This is a slideshow from the recent Freedom Wings day held 24th August 2010.BBC Radio Northampton came to cover the story and it is being played to the slideshow. It was broadcast on the the John Griff Show.
17
Aug
Two more articles from Chester Ad-PHAB in newspaper, Chester Standard and Chester Chronicle from their Freedom Wings day. Click on both articles to enlarge the text.
Our next guests will be a group of 25 youngsters from Cultural Community Partnerships.
CCP is a sports, leisure and cultural trust that manages the Pemberton Leisure and Conference Centre and the Splash Pool, both in Rushden and the Nene Centre in Thrapston.
CCP delivers sports, leisure, arts and heritage activities for all, throughout the communities of East Northamptonshire. Playschemes for children, a wide variety of fitness classes, help with healthy lifestyles, swimming clubs, squash, spinning classes, evenings of entertainment and music and arts events all come within the range of what they do.
10
Jul
click on image for full article
Our range of Pilot wear is starting to get reviews in the aviation press. All proceeds from the sales go towards our Freedom Wings projects. Through these introduction to general aviation days, we give free flying lessons to youngsters with a range of disabilities.
17
May
Our first event for the 2010 flying season will be on 22nd May with the Variety Club Children’s charity.
click on image for large view. Article in Flight Training News: May 2010 issue
filmed February 21, 2010 at BBC Centre, Wood Land, London.
02
Mar
On February 23rd it was Rotary International’s birthday. It also saw the ongoing Thanks for Life / End Polio campaign here in the UK. The target is to raise more then £1 million pounds towards the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation challenge grant. Their organisation has donated US$355 million and Rotary will match it by US$200. I did a tour of the BBC news offices to help in the awareness campaign. This is an extract from BBC Radio 5 live interview which took place on February 21 st 2010. Other alliance members for the Global Polio Eradication Initiative are UNICEF, WHO and the US Centres for Disease control and prevention.
The Commonwealth Club of California is the nation’s oldest and largest public affairs forum, bringing together its more than 18,000 members for over 400 annual events on topics ranging across politics, culture, society and the economy.
A very interesting interview with Captain Chesley ‘Sully’ Sullenberger
to read the full article click here or the image below….
19
Dec
NDTV India footage of full circle exhibition in Kolkata with Gautam Lewis, 4th December 2009.
Various news footage of Full Circle Photographic show, Kolkata, India Nov-Dec 2009
A 30 mins current affairs discussion show with Moupia interviewing Gautam Lewis in West Bengal called Spotlight. The show is broadcast on 24 Ghanta – a 24 hour news channel. The areas of discussion include Full Circle exhibition to raise awareness for polio eradication and flying.
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