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Coming Up, Environment - Thursday 5th April 2007 - GM Potatoes Public Meeting, Hedon
	Campaign group Hedon Against GM announces a Public Meeting to consider the application by BASF to plant GM blight resistant potatoes in the Hedon area. Why is this a problem? - GM crops could contaminate conventional and organic crops. - GM food can damage wildlife ecosystems. - People don't want GM crops! The meeting will be held at the Read more...

Coming Up, Theatre - Saturday 31st March 07 - Cargo At Hull City Hall 4pm and 7.30pm
	Cargo is a musical celebrating the abolition of the slave trade act, and its premiere performance will take place in Hull at the end of the month. The performance is described as 'The fight for freedom past and present in contemporary music, words, dance and images'. 200 balloons will be released, each with a slave's name attached, to symbolise 200 years of the fight Read more...

Coming Up - Friday 30th March 07 - Pure Techno 3rd Birthday at The Welly
	Join the birthday celebrations this Friday with Pure Techno and Special Guests: Neil Landstrumm - Live techno set. www.scandinavianyc.com Dr. Alex Patterson - www.myspace.com/orbisms The Inspectors - Live breaks set. www.myspace.com/theinspectorsuk Bungle - It's his birthday too! www.myspace.com/stensimilia Residents: Maily, Biskit, Swiv Read more...

Coming Up, Courses - Thursday 29th March 07 - Information Day For NOCN Award in Managing Volunteers (Level 3)
	Managing Volunteers is a nationally recognised Level 3 qualification consisting of 3 units : Concepts and Values in Volunteering (6 days) Valuing Your Volunteers (6 days) Social Policy for Managing Voluntary and Community Groups (4 days) It is being run by Humberside Learning Consortium (HLC) in Hull Read more...

Coming Up, Courses - Wednesday 28th - Thursday 29th March 07 - Mental Health First Aid
	Mental health problems are experienced by millions of people every day and people often suffer in silence and alone. Do you see signs of mental health distress around you? Do you wish you felt confident enough to help friends, family and colleagues who are experiencing mental health problems? Now you can. Read more...

Coming Up, Conferences - Friday 23rd - Sunday 25th March 07 - Big Cats In Britain Conference At The Dorchester Hotel Hull
	It's over 40 years since the first public spate of Big Cat sightings hit the headlines with the Surrey Puma, yet we are still no closer to solving the mystery. Now experts all over the country will be gathering to discuss if these cats really are black leopards? Hybrids? Or a relic, indigenous species that we never knew existed alongside us, ever since the Ice Age? Read more...

Coming Up, Theatre - Wednesday 21st - Saturday 24th March 07 - The Magic Toyshop At Donald Roy Theatre, University of Hull 7.30pm
	'The summer she was fifteen, Melanie discovered she was made of flesh and blood.' And in that summer the whole of the known world is washed away. With the death of her parents Melanie is sent to live in the magic toyshop. A toyshop full of toys no-one can play with, of menacing fantasies; An Uncle who rules his house through terror and an Aunt who hasn't spoken a word Read more...

Coming Up - Thursday 22nd March 07 - Unplugged@Keys Acoustic Night at The Cross Keys, Beverley
	A new fortnightly acoustic/open mic night is underway at the Cross Keys in Beverley. Unplugged@Keys is aimed at both amateur and professional musicians in the area and will act as a platform to allow artists to have a 15-30 minute slot to showcase their work. Similarly to most open mic Read more...

Coming Up - Wednesday 21st March 07 - Regional Conference: Yorkshire and The Humber Sustainable School Fair At Sheffield MegaCentre 10am-4pm
	The Yorkshire and Humber Sustainable School Fair is aimed at classroom teachers, senior managers and governors from Yorkshire and Humber primary and secondary schools, other key regional education decision-makers, regional businesses, local authorities, NGOs and other organisations interested Read more...

Coming Up - Sunday 18th March 07 - Sounds Of The City Presents The Rocky Nest And The Launderette Poets At The Lamp 8pm
	The next Sounds of the City night on Sunday 18th March presents two bands making a growing impression on the Hull music scene. The Rocky Nest - two men and three women including an ex member of Fonda 500 and an ex Favour - weave together an eclectic mix of instruments including glockenspiel, ukelele, recorder, trumpet, guitar, bass, drums and accordian. Read more...

