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Ouch! by the BBC

Ouch! is a website that reflects on the lives and experiences of disabled people. Including blogs, podcasts, message boards and a downloadable radio show, Ouch! is aimed at those who deal with disabilities every day such as families, friends and, more importantly, disabled people themselves.

 

Read more about Ouch!

 

Ouch! is really into using humour positively so there’s plenty to chuckle at, in fact the Ouch! team are themselves disabled and make clear they never laugh at disabled people; they only laugh with them.

 

Artist Andre Jordan, using Ouch’s positive humour, often creates small simple doodles using humour to cover issues with disabilities in public areas to creating his own Motley Zoo of disabled animals. Click here

 

Example of Andre's work - Motley Zoo - The Owl

2 Million People Unemployed

An article on ILM explains how unemployment has broken the 2 million barrier for the first time in more than a decade.

The Office for National Statistics revealed that the number of people out of work during the quarter to January 2009 hit 2.03 million, the highest figure since 1997.

According to the Office for National Statistics, unemployment will get worse before it gets better, as it always does even after economic recovery begins.

Also, the British Chambers of Commerce recently predicted that unemployment will peak in the second half of 2010 at 3.2 million.

To read the full article, click here.

Pixar Animated Feature Film to Launch Cannes Festival

Pixar’s latest animated feature 'Up' will be screened in digital 3-D and marks the first time an animated movie has opened the event.

 

The film tells of a man who spent his life dreaming of exploring the globe and living his life to the fullest.  Now at 78 believes life has past him by that was until fate and an 8 year old Wilderness Explorer gives him a new lease on life.

 

Pixar's 'Up' will be released in the UK on 16th October. Take a sneak peak! or read more about the story here.

Youngsters to Design Official London 2012 Education Logo

  Youngsters in full- or part-time education are invited to create a new design to infill the London 2012 Olympic logo. This identity will be supplied to schools, colleges and local authority education providers who join the 'Get Set' network, the official London 2012 education programme.

The closing date for the entries is 5th June, where four to six finalists will present their designs to a panel of judges including BMX World Champion Shanaze Reade. The winning logo, which will be used in print and digital media, will be unveiled in September.

For more information on the competition, visit www.london2012.com/logocompetition

Comic Relief 2009!

 

It’s Red Nose Day on Friday 13th March... which means it’s time to Do Something Funny for Money!

Looking for inspiration on how you too can raise money for this worthy cause then look here for some inventive ideas that may even spark off an idea of your very own.

Keep up-to-date with events from the BBC (click here).