Sep

28

Today the tribewanted family lost a great man.

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The news that one of the people of Mali, a man who became deeply involved with the tribewanted project, has passed away, has shocked and upset tribemembers around the World.

My sister, Sara-Jane, who has been on the island for 12 months had the following to say:

So shocked and saddened by the news.

Peter was such a strong, big man yet he had a gentle touch, a gracious nature and true wisdom, all with an amazing smile.

He put his arms around all at Tribewanted and made us family from the start, he worked unbelievable hard with us and taught us and me personally so much.

I have so many lovely memories of Peter, that show the man he was, but my favourite, was to watch this ‘gentle giant’ play with his children, to see his face light up and the love and respect on his children’s, so very special.

His wife is now left with 8 beautiful children, I received an email from this eldest daughter Kesa this morning, it ended with ‘Sis, I need to tell you my Dad passed away last night’ how do you respond with the words, it is her and Tale 19, now the man of that big family, who need our full support.

To show how much Peter meant to us and to show our gratitude for all this man gave us, we must now do our best to look after his family.

To my Fijian family, my love to you all, I am with you in spirit.
We lost a great man, friend and Tata yesterday…

Vinaka vaka levu Peter,

Rest in peace,

Sj X

This is all that tribewanted was ever about, people.

Check it out: Tribewanted

Sep

20

The Liverpool Culture Cafe on TV?

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Over the past week I have been in London, Manchester and Liverpool as I have travelled the Country discussing the Liverpool Culture Cafe concept with a number of TV Production companies with a view to the concept being filmed as an observation documentary. It has been a very exciting few days!

Having created the concept Tribewanted I was contacted by a number of tv production companies with regards to what other ideas that I may have and I have been working hard on these. One of these projects has been taken by a production company and is due to launch next year. I have also been working on the capital of culture concept. It has been quite exciting to see how TV Production companies have responded to the Liverpool Culture Cafe project and there is a real buzz about this in terms of how it intergrates culture, community and society - three elements of life that I strongly believe in.

Today I had a meeting with Lime Pictures (formerly Mersey TV), which was very exciting and highly random to be walking around the set of both Hollyoaks and Grange Hill at the same time. It was even more random to see children walk around wearing Grange Hill blazers - that took me back!

So, there are LOTS of things in the pipeline with regards to the Liverpool Culture Cafe and it may even be on TV - I shall keep you updated!

Check it out: www.liverpoolculturecafe.com

Sep

19

Creative thinking and media meetings

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I have had a good few days in London as I spent time with a handful of TV production companies. I absolutely love hearing about what programmes TV production companies are working on and how they are developing. It was great to sit down with leaders in cross multimedia platform programme and hear about all the projects that are coming up.

It is also humbling to sit in front of creative directors sharing my vision, my plans, my projects and my ideas - brilliant. I have been spending some time working with a number of creative individuals in order to help develop projects with the intention of turning them into TV programmes and cross multimedia platform projects.

There have been much interest in my ideas with one major project being signed off for next year and a number of projects still in the pipeline.

Over the past few days I have also spent time with a number of individuals with regards to the Liverpool Culture Cafe concept and I will post more information on that very soon….

But for now, a serious cup of tea is needed!

Sep

11

Help from ‘Down Under’ for the people’s Culture Cafe

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AMBITIOUS plans to create a People’s Culture Café in Liverpool have been given a boost from ‘Down Under’ thanks to the internet.

An Australian advertising company has created a brand new web site for the Liverpool Cultural Café after hearing about the project through the social networking site, Facebook.

Word has spread across the internet about the café project which is being led by a group of local people, ranging from admin officers to health workers, mechanics and students.

25,000 people are being encouraged to sign up and register their support on the new site at www.liverpoolculturecafe.com by pledging a donation of £20 each. They will then be able to help develop the Culture Café, which will be a showcase for Liverpool culture and a platform for local talent – providing space for musicians, actors, poets, painters, comedians and other artists.

The campaigners also want to recruit 12 unemployed people from Liverpool to permanently run the non-profit making cafe.

Kate Burke, the owner of the Australian advertising company, Woot! Creative, (www.wootcreative.com,) based in Brisbane, got in touch with the mastermind behind the scheme, Mark Bowness, to say she loved the idea and volunteering her company’s services for free.

Mark, 28, a creative consultant from the Wirral, said:” We have found a huge amount of goodwill for Liverpool – the Culture Café seems to be capturing people’s imagination all over the world.

“We want to create a people-led, non-profit making project which will be a first for Liverpool, showcase the city’s rich culture, provide jobs for local people and leave a lasting legacy.

“Our Australian cousins have been very generous and supportive – just like many others who are getting behind the project and have offered their help in practical ways. The new web site is really bright, eye-catching and professional – it is just the first of many more initiatives we will be launching in the next few weeks to help us spread the message all around the world.”

Business supporter Mat Ong, added: “A lot of people are worried about Capital of Culture. “We have this one chance to make 2008 a unique and important year for Liverpool and its people. It would be a lot easier just to sit on the sidelines and moan at what has happened, but we feel it is up to the people who love Liverpool to do something about it. Our love for Liverpool clearly reaches as far as Australia and beyond.”

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