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06/07/10 - Career Fest at The Deanery
A careers fair is taking place at The Deanery High School in Wigan
this Friday July 9th 2010...
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01/07/10 - Live from the summer of sound!
We’re just as excited as anybody
since we’ll be spending much of the coming days at Haigh Hall,
reporting on all the happenings from this year’s Haigh Fest and, of
course, the big Tuned In Concerts...
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14/06/10 - The LINC Magazine summer 2010
The LINC magazine is back, and comes
packed with loads of things you can get involved in over the summer
holidays...
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08/06/10 - Wigan Lads & Girls Club
The new Wigan Lads & Girls Club has been a hot topic in the town for
ages, and now you get to have your say about what sort of stuff goes on
there...
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01/06/10 - Wigan's Hotting Up this Half Term
School’s out and there’s a whole
bunch of stuff going on in Wigan town centre this week..
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18/05/10 - What's going on?
It’s that time of year again when we
start to pull together all the information we can find on summer
activities so that we can let all young people in Wigan Borough know
what’s out there...
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11/05/10 - What we're up to this week
It’s a busy ol’ week down at LINC HQ this
week with a tonne of stuff going on...
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28/04/10 - Education & Employment event
If you’re aged 16-18 and aren’t sure what to do next after school or
college, an upcoming event may be able to help...
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27/04/10 - Journalism workshop details
Last week, we mentioned that we
were thinking about running another journalism skills workshop. Since
then, we’ve had a bit of a natter and come up with some details. Here
they are...
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19/04/10 - Journalism workshop anyone?
It’s an exciting and busy time down at
LINC HQ as work gets underway on the next LINC magazine. The mag will be
out in early June and, as always, you’re stories, suggestions and
articles are welcome. Before we really get cracking on it, we’re
planning to host another journalism workshop for young people...
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12/04/10 - Go out and Get involved!
The sun is shining, the sky is blue, and
with Easter now well and truly over, you may well be thinking about
getting outside and shaking off all that chocolate you stuffed yourself
with last Sunday. If you are, and you’re looking for the best way to do
that, then look no longer; your friends at The LINC are here to help.
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08/04/10 - What's New this week?
We’ve added a tonne of new stuff to LINC
Online over the last couple of days. Here’s some of the stories we think
you should check out...
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01/04/10 - Spiderman in Wigan
Comic books fans rejoice! Tim Quinn,
former editor of Marvel Comics is coming to Wigan, and will be passing
on tips and tricks on how you can make it in the comics biz...
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16/11/09
- Calling all young actors
Are you the next Daniel Radcliffe or Kristen Stewart?
Actors from Wigan Pier Theatre Company are looking for more members to
join their youth theatres in Higher Folds Community Centre and
Lowton High School on Monday evenings. The best part is that if you’re aged
between eight and 15-years-old then it’s free...
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03/11/09
- K is for..
Another look at recent news and opportunities for young people in Wigan
Borough in
not-so-alphabetical order. K is for Kidz.
As in Kidz 4 Kidz,
the Ashton-in-Makerfield youth group run who raise money for charity.
The group, founded by current Deputy MYP for Wigan Borough and last
year’s Mayor
for the Day winner, Jilly McKiernan, are currently gearing up to
perform
Snow White in pantomime at the end of November....
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29/09/09 - Halloween on LINC Online
It’s Halloween this weekend, and when The
LINC team haven’t been running round the office dressed as zombies or
playing Pin the Tale on the Devilish Monster Thing, we’ve been busy
updating our website with tonnes of Halloween-related content. First
things first, whilst we do want you all to have a great time this
weekend, we’d certainly encourage you to take care, stay safe and
respect other people....
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22/09/09 - C is for..
A look at recent news and opportunities for young people in Wigan
Borough organised in not-so-alphabetical order. C is for CBT
Compulsory Basic Training (CBT) is what you’ll need to take if you want
to ride a moped or a motorbike. If you’re not currently working or at
college/university and live in certain areas of Wigan,
you can now do
your CBT for free. Just see the news piece in our
Projects
section for more info.
