool\, Sefton\, Halton\, St Helens\, Knowsley. \n\n\n You cannot have already completed any Write to Work Course or ment oring previously.\n\nIf you are being supported by another organisation or charity that is part of the Direction LCR partnership\, or the New Horizo ns ESF programme\, unfortunately you are not eligible to apply for Write t o Work. (If you are unsure\, please contact us on the email address below) \n\nIf you are successful in your application\, WoW will be in contact wit h you – if you have any questions\, please email write2work@writingonth ewall.org.uk.\n\nApply today!\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artinliverpool.com/wp-content/upload s/2023/09/write-to-work.png LOCATION:Bloom\, Abbey Close Unit 1\, Birkenhead\, Wirral\, CH41 5FQ\, Unit ed Kingdom GEO:53.38841;-3.013196 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Abbey Close Unit 1\, Birken head\, Wirral\, CH41 5FQ\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Bloom :geo:53.38841,-3.013196 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230326T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR