Big incentive for business Start-Ups from 1st January to 31st March 2008

During the March BRING A DISH on 29th of March 2008 we are privileged to award the sum of 6000 Pound in Sterling to a number of new entrepreneurs, whose business plans were recently approved by CCDN and 1066 chief executive Graham Marley, following the completion of significant training and capacity building via CCDN Business Start Up Mentors.

Please fill in the Voting Forms and return them to us to show your support, either in person during the BRING A DISH or via e-mail.

Name	Business	Eligible Amount in £
Anna Dobrzynska	Multi-cultural centre for children & YP	100
Sabba Khan	English for Speakers og Other languages (ESOLOL tutoring	400
Abdoul Diallo & Hadin Sesay	Old S-cool	750
Saria Vos	Quantum - Centre of Children	500
Assietdu Diallo	Ramadan Cuisine	300
Michel N'ganga	Drunken Parrott	750
Annie Cryer	Tai Chi Qigong Centre	750
William Davis	Davis Dollhouse Designs	750
Kim Dale	Activities Plus	750
Azza Hafiz Abbas	Azza Accountancy Ambulance (3As)	400
Innocente Messy	Innocente Fashion	400
Ann Brooker	Freelance Community Fundraiser	250
Adam Domingo	Hastings- Sierra Leone Football Club for YP	500
Magnus Agugu	African Rhythms Massage Association	698
Hana Davies	KiKu	500
Geri Wilcox & Alexandra Kerswell	ZigZag childminding services	500
Zita De Castro Borba	Creative Therapy for Children and YP	100
Dr Hafiz El-Naima	Small Enterprise Advice - Sudan (SEAS)	750
Yvonne Rees	Lufe & Leaf	750
Araz Ibrahim	Hair by Ako	750

Voting for the available £6000 are open and will close promptly at 7pm. when the more formal part of the evening begins. Results will be announced at 8pm with 1066 enterprise  representative and Hastings & Bexhills Social Enterprise Development officer Clive Mills congratulating the successful enterpreneurs.

We  will do our best to upload your profiles on the internet this evening, so that your friends, fans and potential customers can find everyones profile in due course.

Please also remember to come early to the BRING A DISH to help set up whichever display you intend to promote your project with, so that by 4o'clock everything looks fab, when the high profile event starts.  
We do have a laminator, if you want to laminate some print outs.

Please remember to interact with your audience as it is YOUR responsibility and iniative that influence how many votes you will be able to gather in this relatively short space of time!

When inviting your friends, please tell them that this months BRING A DISH Cultural Celebration and Networking event also includes Creative Learning Circuits Caribbean Story telling and Dances, Pampering Massages, Activities Plus Mask Making - Painting & Face Painting Workshops, Community Drumming Circles and HEARTREE with vocals, guitar, bass, percussion and keyboard.

Martin wrote his first song aged seven. By twelve he was drumming in a local Jazz band and by thirteen he’d formed a band called ‘Harewood Magna,"(www.Harewoodmagna.co.uk), named as Britain's youngest folk band of the time. Martin's musical arrangements were far beyond his years and the band quickly grew in popularity, toured extensively, performed on television and released two albums. Today he has worked with many artists, been influenced by playing blues and developed a rich vocal style. His guitar playing is often remarked upon as being a mix of delicate finger picking with a strong rhythmic element and his lyrics go straight to the heart. Martin’s musicality developed over the years by ear, he feels this gave him the freedom to evolve from the inside out. Catherine’s vocal style is often remarked upon as being very unusual in its mix of Jazz like deep rich tones with an English folk like vibrato. She often spans across this range within a moment giving a song an intimate edge. She has been involved in the creative arts for twenty years, initially in visual and performance art, and later in body related arts such as movement and massage. Her creative process led her to pick up a guitar eight years ago and begin writing songs, she has been creating and singing songs ever since. Catherine and Martin met through hearing each other sing. They started collaborating immediately and found that their vocals and guitar styles blended unusually well and their lyrics shared an intimate and heartfelt quality. Martin was inspired by Catherine’s vocals and access to her imagination and Catherine was inspired by Martin’s sensitive musically and lyrics. Nine months later they are now working on their first album, performing and even getting married!! The musical partnership is fresh and extraordinary http://www.myspace.com/heartree