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21/09/09 - North West College Open Evenings
As September comes to an end, many of you will have started college for
the first time, but there will no doubt be many more of you in Year 11
who are starting to think about starting in twelve months time.
If that’s you, and you’re currently thinking about what college to go to
next year, you’ll be glad to know that colleges all over the region are
hosting open days over the next couple of months....
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08/09/09 - Journalism Workshops
Local Democracy Week returns to Wigan
Borough this October and, as always, The LINC team will be out in force
to cover all the events. Yet because there’s so much going on, it’s
going to be nigh on impossible for our small team to get round and
report on all of it. Which is where you come in...
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08/09/09 - An X-Citing Return
The X-Zones project is set to return to Wigan Borough, bringing with it
tonnes of opportunities not only for us to make terrible puns with our
blog titles (oh how we agonised over whether or not to use ‘Wigan’s Got
the X-Factor’) but for you to get out and enjoy a whole host of free
activities....
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01/09/09 - Stage Write!
Last week, we told you about a
new
scriptwriting competition coming to Wigan Borough. We also said that
we'd give you more information about the launch event for the
competition as soon as we got it. Well now we have it, and here it is...
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28/08/09 - What's on This Week (Aug 24-28)
It's the last week of August,
which means your last chance to get out and about and enjoy some of the
many things going on throughout Wigan Borough before its time to stick
the books in the bag and head off into September....
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21/08/09 - Stick to the Script
A competition for budding young script-writers in Wigan Borough kicks
off this month. If you’re aged 12-19, have a way with words and want to
see them brought to life, then why not get involved with the Young
People’s Playwriting competition.
The contest is split into two categories, one for 12-14 year-olds and
the other for 15-19 year-olds, and the winning entries will be performed
by professional actors as part of the Wigan Words 2010 Festival on
Saturday April 10th 2010....
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16/08/09 - What's on This Week (Aug 17-21)
After a two week hiatus to get The LINC
magazine out on time, we’re back with our weekly blog about things you
can get involved in over the coming week.Don’t forget, this is only a
small sample of the scores of clubs, activities and events you can get
involved in...
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20/07/09 - What's on This Week (Jul 27th - 31st)
Once again, The LINC trawl through all our information to keep you
up-to-date with activities going on around the borough this week.
As with last week, it would be nigh on impossible to tell you every
single thing that’s going on this week in the space of one blog entry,
but that’s why we’ve got other stuff like the
Things to Do directory
and 'What's On
for Teens' guide. These are just some of the highlights of stuff you
can get involved in this week...
Ready? Here goes:
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20/07/09 - What's on This Week
The summer holidays have officially kicked off for most of us, so what
better time to have a look at everything that’s going on this week.
There's absolutely tonnes of info on things to do this summer spread
right across The LINC Online. Our Things to Do directory lists well over
150 clubs and activities going on all year round, the summer 'What's On
for Teens' guide lists recent stuff, and there's even more in places
like the sports section.
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08/07/09 - Harry Potter and...
As more or less everyone knows, the new
Harry Potter film, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince is out in
cinemas from this Wednesday, July 15th. To celebrate, The LINC team all
dressed up like wizards and have spent the whole day playing Quidditch…
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08/07/09 - Something for the Weekend?
This coming weekend, on Friday 10th and
Saturday 11th of July, there’s a whole host of activities and projects
going on all over the borough as part of an event called Open Weekend...
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22/06/09 - 5 Things We Didn't Know last Week
The title says it all really; here’s five
things we didn’t know last week that do now and thought you should know
about too. 1) The Future’s Bright, the
Future’s.. Gaga?
Lady Gaga and N-Dubz will be playing a free gig at Manchester Apollo
next month as part of the Orange Rockcorps project...
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09/06/09 - New Clubs Make a Big Splash
If you’ve been paying attention
lately, you may have noticed that most of the new stuff we’ve been
adding to LINC Online this past fortnight has all been about stuff you
can do. Yes folks, as the summer months approach, your hard-working
friends up at LINC HQ have been running around the Borough like crazy
people, finding out everything that’s going on and rushing back to quash
with mighty vengeance the rumours that, well, there’s nothing to do
for young people...
