Ground Swell

We want to change Newquay’s image nationally and get people to see that there’s way more to where we live than just stag and hen partying and boozing.

It’s time for this to stop. Right now. We’re taking a stand to let people know enough’s enough.

The more people we can get to join us, the sooner things are going to change.

But to do this, we need your help.

My a’th kar Newquay means ‘I love you, Newquay’ in Cornish.

We’re a group of young people who are trying to make things better. We love living in Newquay, and we want to show people just how awesome life can be here.  Part of it is about respect – we want people to respect our town, whether they live here all year around or are just visiting.

We’ve got an amazing professional artist on board, Matt McIvor, who’s helping us transform some of the ugly, derelict sites around the town. Excess Energy, a PR & communications company in Newquay, has got loads of experience working with young people and bags of enthusiasm is helping us run the media campaign. If you like doing media stuff, it’s a great chance to get some work experience on a real project and try something new.

What we’re looking for

We want to push My a’th kar Newquay to the max.  We’re starting to get support in the local papers and with local businesses getting on board. But we want to do even more – we want to get people across the country to sit up and take notice of what we’re doing. And we want to persuade local businesses to step up and support the project, too.

We want:

Young people age 16-25 who want to have their say in what goes on in Newquay.

• Artists/creative types who want to get involved in the hands-on, messy stuff, turning very big ideas into reality on our streets
• Social media gurus to spread the word about the project online on our blog, Twitter and Facebook
• Budding PR people to write press releases, set up photo shoots, talk to journalists, make viral iPhone films…

The artwork’s going to go up on high-profile sites all over Newquay and will get seen by thousands of people.  You know all those boring, empty boards around sites where they’re building new developments?  That’s what we’re going to transform.

You’ll get the chance to have your say on issues that matter and be involved in a project that’s going to make a huge difference to people’s lives. And you’ll also learn new skills - and have fun doing it!

Interested?

Get in touch with Fiona Egglestone on Fiona@excessenergycomms.com or call 01637 852130 to find out more.

Hope to hear from you soon!

PS: Check out our blog and Twitter!

http://iloveyounewquay.blogspot.com

Twitter: iloveyounewquay

Ground Swell has just been approached by a professional theatre company to work with them this summer to pull together a multi media production about surfing!

Different we thought, but sounds interesting. The project will include Dj’s, MC’s, street dance, video, photography and surfing!

They will teach us what we need to know so if you’re interested give us a shout.

pete@groundswellcic.com or 07968 892829

How would you like to be part of the management team for a national UK Junior Pro Surf Tour?

Groundswell, The UK Pro Surf Association and Chew TV are investigating the possibility of creating a dedicated Web TV Channel to promote junior surfing and will be helping to organise a competitive tour across the UK for junior surfers in 2010, which will be run by junior surfers. That means YOU!

You will be working with some of the hottest talent in the design industry, as well as surf industry professionals, to develop a brand new promotional campaign for emerging surf talent with young people producing all of the video, image and text content for the new Web TV Channel.

This basically means that young surfers at forthcoming UKPSA events will learn how to document themselves and their friends surfing, whilst gaining the skills needed to promote themselves online, showcasing their surfing and media talents to the industries worldwide! The films are intended to encourage more of the UK’s young surfers to work within media, and submit their own films of them surfing, putting the UK groms on the map!

Chew TV will also be running other workshops, so you can learn the skills needed to administer content online, building up your media literacy in an area that is becoming increasingly relevant within the surfing industry and is a viable backup career plan.

So if you fancy kick-starting a career in project/ event management, journalism, photography, filmmaking or of course surfing! Then get involved. We will be looking to recruit a team of twelve keeno’s aged 13-19 to be the management team that will pull it all together, with the help of trained professionals, that cover all of the above areas.

Please email Josh Hughes (joshhughes1@btinternet.com) if you’re up for it and we’re going to be meeting in Newquay on Thursday 10th December at 5pm, so put the date in your diary.

Hey folks. I’m looking for people who are interested in contributing to the ongoing success of A1Surf.com. We’re a big website, but only a small team working on it (despite being part of a large new media company). I’m therefore looking for people to help in the following areas:

* Design promotional online adverts (banners, buttons etc)

* Write articles, news, guides etc

* Upload content to our site and help promote it online

There is no money available for payment unfortunately, but what we can offer is the opportunity to be able to have some of your work on the UK’s leading surf website – a great thing for your CVs -plus you’ll get references if required. And I’m sure we can sort you out with some freebies too )

If you have any skills in the above areas then please email david@a1surf.com, outlining what areas you are interested in.