[WiLT] Free accredited, professional media courses for women @ a music college starting 24th April 2007

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Free accredited, professional media courses for women @ a music
college starting 24th April 2007

Point Blank are offering a free Radio Production course at Point
Blank, funded as part of the Digital Women's Club project. The
project, funded by LDA and ESF, aims to assist unemployed or
underemployed women in London launch careers within the creative
digital industries.

Limited places are now available for the Radio Production course which
takes place every Tuesday from 11am to 6pm for 12 weeks commencing
24th April 07. In addition to weekly classes, Point Blank offer access
to the studios for students to work on their shows and to practise the
skills taught in class. All our courses are taught by active industry
professionals who pass on years of experience in a matter of months.
The Radio Production course covers all aspects of presentation and
production, culminating in students producing their own show to
showcase their talents.

The Digital Women's Club is a dynamic network designed to support
unemployed and underemployed women in finding roles and careers within
the creative digital sector. The project centres on an interactive
website (key to developing contacts and showcasing talent and
experience) and is underpinned by free creative and vocational
training in: music, film, design, TV production, DJing, radio
broadcasting and website development. Point Blank is one of several
training providers contributing to the project. Shape, the country's
leading disability arts organisation, will be supporting all the
organisations to ensure the needs of deaf and disabled women are met
throughout the project. Digital women's club is led by CIDA and is
co-financed by Creative London - London Development Agency and ESF.

For more information please visit: http://www.digitalwomensclub.com/
or http://www.myspace.com/digitalwomen

The organisers are keen to overcome obstacles which might prevent
women from benefiting from the project. As such, they may be able to
assist with travel or childcare costs associated with attending the
course. The project is aimed at women who are unemployed or
underemployed, and who have been living in one of the following
boroughs of London for at least 3 months: Barking & Dagenham,
Islington, Greenwich, Hackney, Lewisham, Newham, Redbridge, Tower
Hamlets and Waltham Forest.

If you meet these criteria and you are interested in the course
outlined above, please contact John Morgan at Point Blank on 0207 729
4884 or john at pointblanklondon.com.

If you know anyone else who fits these criteria and would be
interested in courses in Music Production, DJing or Radio Production,
feel free to pass John's contact details on to them.

There will be other courses taking place throughout 2007 and early
2008 as part of the Digital Women's Club project too, so check out
their website above for more info.

Places are limited for the course starting in April, so please contact
John as soon as possible for more info if you are interested.

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