Performing Arts: Performers’ Spring Performance – Solos and Duets
A studio-based presentation of short scenes created, choregraphed and performed by our Level 2 and Level 3 Acting, Dance and Musical theatre performers.
All work has been chosen, created and performed by the students themselves.
These evening shows, allow our students to showcase progress made and demonstrate skills learnt this term.
Acts include a wide range of performance styles including Bonnie and Clyde, Good Will Hunting, Footloose, Elvis, Die on This Hill, Pearl, Dangerous, I hear a Symphony, Goo Goo Muck, Hazbin Hotel, Little Women, Knives Out, and original pieces.
We are challenging you to travel 100 miles in the month of February. Complete the distance individually, as a family or a team – it’s your challenge, your way.
RUN – WALK – CYCLE
Whether you’re a novice or keep super fit, EACH Mile Counts is the challenge for you this February. It’s a great way of supporting children with life threating conditions, while ticking off an amazing fitness milestone for 2021.
However you choose to do it – make your miles count for EACH!
It’s FREE to take part in, all we ask is that you try and raise £100, that’s £1 for every mile travelled. You’ll receive a medal in the post if you hit the £100 target.
There is no need to register simply set up a JustGiving page and start fundraising. Make sure you add on your challenge details to the page so we know what challenge your undertaking.
Remember: It’s free to take part! Aim to raise £1 for every mile travelled. Hit £100 and you will receive a medal.
You can track your distance using an app on your phone, smart watch or other device. You can link your Strava app to your JustGiving page to keep your friends and family updated on your progress.
You are responsible for keeping track of your own mileage.
Please remember to follow the coronavirus rules and guidelines for your area. For more information on the current guidelines please visit: https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus.
The extending pressure of the pandemic means EACH’s care is more important than ever. Families who have been shielding and self-isolating become exhausted from providing care alone. EACH have adapted the delivery of many services to continue to support families in different and innovative ways including online counselling, music and art therapy and online groups for bereavement and so much more.
£23 could pay a clinical nurse specialist for an hour to deliver expert nursing and symptom management care to a child or young person.
£76 could pay a counsellor for four hours to provide specialist support to bereaved family members, helping them cope during the more difficult times.
£170 could support a session of music therapy which provides a means of interaction, communication and self-expression through music, when words are not possible or are inadequate.
FLEXIBLE VIRTUAL TENANCY OPTIONS – THE PERFECT SOLUTION FOR NEW WAYS OF WORKING
Has the corona virus pandemic caused you to have to re-think your business set-up and location? If you and colleagues are fed up always working from home, we can provide the perfect base where you can come together for meetings and team building. Or maybe you’ve had a change of circumstances that means you’ve had the chance to finally work on a business idea of your own?
With a range of virtual tenancy packages available with The Enterprise Centre, all including use of our prestigious business address, we could provide just what you’re looking for.
You would benefit from being part of a wider business community for a very reasonable cost and on flexible terms. We currently have over 160 virtual tenants as part of our friendly community. They form a key part of our vibrant leading business hub of SMEs, start-ups and sole traders. Post-handling, use of registered address, display of logos on our website and at the building entrance and discounts on additional services are all included as standard.
For any new interest in virtual tenancies we’re delighted to be extending the following offer: 1 free hour of meeting space or a half-day free use of a hot-desk.
Our range of virtual tenancy packages are all very accessibly priced from £20 (plus VAT) monthly, depending on individuals’ requirements. The more premium packages all include free access to meeting space in the building. Arrangements can be put in place quickly, via an application form, and with only a month’s notice required to end the tenancy, there are no long-term liabilities.
Making things happen is hard isn’t it? It requires momentum, focus, goals, drive, motivation and a whole host of other abilities. Most importantly, productivity is a skill. It is a skill you can learn, and this session is all about taking steps in that direction.
We are all under a lot of stress right now. There is increased pressure in creating a new normal and pushing to remain productive. For some of us, now is not the time to worry about productivity, and there is nothing wrong with that. For others, however, focus and remaining productive helps us to deal with the challenges we face right now. This workshop is for you, if you want to keep productivity up and take the time to improve yourself, you are in the right place!