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08/06/09 - Make a Film, Change Your World
Got a talent for movie-making and
a dream of changing the world? If so, now’s your chance to submit a film
to the prestigious Co-operative Young Film-Makers Festival. The deadline
for the festival, which is open to all young people aged 19 or under, is
Friday 26th June, with the Festival itself taking place in Bradford on
Thursday 8th and Friday 9th October....
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01/06/09 -
National Volunteers Week
This week, from June 1st-7th, marks the
25th anniversary of Volunteers Week, a national celebration of
volunteers and volunteering.
There’s a whole host of activities going on all over the country, all
week long, but what can you do here in Wigan Borough?...
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21/04/09 - Looking Good
Well, we think so anyway. In case you
haven’t noticed, we’ve been making a few subtle changes to the way The
LINC Online looks; making it even easier for you to keep up-to-date with
what’s new on the site and ensuring that you never miss a single update.
It might take us a while to get the whole site looking exactly the way
we want it, especially as our little web monkeys are taking off for a
well-earned holiday after today, but needless to say we’ll get there
eventually...
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24/03/09 -
X-Zones (March 27th-28th)
The X-Zones project comes to a close this
weekend, don't miss out on your final chance to get involved. Here's
what's going on...
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02/03/09 -
More X-Zones Activities
As promised, we’ve got more info on what’s happening at an X-Zone near
you.
Below, you’ll find a list of stuff going on for this coming weekend,
Friday March 6th & Saturday March 7th. Check back next Monday, and every Monday for the next few weeks, as
we’ll keep updating The LINC Blog with more X-Zones activities every
week until they finish at the end of the month....
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17/02/09 -
X-Zones Activities
The
long-awaited programme of events taking place at an X-Zone near you
finally landed on the LINC desk this morning.
To be honest, there's so much going on that it would take us forever and
a day to tell you about everything here.
Instead then, here's a selection of some of the X-Zones activities going
on over the next few weeks...
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27/01/09 -
This & That
We’ve got a few random bits and bobs to share with you today, so we
thought we’d take out half a dozen birds with the same pebble and put
them all into the same blog post.First up, we’re pretty pleased with ourselves for having bagged an
interview with ‘The Black Tattoo’ author, Sam Enthoven...
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25/01/09 -
Get in the X Zone
A while back, some of you had the chance
to tell Wigan’s bigwigs that you wanted more stuff to do at the weekend.
Now, we’re happy to report that not only did they listen, but the Big
Cheese of the Borough have actually done something about it. And when we
say something, more specifically we mean the X Zones...
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19/01/09 -
Nowt to Do? There is Now!
Live in Atherton? Got nowt to do after
school or at the weekend? You have now thanks to a ten week initiative
set up by police in Atherton. There’s loads of stuff you can get
involved in, from drama and dance classes to skateboarding, DJ/MC
sessions, football and more. Here’s the full list of what’s going on...
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13/01/09 -
Get on a Roll!
Ever wondered what it’s like to take a tumble inside a washing machine?
If so, children’s cancer charity,
Kidscan, are hoping to quell your curiosity with a sponsored
sphering event. A sponsored what? You cry as you peer with fascination at your brother’s undies spinning round on a 40 wash...
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05/01/09 - Happy
New Year!
So, we’re back after a nice, long Christmas break spent relaxing,
watching loads of cracking films and stuffing our faces. Only problem
is, we probably did a bit too much relaxing and scoffing, and we’ve
returned back to LINC HQ feeling somewhat plumpy and certainly out of
shape...
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12/12/08
Where's What's On Gone?
If you’ve ended up here by clicking
'What's Happening' in The LINC Online navig8tor, you'll have noticed
that our usual What's On download has vanished. Thing is, we're still
waiting on Father Christmas to bring us our new Winter What's On guide...
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08/12/08 -
Welcome to the new LINC Blog
Welcome to the new LINC Blog. Since this is our first post, we figured
give you a bit of a run down as to why we decided to add a blog to LINC
Online in the first place and what you’ll find here in the coming
weeks...
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