Congratulations to Graham Brady MP for addressing and raising the profile of Lacrosse in his EDM on the 17th of March. His comment that Lacrosse is one of the fastest growing sports both in Britain and internationally is correct. The growth of the sport in this country is hindered by the lack of funding for its international [...]
Archive for March, 2008
Lacrosse
Posted in 1 on March 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
FA announces grass roots investments
Posted in 1 on March 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The FA has announced £200m for grassroots football in the UK. CAARE believes that governing bodies have a real duty to encourage mass participation in their sports, not just focussing on the top athletes. It is fantastic to see the FA taking the initiative to spread funding throughout the sport.
The real danger of obesity
Posted in 1, tagged figures, obesity, sport, statistics. on March 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In his Budget wishes, Colin Jackson called for more funding for community sporting facilities in order to improve the health of the nation. Obesity has indeed developed into a significant threat to the well-being of the UK’s population. In a report published by the National Child Measurement Programme in February 2008, obesity plagues even those [...]
2008 Budget- Celebrity Views
Posted in 1, tagged budget 2008., colin jackson, kate mosse on March 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Quite a fun video on the BBC website at the moment that has various celebrities giving their opinions on what should be in the budget. Colin Jackson makes a call for better investment in community sport, which CAARE, naturally, fully supports. It is also nice to see Kate Mosse arguing for funds for the national year of [...]
Guardian Great Poets
Posted in 1, tagged eliot, ezra pound, guardian., independent, modernism, poetry, prynne., t s eliot, twentieth century. on March 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Following hot on the heels of The Independent, The Guardian has started a series of free booklets of the works of the great twentieth century poets. The Independent has decided to take in a fortnight worth of almost exclusively pre-twentieth century poets, though, so there’s no crossover.
Craig Raine’s introduction to Eliot is a pleasant little piece, tackling [...]
Why poetry matters
Posted in CAARE for Arts, tagged art, boyd tonkin, poetry on March 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There’s a well written piece by Boyd Tonkin in today’s Independent on the importance of poetry. Perhaps what is most interesting about it is the fact that he is able to write an article almost exclusively on modern poets. No-one would argue that we need to get rid of classical poets, indeed Tonkin writes thoughtfully about the [...]
Teaching Shakespeare II
Posted in CAARE for Arts, tagged michael billington, rsc, school, shakespeare, tolstoy, webster on March 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Some more on the RSC’s comments about teaching Shakespeare in schools. Michael Billington sounds a note of caution over the proposals to teach the bard from the age of four and offers the sage reminder that ‘it’s not compulsory to love Shakespeare. The kids should choose for themselves, having had a chance to suck it and see.’ We need [...]
CAARE is fundraising
Posted in 1, tagged covent garden, fundraising, royal opera house on March 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Just a quick note to say that CAARE will be fundraising outside of the Royal Opera House every evening between now and Saturday, so if you’re in Covent Garden please do come along and donate!
Gordon Brown praises the Proms
Posted in CAARE for Arts, tagged arts, caare, david cameron, gordon brown, music, proms, uk on March 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Gordon Brown and David Cameron have stepped in to praise the Proms following Margaret Hodge’s comments. Gordon Brown’s response that the Proms are a ’wonderful, democratic and quintessentially British institution’ would seem to be much more accurate than what his culture minister was suggesting earlier.
The Proms, after all, are a rather good image of what a modern Britain could [...]
Proms attacked for lacking British values
Posted in CAARE Campaigns, CAARE for Arts, tagged art, education, margaret hodge., music, proms, school on March 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Margaret Hodge will today criticise the Proms for being too culturally narrow, according to The Guardian. In some ways, the Proms seems a rather odd target to choose- after all they offer world class performances for £5 and on the last night the audience are encouraged to sing along. In many ways, they would seem [...]