Coming Up - Saturday 17th March 07 - Nappy Nature Baby Fair at The Memorial Hall, Beverley
	Real Nappy Week brings with it the Beverley Baby Fair, a one-stop shop for parents - parents to be and carers - to find out what they can do to help with baby's development. This year we have pulled out all the stops, working with The East Riding of Yorkshire Council to bring as many different providers, traders and groups under one roof Read more...

Coming Up, Exhibitions - Thursday 15th March 07 - Live Like Legends Exhibition by Pinky at The Lamp
	One of Hull's freshest Art exports returns to the city for a one off show. Pop Artist Pinky is returning to Hull for a show of Prints, Paintings and Papercuts at the Lamp. Originally from Hull and part of the city's vibrant alternative art scene, Pinky moved to London in 1999 and had a number of successful shows at the Best Gallery in Clerkenwell, The Dragon in Hoxton Read more...

Coming Up, Exhibitions - Tuesday 13th - Wednesday 14th March 07 - Hull College Students Bring History To Life!
	For two days only students from Hull College will transform the city's Streetlife museum into a 'live attraction'. Visitors will be able to take a walk through Hull's past - from the Civil War at the gates to the city, to the history of the docklands, via spirits and ghosts to wartime Hull - and all in under 90 minutes! The exciting initiative is part of the William Wilberforce Read more...

Coming Up - Wednesday 14th March 07 - The Favours Acoustic Gig at The Adelphi Club Hull
	The Favours have organised an acoustic gig with some of their favourite artists and bands. Expect the odd collaboration and a few brand new tunes. It's only £3 and doors open at 8pm. The lineup and times run something like this: 8.45 to 9.00 The Favours (first set), 9.00 to 9.30 The Bonnitts, 9.30 to 10.00 Steve Reed, 10.10 to 10.40 Read more...

Coming Up - Monday 12th March 07 - National Conference: Families For Our Times At Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London
	The National Family Learning Network is holding its annual conference in collaboration with the BBC's Child of Our Time team. This high profile conference will examine the roles of families in supporting learning and explore the current policy context and practice. It will build on the highly successful conferences of the previous two years. Places cost £220 plus VAT. Read more...

Coming Up, Conferences - Wednesday 7th March 07 - Third Sector Economic Forum At The Freedom Centre, Preston Road From 10am-12pm
	This forum is for any community group or voluntary organisation who feel that their work has a positive economic impact on their neighborhood and/or the city. If you believe your group contributes to the local economy and want to get Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) economic activity valued and recognised with strategic and Read more...

Coming Up - Saturday 3rd March 07 and Sunday 25th March 07 - The Horrors At The Welly Club 10.30pm
	The Horrors are set to release their eagerly awaited debut album Strange House on Loog Records on Saturday 3rd March. They will be playing live at Yo-Yo at The Welly Club on this date, with loads of Horrors goodies including 7"s, T-shirts, badges, albums, fanzines (with a CD) and CD singles. The Horrors will also be playing the Welly on Sunday Read more...

Coming Up, Community - Saturday 3rd March 07 - Thornton 'Healthy Heart' Community Event At The Octagon, Walker Street, Hull 10am - 3pm
	The Thornton 'Healthy Heart' Community Event will be taking place this Saturday, the 3rd March, at The Octagon on Walker Street, West Hull. The event will run from 10am until 3pm and will focus on bringing information about the benefits of exercise to local residents. Organised by Thornton Neighbourhood Management Read more...

Coming Up - - Thursday 1st March 07 - Julie Felix At The Adelphi De Grey Street 8pm
	Julie Felix visits the Adelphi on Thursday 1st March as part of her Forever Young tour. An icon of the 60s and one of the greatest legends of folk music, Julie Felix continues into the fourth decade of her remarkable musical career. Julie's music has always resisted all labels and boundaries and her concerts are a joyous combination of her own original material, Read more...