You may also wish to look forward to the daring free flowing robes of the TROUSER FREE ENSEMBLE

 with Paul Chi, singer-songwriter, improvisation artist and founder of Healthy Concerts  

http://www.healthyconcerts.com/artists/Paul_Chi/

and Jacqueline Attwood, an accomplished performer and composer specializing in

Saxophone and Clarinet. Last year she founded and wrote material for AkashaRose 

www.myspace.com/akasharoses and 

currently performs with several other artists and groups including Tambura 

(7 piece improvisatory band combining jazz and Indian classical music including 

instruments such as the harp, violin, sruti box, double bass, udu, hang etc); 

She has played a lot overseas including Eastern, Southern and Mid Europe, 

Australia and India. Forexample; touring the east coast of Australia with 

Azadoota, a world beat band with Assyrian vocals including a performance 

at the splendid Woodford Folk Festival, Queensland as well as playing with 

the Sydney University Balinese Gamelan Orchestra. She has also taken part 

in numerous street performing festivals around Europe in Switzerland, 

Poland, Eastern Europe with a variety of groups (Fantasmagoria, Mindspinners, 

Mieszanka) including the Linz Pflasterspektakel, one of the largest street 

performing festivals in the world. In 2006 Jacqui took part in a voluntary 

Music Therapy project in Mostar, Bosnia.

 http://www.healthyconcerts.com/artists/Jacqueline_Attwood



Both are joint by Garima who has been teaching Egyptian dance for the last 10 years. 

She also plays Indian sitar having studied at the Guildhall School of Music, London, with Viram Jasani from 1984 

to 86 http://www.healthyconcerts.co.uk/artists/Garima

Participatory Budgeting (PB) at the BRING A DISH. PB was first successfully developed in deprived communities in Brazil with Multi Million Budgets, enabling local communities to shape the future of their cities. Hastings, St Leonards, Bexhill & surrounding areas are fortunate to being given the opportunity to directly influence how £6000 are spent. The transparent PB formula takes local needs into account and criteria’s for the likely success of any proposed business idea, judged by the content & presentation of your business plan.

Celebrating Cultural Diversity Network (CCDN) is working collaboratively with an accredited business start up advisor and a consortium of other training & support agencies to tackle key barriers to a more enterprising culture amongst people from diverse cultures & faiths. CCDN is a dynamic community empowerment network of organisations, families and individuals from diverse cultures & faiths, first established in June 2005. We create safe, supportive, anti-racist, multi-cultural environments for our members and represent their interests. Membership is free and we aim to reduce isolation and promote a sense of belonging, providing a platform from which to challenge discriminatory and racist practices and beliefs.

Develop your knowledge and skills needed to stay in business, including marketing, financing, fundraising and accounting, law & regulations: For 1:1 and small group training dates/appointments: 9am – 9pm via Centre of Creativity, 20 West Hill Road, St Leonards on Sea. Tel/Fax: 01424 424 080 or info@celebratingculturaldiversitynetwork.org www.celebratingculturaldiversitynetwork.org The exciting learning process cumulates in a cultural celebration event. Distinguished guests will congratulate you on your achievements & present relevant Certificates & Business Start Up Funding. You can receive up to £750 for your Sart Up Young People can get up to £5000.

For all appointments and training you are entitled to: Crèche facilities or financial help towards your child care costs Assistance with travel or financial help towards your travel costs 1:1 comprehensive assessment Ongoing mentoring & flexible, friendly support linked to accreditation (qualification and certificates) Help with IT & Internet

 

Please click Celebrating New Enterprise to find out about our pilot project in 2007

Participating projects in 2007 (click on the name to find out more about the different projects:

- Ubuntu Consultancy - cSoniq Creative Media Boutique - Moradi Accountancy - Clear Insight - Old Skull Night Club - Chewy's School Of Motoring - House of Rabbani: Euro-Asian    Fashion - Natural Directions - Roma Trading - Heavy Petal - Kafizas Child minding - La Dolce Vida Ice Cream Parlour - Bushfaya, Nana Tsiboe