October 2009
25 posts
Autumn afternoons
The last Cattle market
I am from a farming background in Staffordshire and over the years we have watched every single cattle market close. Leek is the last remaining one. If you haven’t been to one. They’re mad! it’s like stepping into a different world, a male dominated, average age of 70; crazy place! They are incredible important places for the farming community, not just in terms of trade. There...
Chamberlain Awards
http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2009/10/21/adam-is-hoping-to-clean-up-at-awards-97319-24975176/
One of my photos in Birmingham Mail today. Adam Noon, finalist for the Chamberlain Awards. He is a park ranger who is cleaning up all of inner city Brummie parks. He gave up a six figure salary in the city to do this job. He said he would get to friday in London and get so hammered...
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This is Service User Involvement team….Quite amazing what they do. They have created a panel of representatives of people from groups of people (Blind people, HIV, solvent abuse, disability, women in shelter amongst others). The panel deal with housing issues for these minorities. It’s quite pioneering and not happening in other parts of Britain. One of the girls Leila, used to use...
Chamberlain Awards
Fred! Fred was rehoused by the resettlement team( who have been nominated) from poor housing to a new lovely place with en suite, natural light, very social and accessible. He was a character!
Chamberlain Awards
West Youth Offending team….. doing incredible work with young people who have been convicted of a crime and have to do some community service in the centre.
The team work with the young people in music, art, car mechanics amongst other things. They are currently running a scheme with Landrover who have donated old landrovers, the young people restore them and they then go off to Sierra...
Chamberlain Awards
Chamberlain Awards
For the last 3 years I have been comissioned by Birmingham City Council to produce the photography for the Chamberlain Awards. It’s a council recognition scheme. I work along side Justin Still www.justinstill.com (a graphic designer).
It’s one of my favorite jobs. I meet real people from all walks of life, from dinner ladies to top lawyers changing anti-social behavour laws to road...
Miss Perry, Q Radio (aka Dannyboy)
Cafe Soya with Ness
Best Believe!!
New exciting blog coming out of Brum that I got a nice mention on!!!
http://bestbelieve.co.uk/2009/09/30/kate-beatty/