The film Adam helped to make on his visit to the BBC last December has now been posted on the BBC’s Your Game web site. It includes his question for Lee Dixon and a clip from his Media Box Boccia film.
Wed 3 Feb 2010
Adam puts the Eds on the spot
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Last week Adam went to London to meet Ed Balls and Ed Miliband as part of Every Disabled Child Matters campaign to make the main political parties take notice of its ‘Manifesto for Change.’ Adam asked the Eds about cuts in local area spending and discrimination against disabled people in education. See here for EDCM’s report of the meeting.
Wed 23 Dec 2009
Snow in Edinburgh
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Just days after moving in to our new home in Edinburgh we got snow (and the failure of our heating boiler).
Temperatures have been -2 degrees and below, but we are gradually acclimatising to the Lothian winter weather.
Wed 23 Dec 2009
Programme making at the BBC
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Last week Adam and Penny travelled down to London so that Adam could participate in the making of a special programme: Your Game vs Match of the Day. This was his reward for coming first in Media Box film competition with Boccia - Join In.
Adam and other young film makers helped put the programme together and sat in while an edition of Match of the Day was prepared adn broadcast. Not only did he get to meet his friend Gary Lineker again, he also interviewed footballer Lee Dixon.
The programme will be available on the BBC web site early in January 2010.
Sun 29 Nov 2009
Adam reports on Manifesto
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Adam has had his report on being involved in the manifesto produced by Every Disabled Child Matters published in Children & Young People Now.
Tue 10 Nov 2009
Adam’s new video
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Adam’s new video - ‘Boccia’ - is finished and has been posted on YouTube:
The film was made with the help of York-based KhaoZ Media. Click here for Mike Leigh Cooper’s report.
Tue 22 Sep 2009
Adam’s manifesto
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Adam has helped the Every Disabled Child Matters campaign to produce a manifesto for change and a DVD, in which he also features. The DVD will be presented to the Liberal Democrats, Labour and Conservatives party conferences. Adam will be part of the panel presenting the film at the Conservative conference in Manchester.
Wed 12 Aug 2009
Adam’s merit
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Today Adam received notification from York College of his course results. He has passed his BTEC First Diploma in media studies with a merit grade!
Well done Adam.
Mon 3 Aug 2009
Adam at the Special Olympics
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The York Special Olympic team’s return to the city on Saturday was reported by the local newspaper:
Here are three short video clips from our week at the Special Olympics:
Adam came fourth in his group in the boccia singles competion.
Adam and his team members Jeremy and Paul won gold medals in the boccia team event.
Adam, Eleanor and Penny enjoyed the closing party held in Abbey Park.
Sun 2 Aug 2009
My exciting week
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The Special Olympics was awesome. The opening ceremony was unbelievable. All us athletes from all over the country paraded round the stadium with thousands and thousands of people watching and cheering.
Then Gordon and Sarah Brown came and shook hands with some of the athletes but I didn’t get to meet them. But guess who I met on the Wednesday - Gary Lineker!! and dad took a photo of me and him together.
The boccia venue was really good, and every time the team arrived we got cheered in by the volunteers.
It was at a Hindu centre, and everyone was really friendly and welcoming. After the award ceremony when I got my gold medal the centre volunteers gave us all a special memento postcard from the centre and tied a special wrist band on all of us which is a Hindu custom for their festival this week when sisters tie a thread on their brothers wrist to wish them a good future. When the team arrived back in York none of us knew but it had been arranged for the 19 athletes and the coaches from York to parade the city centre on a open top bus it was a big surprise for us all and people in the town were cheering us.
It was a very special week and I am very proud of being part of the team and of course my gold medal.
You can see more pictures from the Special Olympics on the gallery.