Coming Up - Wednesday 28th February 07 - Charity Gig At Tigers Lair, Hull 8pm
	Music HQ are helping to put on a massive charity event in aid of The Alzheimers Society at the Tigers Lair club, Anlaby Road, Hull on Wednesday 28th February. The event is being organised by Dave Abbot who's old band Krave are reforming for a one off gig at the event. Music HQ are providing the PA system and sound engineering for the event and the Tigers Lair Read more...

Coming Up - Tuesday 27th February 07 - Regional Conference: Employability, Jobcentre Plus And The Third Sector At Carlisle Business Centre, Bradford
	At a time when the employment and skills agendas are moving closer together this conference signals the development of a closer partnership between Jobcentre Plus and the Third Sector. This conference offers the opportunity to explore what is on offer from Jobcentre Plus in relation to the potential role of the Third Sector - in reaching and supporting Read more...

Coming Up, Conferences - Wednesday 28th February 07 - IT Affordability And Accessibility Conference At The Octagon Centre, Walker Street 9.30am - 4.30pm
	An IT affordability and accessibility conference is being held in Hull at the end of this month. Topics covered include: The potential of the digital challenge, How to make your IT accessible at little or no cost, in compliance with DDA, Affordable state of the art technology, Read more...

Coming Up - Wednesday 28th February 07 - Help The Aged Fundraiser at The Polar Bear
	The Polar Bear pub in Spring Bank has teamed up with two intrepid fundraisers to raise cash for Help The Aged. The pub will host a fundraising night on February 28th with a number of great raffle prizes up for grabs, including a pampering day at a Champneys Health Spa, a weekend at a four-star hotel (The Village chain) and snowboarding or skiing lessons at Xscape, Read more...

Coming Up, Arts - Sunday 25th - Tuesday 27th February 07 - Kurdish Contemporary Art And Culture From Iraq At Ferens Art Gallery, Hull
	This programme of screenings and talks covers personal and general accounts around the lives and work of the artists, the circumstances following the First Gulf War, the development of a modern Kurdish identity and the emergence of contemporary and critical art practice. Particular reference will also be made about the persecution by, and Read more...

Coming Up - Saturday 24th February 07 - Troops Out Now - No To Trident Demonstration At Hyde Park London 12 Noon
	Tony Blair said he went to war to find weapons of mass destruction! There were none. 655,000 Iraqis have died in that war. Now he wants to spend around £27 billion on our own weapons of mass destruction with the potential to slaughter 40 million people. CND, Stop the War Coalition and BMI have called a national demonstration on 24 February to oppose Read more...

Coming Up - Friday 23rd February 07 - Local Conference: Let My People Go At KC Stadium 9am-4.30pm Deadline: Wednesday 31st January 07
	The Churches Regional Commission for Yorkshire and the Humber (CRC) and SEARCH are organising Let My People Go - Contemporary issues on Slavery and Justice, a conference which aims to address the range of issues which still remain 250 years after the passing of the Abolition of Slave Trade Act. Participants will gain an overview of black history Read more...

Coming Up - Friday 23rd February 07 and Friday 4th May 07 - SEDA Rural CIC Workshops
	SEDA Rural CIC is holding workshops around the region. Social Value-Add is being held in Hull on Friday 23rd February. This workshop allows organisations to pinpoint the ways they contribute to a better society and how this social value-add furthers key agendas, such as inclusion and sustainable communities. This gives weight and adds evidence to your case Read more...

Coming Up - Tuesday 20th February - Laurel Grove Promotions Presents Kid Carpet and Tonik at Adelphi Hull
	Kid Carpet from Bristol; cracking, indie / rock and roll style one man band with a twist a sound, unique live performer. This guy not only sings and plays but uses many other children's instruments such as a Fisher Price guitar, Ferbies and mini keyboards. Check out his site www.kidcarpet.co.uk . Support comes from local band Tonik, Read more...

Coming Up - Saturday 17th February 07 - The Five O' Clock Heroes at Yo-Yo at The Welly Club
	So the native New Yorkers are flying high at the moment and flying in from New York for only a couple of UK shows, one of which is at The famous Indie Night, Yo-Yo in Hull. The band have just finished a world tour with Albert Hammond Junior (The Strokes). He's their mate and all that and also loves The Heroes as much as everyone who has heard their brilliant debut Read more...

