Bank Holiday BBQ and Party

It was a great turn out with loads of new faces turning up for the BBQ and party. It was lots of fun. We were hoping to have a release on the dates for the projects plan up until December for everyone, but it's not quite ready, so anyone that is interested in what we have planned please either look on here, the social networks or call in and visit again.

Cheers,
The Drop Inn Team x

Signed up to Grant Net

We have signed up to the brilliant Grant Net in the hope we can find some funding for next year. Things are looking extremely tight again, so we nee to start looking for some big bids to ensure our survival of next year and the future. If anyone finds anything they think will fit our organisation or is good with funding bids please let us know. Thank you

Frankenstein level up

We are looking for funding to mend two of Frankensteins feet (Bass speakers), repair an amp, buy new cables and hopefully buiod some massive bass speakers to bring him up to a 5k system

Olympic Torch Next Stage

Adie has made it to the next stage after being nominated by V to carry the Olympic Torch next year. Well done Adie, this is getting really exciting now. We'll find out in December if He gets this opportunity.

Wikipedia Setup

We are still in the process of setting up a Wikipedia page of information. We are still looking for help with the account set up if anyone knows anything about it please.

New News Structure

We have been falling behind on our Blog this year due to the amount of projects and events we've been involved in. You will get to hear about all the positive work we've been doing this year in the next few weeks. This is the second apology this year for the lack of blogging. We think we have come up with a new idea to keep things updated better.

We are now going to be running blog sessions every Thursday, so as well as the staff blogging the news the youth will also get the chance to voice their opinions and evaluate projects, workshops and events. This way everyone following our blog will get a wider news coverage, written in different styles. It will also create opportunities for the youth to get into creative writing and start covering their own events as youth reporters. We're starting it next Thursday if anyone is interested.

For everyone else please keep looking at our blog and clicking on previous dates as the news will be filling all the gaps for each Month we've been open.

Y Not Festival 2011

Y Not Festival, a photo by thedropinn on Flickr.

The Y Not festival involvement was different again. We only supplied a P.A system, a few games, and DJ's. So we could focus on the music more than the artwork.

This was the open mic sessions on the Saturday in the Cider and Hog roast tent.

All weekend the tent we helped out with got a brilliant response.

Jasper at Y Not Festival, a photo by thedropinn on Flickr.

We managed to get Jasper one of our volunteers onto the open mic. He only got to play a few songs but blew everyone away. It was awesome, and made us feel very proud. Thanks Jasper!

Y Not Festival, a photo by thedropinn on Flickr.

This is the tent at night just before the DJ's stepped up to play some house and techno.

The whole weekend had a brilliant response and raised £400 for the Drop Inn.

Re:space Cinn Plans

We are looking at ways to improve our projection space. We are thinking of adding surround sound and boxing the projector in properly. The essential work will be the re-building of the roof, so we can use the space above for storage and put better lighting inside. We are trying to raise some funds for all this work, and hoping to start the work before the New Year.

Coppice Brook Clean up

Coppice Brook Clean up, a photo by thedropinn on Flickr.

We started where the Coppice Brook meets the River Derwent, near Belper Rugby Club.

We fetched 4 bin bags full of rubbish from the first section of the brook.

Coppice Brook Clean up, a photo by thedropinn on Flickr.

The second section of the Coppice brook we cleared was through Belper Parks Nature reserve. It was here we found an old inflatable boat, sledges, newspaper bag, and loads of broken glass. This section took a lot longer to clean up.

We filled the back of a land rover with all the rubbish. The next stage is to sort through all the bags and send it off to be recycled.

Olympic Torch Nomination

Adie has been nominated to carry the Olympic Torch to represent the voluntary sector. He was nominated by V after winning the Vinspired National award earlier this year. Fingers crossed Adie, it's amazing news!