What We’ll Cover
In this session we’ll look at:
What is productivity?
Increasing our self awareness
Quick wins and simple changes to make
The long game and creating lasting change
The idea is you will have some simple things to put into place immediately, tactics which will impact your productivity quickly. For those of you who want to develop productivity as a skill we will start to look in more detail at creating a lasting productive mentality in ourselves.
Who is This Session For?
Anyone working from home and struggling to remain productive
Anyone overwhelmed in projects, emails and work
Anyone who wants to get more out of the limited hours in the day
Anyone who wants to free up more hours in their day
Delivered by Andy Narayn-Barrow from Hethel Innovation. Andy is the Deputy Innovation Manager of the Business Development Team and has worked in high demand environments for several years. From the daily pressure of working on set for TV, through to setting up and running two of his own businesses. Productivity is an obsession for Andy and the ability to improve ourselves constantly is something he has been working on for years.
While there has been a significant improvement in safety in the past decade, working in asset-intensive organisations like manufacturing is still considered a dangerous occupation. Injuries and deaths that have occurred in manufacturing floors have led to a massive damaged reputation and thousands of lawsuits. They also affect employee morale and productivity. While it is impossible to prevent injuries from happening entirely, companies can take steps to minimise the rate of injury and death on their manufacturing floors. Here are effective ways to enhance safety on a manufacturing floor.
Provide personal protective equipment (PPE)
Personal protective equipment is essential for anyone working on a manufacturing floor to enhance their safety. Anyone working in a manufacturing plant is not only putting themselves at risk but others as well. Operating in close proximity to toxic materials and heavy machinery and working in dark areas exposes workers to injuries and health problems. As an employer, ensure you provide protective gear to all your workers and make wearing them mandatory for all workers at all times.
Look to technology
Technologies such as automation, the Internet of Things (IoT), and analytics can be used to enhance safety. Robotic and robotic technologies help to keep your employees out of harm’s way. IoT technology can be utilised to provide information on equipment operation and how processes are running.
Real-time monitoring of the status of facilities, lines, and machines helps manufacturers to predict and respond to problems before they happen. Anomalies with patterns of IoT data can set off alerts for things like air quality, noise level, and temperature, allowing for proactive clearing of unsafe areas or shut down of faulty machinery. For instance, installing gas sensors from Alphasense around the manufacturing plant can help you know when there is a gas leak allowing you to respond quickly.
Regular training
An unsafe working environment is usually a result of a lack of or insufficient training. If the workers are not aware of the safety hazards on a manufacturing floor, they can easily put themselves and others in danger of serious accidents. This risk can be eliminated by providing continuous training on the latest technologies and the right protocols for handling processes, machines, and equipment. In addition, all new employees should be taught essential safety practices.
Create a safety-focused company culture
Safety measures will only be as effective as the people working on the manufacturing floor allow them to be. For true safety to be achieved, everyone in the company should feel responsible for their own safety and that of everyone one else. There can be hundreds of warning signs around dangerous machinery, but nothing will change if employees choose to ignore them.
Safety is crucial in any modern manufacturing plant. You don’t just owe it to your employees; you also have to consider the regulations set forth by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Improving safety in the workplace also demonstrates to your employees that you care about their well-being and safety, which helps to increase productivity.
Years from now, when we reflect on the millions of healthcare professionals that rose to the challenge to fight COVID-19 with bravery, dedication and courage, will we see the pandemic as a turning point when healthcare truly embraced a digital transformation?
COVID-19 has become a catalyst for change in many ways, accelerating digitalisation across the board. We’ve seen email, telephone and video consultations replace face-to-face appointments and an explosion in the use of healthcare apps and web platforms to check symptoms, stay informed and find new ways to keep fit and healthy.
GP practices and hospitals in Norwich and indeed, nationwide, have adapted with incredible agility to provide crucial services, from remote diagnosis and treatment to symptom tracking and online test booking. This has made many services more accessible and more efficient than ever before, even for the most remote or vulnerable of patients. But is our infrastructure up to the challenge of further digitalisation across the entire health service?