Coming Up, Conferences - Thursday 15th And Friday 16th February 07 - Unpaid Work Bid Briefings
	Briefing events are being held in our region to inform organisations about bidding to contract with Humberside Probation to deliver Unpaid Work. The events are directed at organisations or groups of organisations who, working in conjunction with Humberside Probation, could provide both Unpaid Work placements and supervision for several offenders over Read more...

Coming Up, Conferences - Thursday 15th February 07 - Futurebuilders England Roadshow At York CVS, 15 Priory Street, York 10am - 2pm
	Futurebuilders England is the investment fund for the Third Sector, which offers tailor-made loan and grant finance packages to organisations that want to improve public services. Can you identify groups with the potential to generate income through public sector contracts and tell them everything they need to know to apply? Read more...

Coming Up - Thursday 15th February 07 - William Rodriguez - The Last Man Out At 9/11 At Friends Meeting House, Percy St 7.30pm
	William Rodriguez, the last man out of the North Tower on September 11th 2001, worked for 19 years as a maintenance worker at the World Trade Centre in New York. On 9/11, Rodriguez single-handedly rescued fifteen people from the World Trade Centre, and as Rodriguez was the only person on site with the master key to the North Tower stairwells, he led the Read more...

Coming Up - 14th February 07 - Circus Envy EP Launch Night at Durty Nellies Hull
	Top Hull based band Circus Envy www.circusenvyband.com launch their newly recorded EP, Movies, on Wednesday 14th February with a special gig at Durty Nellies public house on the High Street in Hull's old town. Picking Valentines night for a launch gig might seem like an odd date but what better present to give your other half than Read more...

Coming Up - Friday 19th January 07 - Education and Training - Understanding Community Development Work
	The University of Hull at Scarborough, in conjunction with Social Enterprise Europe Ltd, have developed a series of accredited short courses on Social Enterprise. The courses go far beyond the usual awareness-raising exercises in Social Enterprise - they aim to provide a basis for participants to be able to plan, establish, manage and govern a successful social enterprise. Read more...

Coming Up - Monday 8th January 07 -The Clore Leadership Programme - Closing Date: Monday 19th February 07
	We are pleased to announce that from Monday 8th January 2007 onwards we are inviting applications for 2007/8 Fellowships on the Clore Leadership Programme. The programme is designed to help develop the knowledge, skills, networks and experience of potential leaders across a wide range of cultural activity. Each Fellow will have an individually tailored Read more...

Coming Up - Saturday 10th February 07 - Do At The Zoo
	Sacco and Vanzatti present a birthday/Palestinian benefit, Do At The Zoo With DJ's Mailey and Saoirse playing techno, punk, hip-hop and much more! It's bring yer own beer and cider! At Zoo Cafe, Newland Avenue. From 7.30pm to 11.30pm. Suggested Donation £3 All Proceeds going to Anarchists against the Wall: Read more...

Coming Up - Saturday 10th February - Sculcoates Family History Event at The Dorchester Hotel
	Experts from various groups around the city will be coming along to give help and advice to anyone who wants to look into the history of their own family, and Hull City Council's professional genealogist Gareth Watkins will be giving a short introductory talk. Free one-to-one sessions with Gareth may also be booked for after this event, Read more...

Coming Up - Friday 9th February 07 - A Fairer World For All - A Discussion with The Rt Hon Hilary Benn at The Octagon
	Presented by Goodwin LINK, Diana Johnson MP invites you to the A fairer world for all meeting with Hilary Benn, International Development Secretary at The Octagon on Friday, 9th February 2007 from 6.30pm. With this year's commemorations of William Wilberforce's fight against slavery and Hull's more recent record as a fair trade city, this is a great Read more...

Coming Up - Thursday 25th January 07 - Más Y Más At Music Exchange, Dorchester Hotel, Beverley Road
	harriWattsband hope you have all had an excellent Christmas, a good New Year and a well deserved rest. Many thanks for your support throughout 2006 and we start Music Exchange again with a fantastic band, Más Y Más on 25th January 2007. Más Y Más have a compellingly pure and unique sound, the songs and soaring harmonies Read more...