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Come See What We’ve Been Up To!

Posted on October 23, 2015 by purpleclaire — 2 Comments

In Centre Park tonight at 6.30 and tomorrow 1.30 & 6.30, you can see the show we have created over the last 5 months bringing together new groups Wings and La Rochette with Centre Stage, Mini Movers, Youngstars, Phab, Generations…

The Butterfly Effect Project Emerges From Planning Cocoon

Posted on April 30, 2015 by purpleclaire — 1 Comment

Just as the Spring sun helps to bring out the butterflies – The Butterfly Effect project comes out of its early planning stages to begin delivery in Castle Vale. It may have appeared quiet after all the action of the…

Thank You and Celebration Party

Posted on January 27, 2015 by purpleclaire — Leave a comment

Friday 30th January From 6.30pm Vale Stadium Bar, Farnbrough Road Castle Vale 2015 is going to be an exciting year in Castle Vale thanks to many people who got behind the campaign to win ITV and The Big Lottery’s People’s…

Tagged with: active arts, The Big Lottery, The Butterfly Effect, The People's Millions
Posted in What's on

Project Manager Recruitment

Posted on December 12, 2014 by purpleclaire — Leave a comment

The excitement is still with us from winning The People’s Millions and there are things to do to get us started. The first of which is the recruitment of the Project Manager. AACV…

Tagged with: The Big Lottery, The Butterfly Effect, The People's Millions
Posted in Jobs and volunteering, Opportunities

We WON! Thank you

Posted on November 26, 2014 by purpleclaire — 1 Comment

What an incredible journey The People’s Millions has been for Active Arts and our supporters. Our team expanded as we gained momentum on the campaign and over the last few days, especially vote day, the support was incredible. The excitement…

Watch our ITV film for The Butterfly Effect

Posted on November 25, 2014 by purpleclaire — 2 Comments

Did you get to see our film for The People’s Millions about The Butterfly Effect on ITV’s Central News? Don’t worry if you missed it, you can watch it again here. And if it’s not after midnight on the 25th…

Tagged with: Castle Vale, ITV, The Big Lottery, The Butterfly Effect, The People's Millions
Posted in News

Today is our People’s Millions Vote Day with ITV

Posted on November 25, 2014 by purpleclaire — Leave a comment

So today’s the day! Here’s what we’d love you to do Phone the number on a landline or mobile or both at least once or up to 10 times on each for each phone you have! Send us a message…

Tagged with: Castle Vale, ITV, The Big Lottery, The Butterfly Effect, The People's Millions
Posted in News

Tomorrow’s The Big Day!

Posted on November 24, 2014 by purpleclaire — Leave a comment

We can’t believe it but tomorrow is the big vote day! Over the last 4 weeks we’ve been making sure everyone gets to know what it’s all about and that they are ready for tomorrow’s vote day. We haven’t…

Tagged with: ITV, The Big Lottery, The Butterfly Effect, The People's Millions, Vote Castle Vale
Posted in News

The Butterfly Effect Countdown Trailer

Posted on November 20, 2014 by purpleclaire — Leave a comment

Our very own Laura Hicklin has made us a campaign film to add to the tension of the countdown using some of the fantastic caterpillar photos that have been sent in. Big thank you for putting this together and we hope you…

Tagged with: The Big Lottery, The Butterfly Effect, The People's Millions
Posted in News

Tyburn Mail helps spread our news

Posted on November 19, 2014 by purpleclaire — Leave a comment

The latest edition of Tyburn Mail came out today and it’s helping to spread our exciting news. There’s a special behind the scenes photo of the ITV film day as well as a feature on our fabulous caterpillars. Plus there’s…

Tagged with: Chivenor Primary School, ITV, The Butterfly Effect, The People's Millions, Tyburn Mail
Posted in Coverage, News, Opportunities, Press