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I012»-1 I‘.-— v ’** **TO g g the project As the century comes to Thanks to a successful photographers -- no previous an end the OUT HOUSE Lottery bid the OUT HOUSE has experience required! The local money project will announces two ground jU$t been awarded t0 develop the projects to celebrate aim to set up a flourishing credit breaking projects to celebrate the Millennium. Thanks are also union, offering cheap loans and the Millennium. due to the many OUT HOUSE safe savings without exploitation; members and others who helped a local exchange and trading develop the proposals and scheme (LETS) through which offered suggestions. members can exchange their T At the heart of the history skills for the skills of other project will be a series of members without the need for personal reminiscences and life money; and a welfare rights and stories of local people living as benefits advice service. lesbians, gays and bisexuals in their communities, growing up, at school, at work, at war, on holiday, in play, within their families, meeting friends and K".- Q ‘am lovers, coming out, growing old .... .. Lifetime experiences of ordinary people living ordinary - and sometimes extraordinary - lives. A celebration of lives past and present. The projects will consist of The Lottery award will make it a history project and a local possible to afford our own equipment such as video, aural money project. The history and playback facilities, and some project will record oral and professional guidance in visual history to create a adapting the wealth of material A Millennium Festival Launch lasting archive of the lesbian, into plays, poetry, story telling, will be held at the Angel Row gay and bisexual music, photography, and library on Thursday 18th of communities in our region. exhibitions. For ordinary March at 7pm. Light The local money project will members of our communities the refreshments will be provided. involve setting up a credit opportunities are exciting and lf you can’t join us on the union, a local exchange and endless and offer opportunities evening but want to be involved, trading scheme and a welfare for everyone to be involved, by ring the OUT HOUSE office on rights service. sharing their lives or as film 0115 911 0545 and speak to makers, poets, musicians, Jackie or leave a message. E ‘-9 lac I Theresa's News S Although the Project appears Since the last newsletter I've just a question of them getting to be going through a quiet been in post now for 4 months. together to sign their bit. phase, your committee has been In some ways it feels like a Unfortunately for us this seems busy behind the scenes. We lifetime and in others as if I've to be taking rather a long time. continue to meet fortnightly and only just arrived. I suppose Meanwhile the tender for the over the past few months have you'd like to know what I've been refurbishment has gone out and discussed and made decisions up to, job wise, that is! Well I've we have builders waiting to go on a range of issues involving been settling into my temporary ahead with alterations. They the lease, plans for office in the Lace Market. We've think the work will take about 10 refurbishment, and the cafe got this to 12 weeks, so it should be tenden I possible to be in the building In addition to the regular sometime in the summer, fingers committee meetings a number of crossed etc. I hate tempting subgroups have been hard at fate. work putting bids in for funding, Lots of you have asked me Ill, developing budgets, researching about being involved as a and compiling policies and volunteer and I've been saying procedures to help develop good I'd organise some sort of practice and help us make the meeting in the New Year! It transition to being employers hasn't happened because of the and community centre amazing I hold up with the lease, but it will managers. We have also been computer, the whole works. still happen, promise, there'Il be trying to keep you informed All I have to do now is learn how all sorts of opportunities to be through newsletters and by to use the thing! It's so smart I involved in different ways running stalls at Pink Lace and thing the committee wish it had especially with this Millennium the World Aids Day Fete where applied for the job. Apart from project. we enjoyed meeting some of my embarrassing lack of l.T. I feel a bit inaccessible to you. skills everything else goes well. members at the minute stuck in I've been getting out and about the Lace Market but you can ring and meeting lots of people, me or if there are groups or networking, I've been to several organisations who'd like me to other LGB centres to see how come and talk to them about Out they do it! Honest I went to House that can_ always be if i work. I'm also getting involved arranged. in things like the LGB forum, and I think I'm running out of I've promised Tim at the Health space so I'd better stop now, I'd shop that I'll write something for just like to say thank you to my QB. management commjttee, first for W- By the way, thanks to giving me the opportunity to do As you might imagine this everybody at the GA! Project for this job. I can't think of anything keeps eight people extremely all their help and support for me I'd rather be doing. But more busy. lf you would like to join the as a worker and the Out House importantly for the way they've committee at this exciting time generally. helped me settle in. . Bye for now just drop me a line at Box 11, Obviously the big question I and I hope to see you soon 118 Mansfield Road, Nottingham keep getting asked is “is the when we celebrate the signing of NG1 3HL. lease signed yet." Well the short thelease. Theresa Naish, Secretary answer to that is no. We have agreed all the terms of the lease Jackie Frith Development Worker and the owners have seen the This special Millennium plans and approved them. It's Office: 0115 911 0545 Festival Newsletter is funded by the National Lottery Charities Board NATIONAL LOTTE RY The Out House Community Centre Ltd, I29a Middleton Boulevard, Nottingham, NG8 ISW. CHARITIES BOARD 7 i