Full Fibre – a foundation for digital transformation
The more widely available full fibre is, the easier it will be for this momentum towards a digital transformation in healthcare – hence why the Government has made levelling up connectivity across the country a key part of its ambitions. With the UK set to have 80% of the country covered by gigabit-capable broadband by 2025, now is the time for those within the healthcare industry to start thinking about what this could potentially unlock for them in the form of new digital services.
Innovation in this space is already unlocking many new insights into healthcare, making it possible to develop therapies and approaches that could strengthen health and care services in the face of perhaps more, as yet, unknown challenges.
Harnessing analytics, for example, is already proving invaluable in the diagnosis and treatment of various cancers, while ENDS
Have you got an idea you want to turn into a reality? Using the Lean Startup Method, make it happen quicker, cheaper and more effectively! Have you got an idea you’ve always wanted to turn into a business? Perhaps something that will make yours and many other people’s lives easier? But how can we start a successful business with limited resources and limited experience? We can use the Lean Startup methodology, which seeks to create and test assumptions – allowing us to create a solution which perfectly aligns with our customers’ needs.
Starting a business can be daunting, especially when starting out alone or in a very small team. Activate has been designed to help you work through a plan of action in a more interactive and interesting way.
In our full series, which can be delivered on a 1-to-1 basis, or ‘in the classroom’ when normality resumes, covers the following:
How to Articulate and Develop your Ideas
Understanding your Customers
Creating an Effective Product/Service
Identifying and Mitigating Risks
Building a Business Model
In this webinar we will introduce the key lessons of the Lean Startup method and how it can be used to develop ideas; relevant whether you’re looking to extend your product line, or starting a business !
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I shuffled uncomfortably in my chair. ‘Is she two metres away from me? Or closer’, I mused. ‘Do we need to wear masks at this distance when we’re seated? Or not?‘ I wondered further.
The questions bounced around my head like a volley at Wimbledon, leaving me entirely distracted from the event I had gone along to. As one who doesn’t just err on the side of caution but grips onto it with both hands when it comes to Covid, I was utterly disengaged.
Because I didn’t feel safe.
We’ve talked a lot about being safe this past year, about making adaptations to protect ourselves and each other. Keeping our distance, spraying hand gel with abandon, wearing masks, going virtual.
But if we want to engage people, it’s not just about literal safety – it’s about metaphorical safety too. It’s about how we make people feel comfortable so that they know it’s ok for them to respond to our communications and get involved in our engagement activities.
This can be achieved in a number of ways. Firstly, organisations need to build trust and confidence, something that can be achieved through being transparent, authentic, and consistent. By communicating regularly, openly, and honestly about what they’re doing – including when things go wrong – they can engender confidence. They can also build trust by showing their credentials, especially the impact and influence of engagement activities.
Organisations also need to provide choice in ways to engage – interacting through technology is so easy for many of us, but for some it can be way out of the comfort zone. So offering other ways to get involved is crucial. People will opt for the channel that they feel safest with.
People also feel safe when they are valued. Whether this is recognising and acting on feedback from a customer, or listening to an employee, or a simple but powerful word of ‘thanks’, when organisations show people that they matter, they are more likely to engage.
A feeling of safety comes too from a sense of belonging – that we are in it together. This can be a team of employees, or it could be customers of a company. When we feel that we are part of something, that we belong, we can feel more confident to engage in conversations, consultation, or other activities that seek to involve us.
One of the places where it can often feel unsafe for us to engage is within meetings, workshops, and other spaces where we come together in discussion. I recall myself in many meetings when I was younger keeping my mouth firmly shut because I feared making a suggestion or asking a question that was so utterly stupid it would cause people to fall around laughing. Of course, it never happened, but how many great ideas and perspectives do we miss out on because people don’t feel comfortable to have their say?
That’s why it’s so important to make the spaces where we meet safe, inclusive, and supportive. Bringing people into the conversation, valuing people’s contribution, using silence to allow thoughts to grow and thrive, and creating a sense of equality so that people know everyone has something valuable to contribute will help to make it safe.
Hopefully, it won’t be too much longer before we can move our chairs a little closer and abandon the masks but organisations will still need to create conditions so that people know that it’s safe to engage.