Award winners were joined by special guests at the event:
Deputy Vice Chancellor, Professor Caroline Thomas, Alan
Whitehead MP and Councillor Edwina Cooke,
the Right Worshipful Mayor of Southampton.
The John Hansard Gallery not only hosted the
awards but also received a grant for its First Impressions
project. The grant will enable the gallery to work in partnership
with Swaythling Youth Centre on this exciting
project for young people aged 13 and above, during the summer
half term (29th May – 2nd June 2006). Led by artist
Kate Grenyer, the project will focus on identity and
the way in which society judges people through appearance. The
project will culminate in an exhibition of sketches that will
be on display in the gallery Education Room to celebrate International
Youth Day on the 12th August, 2006.
Ronda Gowland, Access Officer at the gallery
says of the awards ‘they are invaluable. The grants
enable the John Hansard Gallery to work with University volunteers
and make a proactive contribution to the local community.’
The John Hansard Gallery will also be involved
in a new scheme to improve the environment around the Violet
Road area in Swaythling. A ‘cut
way’ that is regularly used by school children and students
will be cleared and a mural, designed and painted by pupils
from Cantell School, will be placed on the
fence panels. The project has already been highly praised by
Home Office Minister Paul Goggins MP. Community
Safety will receive the Community Fellowship
Grant that will fund the scheme.
Notes to Editors:
For more details about individual projects, please contact
Kate Smith, Volunteer Activity Coordinator,
on 023 8059 8484.
The Community Fellowships have been made possible
by the Higher Education Active Community Fund (HEACF)
and are administered by the University’s Educational
Development Service.
For further information contact:
Ronda Gowland, Access Officer, John Hansard Gallery,
Tel. 023 8059 2160, email:
rjg3@soton.ac.uk
Nicky Balfour, Press Officer, John Hansard Gallery,
Tel. 023 8059 4661, email: njb@soton.ac.uk
Kate Smith, Educational Development Service, University
of Southampton,
Tel. 023 8059 8484, email: kate.smith@soton.ac.uk
Sue Wilson, Media Relations, University of Southampton,
Tel. 023 8059 5457, email:
s.j.e.wilson@soton.ac.uk
